[CondoleezzaProtege]

Unless I am mis-understanding this article, I have to agree, it is preferable to have multi-generations near each other, even if you don’t all live under the same roof, it is nice if you are all within a reasonable driving distance of each other

Yes that is the point. 🙂 Drama abounds in extended families — but even the conflict-resolution building and socialization from that can be healthy. There’s just something to be said for the social ills we’re experiencing and fragmentation that prompted them.

[DesertRhino]

“Drama abounds in extended families — but even the conflict-resolution building and socialization from that can be healthy”

True. And also, you certainly do not avoid drama by living and socializing only among strangers and coworkers.

[PGR88]

Yes that is the point. 🙂 Drama abounds in extended families — but even the conflict-resolution building and socialization from that can be healthy.

Yes - extended families are a mini-society and actually the BEST mediating institution, and buffer, between individuals and greater society.