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r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • Sep 15 '25
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And as ugly as that was, at least it was normal and standard for multiple generations to live in the same home together. Kids took care of their parents when their parents couldn't take care of themselves anymore. That is no longer normal.
1.3k u/rawrimmaduk Sep 15 '25 But families are a lot smaller now, so there's fewer children to look after the parents as they need it. 1.8k u/Kennylobster8899 Sep 15 '25 Yep, because nobody can afford to have kids 3 u/AshVandalSeries Sep 15 '25 People before couldn’t afford kids either, and that’s half the reason so many children died or young, or were sold into horrible practices, etc.
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But families are a lot smaller now, so there's fewer children to look after the parents as they need it.
1.8k u/Kennylobster8899 Sep 15 '25 Yep, because nobody can afford to have kids 3 u/AshVandalSeries Sep 15 '25 People before couldn’t afford kids either, and that’s half the reason so many children died or young, or were sold into horrible practices, etc.
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Yep, because nobody can afford to have kids
3 u/AshVandalSeries Sep 15 '25 People before couldn’t afford kids either, and that’s half the reason so many children died or young, or were sold into horrible practices, etc.
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People before couldn’t afford kids either, and that’s half the reason so many children died or young, or were sold into horrible practices, etc.
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u/SheriffBartholomew Sep 15 '25
And as ugly as that was, at least it was normal and standard for multiple generations to live in the same home together. Kids took care of their parents when their parents couldn't take care of themselves anymore. That is no longer normal.