David Brooks wrote a great piece on the pretty disastrous consequences of the American nuclear family[1]. It's primarily concerned with the socio-economic aspect of it, that is to say the erosion of a communal safety net and support in particular among the working class, but I think this also applies to the baby boomer generation here.

[1]https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuc...