I wonder if this holds up historically. In ages past, I think children lived with their parents for a long time but then part of the marriage process was the new couple moving into their own home.
I'd also be interesting in comparing this with, say, Asian cultures. My impression is having multi-generational homes is still pretty common., …
I wonder if this holds up historically. In ages past, I think children lived with their parents for a long time but then part of the marriage process was the new couple moving into their own home.
I'd also be interesting in comparing this with, say, Asian cultures. My impression is having multi-generational homes is still pretty common., specifically Indian families. That being said, it might be that the kids move out for a while, then mom or dad moves in with the kids when they get older and/or their spouse passes.
There might also be an aspect of sexual squeamishness. Who wants to have sex with a spouse with your in-laws down the hall? But I'm not sure if that's just a western cultural inhibition. Perhaps there are other cultures where this is not a big deal. To be honest, I wonder how things worked out until 100 years ago. I wonder how they got to 10 kids when a family lived in a two room cabin on the plains.
I wonder if this holds up historically. In ages past, I think children lived with their parents for a long time but then part of the marriage process was the new couple moving into their own home.
I'd also be interesting in comparing this with, say, Asian cultures. My impression is having multi-generational homes is still pretty common., specifically Indian families. That being said, it might be that the kids move out for a while, then mom or dad moves in with the kids when they get older and/or their spouse passes.
There might also be an aspect of sexual squeamishness. Who wants to have sex with a spouse with your in-laws down the hall? But I'm not sure if that's just a western cultural inhibition. Perhaps there are other cultures where this is not a big deal. To be honest, I wonder how things worked out until 100 years ago. I wonder how they got to 10 kids when a family lived in a two room cabin on the plains.