A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement

Re:A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement by zwieback on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @11:05AM (#27833870)

Good point. Unless you were the first-born and inherited the family farm you were probably forced to find your luck elsewhere and even 20 or 30 miles would mean effectively being separated from your parents for all but special occasions.

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Re:A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement by MattGaiser on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:45PM (#27837527)

I would be curious to know when the median human in each century saw their parents for the last time in Western society. As there were so many events where soldiers went off to war and settled where they conquered or colonists sailed off around the world never to return or conquistadors decided to just stop somewhere and marry a local woman.

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Re:A shift in American family values is fueling estrangement by asdff on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:33AM (#27841709)

I bet for the median human over history that they typically lived with their parents until they passed. You still see that in a lot of families.

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