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kleinbl00 · 3458 days ago · link · · parent · post: It turns out parenthood is worse than divorce, unemployment — even the death of a partner
Most of the studies I've seen indicate that the isolated nuclear family doesn't work and that with the increase of mobility and the fraying of social networks, modern industrial society becomes more and more punitive towards successfully rearing a family. That's generally what all these studies indicate: "If you want future taxpayers, give their parents a break."IMHO, the studies on happiness and the effects of child rearing in industrialized nations really point to the one real problem, which is how the exclusively nuclear family doesn't work out in the end.