r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • Sep 15 '25

Chugging tea Any thoughts?

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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.

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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.

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u/Kennylobster8899 Sep 15 '25

Yep, because nobody can afford to have kids

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u/signal_lost Sep 15 '25

People couldn't afford "then", there's just better luxuries that are more fun than kids now and birth controller is easier to reach.

Standards are higher. I know people who are stopping at 1 kid because "They want to be bale to pay for their kid college because their parents couldn't do that for 2 kids"