Is Joint Family Good or bad?
By krishawinner
@krishawinner (41)
India
October 28, 2011 12:52pm CST
joint family was a system which was very popular in the 19th century and middle of 20th century.
this concept of the whole family living together came to an end after this..
today we find children sending their own parents to old age home.
why do you think this situation arose?
what can be done to bring back the same kind of culture of living together?
if u feel that should not be brought back please justify..
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6 responses
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
28 Oct 11
It depends on financial status, if they are rich they can have an ability to build seperate room, but for poor people have live in a few rooms home. Its a main point.
@krishawinner (41)
• India
29 Oct 11
Thanks for the response.
but don't u feel that if the family is bigger there will be more working class people too... My personal opinion is that money should not be considered as a category..
if you disagree please reply. if not rate it
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
29 Oct 11
many problems comes because of the "money" only. just think once.
@krishawinner (41)
• India
30 Oct 11
you are not showing mercy on anyone.. assume u have a big house, it would either be your family property. or else all of your relatives living there would have joined hands to get one for them.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
31 Oct 11
In the past joint families were common in my country. The grandparents, the parents and the children all lived together and worked together. Today this that kind of family hardly exists anymore. In most cases the parents and the grandparents don't live together, because the parents have to work outside the home and they are not able to help their older family members and take care of them.
I think that there are some advantages about a joint family that you don't get if you live in a small family. One of my friends from Italy lives in a big house and her family is a joint family. She lives with her parents, her sisters, her grandparents, her aunt and her uncle and her cousins. Her family has a very close relationship and they spend a lot of time together and they get many advantages from the lifestyle that they have chosen.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
28 Oct 11
In my hometown, my father's siblings lives in one private land.
I married someone who lives here in the metro so I need to stay here.
Back in my hometown,I also have my piece of inheritance and if given a chance,I would like to have my own house there too.
So,it depends on the situation.
Like my father's family and relatives living in one place,but not in one house.
But still,it's like a small community of kin.
@krishawinner (41)
• India
29 Oct 11
i do agree the first part of the discussion( situation part).. but don't u think that your relatives living in the same place, can live in the same house that is called joint family..
if u accept rate it or leave a comment of disagreement
@midnightbliss (541)
• Philippines
28 Oct 11
i agree with ronny that urbanization plays a role in how people decides and also the culture.
@krishawinner (41)
• India
29 Oct 11
did u mean cultural changes...
to put it better, "THE WANT FOR PRIVACY"... rate it if u agree
@Ronny2005 (10)
• Nepal
28 Oct 11
Though it depends on the scenario and the situation, most people love nuclear family in urban area. But people living in rural area still love joint family.
It can be seen through different surveys that people living in joint family less suffer from depression than people living in nuclear family.
In rural area, still there is no problem, people are living in joint family.The problem is in urban areas and i think the reasons might be due to "urbanization".
@krishawinner (41)
• India
29 Oct 11
could u elaborate as to how urbanization can be a reason.. y don't people settle in the urban regions together..
