nuclear families

WHO WILL CARE FOR ME WHEN I CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR MYSELF?

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This picture taken from The Daily Mail shows the world’s largest family. Mr Ziona Chana has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. Large families with far fewer members than Mr Ziona’s are a rarity today. Once upon a time families were large and everyone lived together under the same roof. Today family size has […]

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DO GRANDPARENTS FEEL USEFUL OR EXPLOITED?

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From The Sunday Star 4 Nov 2012. Click here to read the full article . It’s been a long while since I wrote about grandparenting (“Grandparenting – Pleasure or Pressure?”). The above article in The Sunday Star today is a timely reminder to revisit the topic. Given the changing role of women in the last

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