U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households (2019)

Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by em-bee on Sunday September 24, 2023 @01:26AM (#37630366)

i lived in china and in europe for more than a decade, also in other asian and western countries.

the difference is noticeable.

chinese will sacrifice everything for their children. until recently they had to because there was no pension system, and the only way to get by when you are to old to work was to have your children care for you.

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Re:U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in singl... by gregjor on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:59AM (#37631662)

I lived in America for most of my life. I raised three children. Every parent I’ve known, myself included, and my own parents, made sacrifices for their children and would sacrifice more if necessary.

I live in SE Asia now. I see lots of devoted parents making sacrifices, just like most parents everywhere.

I’ve seen selfish and negligent parents in the US, and in SE Asia. Those parents occur everywhere.

Some Asian cultures emphasize the extended family, and children taking care of their parents later in life, perhaps more than Americans or westerners emphasize that.

America doesn’t have much of a pension system either, and lots of adult children care for their aging parents.

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