The way the economy is structured in the US puts a lot of road blocks in the way of being a “good” parent and building communities that support family structures.
I find it odd that people want everyone to live like destitute beggars and be “tiger” moms or whatever to allow for some sort of social advancement when there are plenty of examples of compassionate approaches supported by government subsidies that produce desirable outcomes.
Ignorant post. Live within your means. People are so much more worried about independence and being rich or well to do RIGHT NOW.
There is power in community. There is power in family. Parents are so eager to get their college aged kids out of the house and college aged kids are so eager to show the world they made it and move out.
With older adults their pride gets in the way and nobody knows how to ask for help and nobody knows how to give help. Families need to operate like their own business. Kids move out too fast and old people live in their own homes too long. There is no reason we should be throwing kids out and watch them sink and there is no reason we should be watching our parents get old and sink later in life.
90% of your time spent with your own parents is complete by the time you are 18 years old. Family community is lost.
Traditional American families focus on earning and obtaining. Accumulate massive debt and when something happens they become destitute beggars because they don’t have a community and they have isolated themselves so much and have so much pride they can’t and don’t ask for help.
Like ABC said, this culture sucks. Blame yourself for being a destitute beggar not government. We are so disconnected to people outside our four walls and sadly so disconnected to people in our own 4 walls.
Government has made it so so easy to lean on. People have stopped fighting for marriages because it’s so easy to leave and suck government and spouse for benefits and alimony and child support. There is a reason divorce rates are so high and single parent homes are even higher. We are so sexualized and governmentized.
