Originally posted by: chicksoup
Discussions on New Gen. It is not about who has it easier...In fact, I am glad I am not a teenager now. They go through enormous pressures now. Back when I was a teen, no one bothered whether you wore a designer dress or had a boy friend. These two seem absolutely essential these days.
And who is to blame? I believe it is the parents themselves who are forced to bribe their children with expensive gifts, instead of quality time.
And when it comes to work places, I hear this increasing complaint on how quality is suffering with the junior staff...Partly true I feel, because people have many more choices these days. So the really smart educated students have more options and get scattered, outside the traditional choices.
What I feel sorry for, is the way we have deviated from the joint family norm. From nuclear family, now we are going to single parenthood...this is going to get more and more disastrous.
Have you all seen that new ad of Revathi's(South actress)- I think it was on Housing loans or something. The mother urges her son to buy a new house as he is getting married, but not too far away from her. I found that very touching..and a good way forward.People can have their privacy and still not drift apart 👏
Did you just mention the Revathi and Vikrant Messy ad 😛
here you go with the link
Axis Bank Home Loans with 12 EMIs off - YouTube
God Soup, as much as I agree with you on how we have moved away from joint family setups and taken to nuclear setup and also adopted single parenthood, I have to say this that there are many who feel the joint set up was partly ..claustrophobic, for the lack of better word. I mean why should I as an individual be answerable to my grandparents, or uncles, or aunts for what I do and who I am or for that matter who I hang out with. Idk, maybe with time my mentality may change, but for now, being answerable to people and having them around you, or being around them is just fine. Which is why the nuclear setup was adopted. So I see more pros to it than cons. And YES, living close by to your folks, just serves the entire purpose.
As for single parenthood, I think its mostly adopted as a convenience and in a survey I read a while back, it was stated that most Indian parents are having only one child as against the European or British parents. And I feel its mostly from the POV of easing the financial and parental responsibilities that the nuclear set of parents bore alone.
I am not condoning or condemning any preference or lifestyle. To each their own I guess. I am just brining in a different perspective.
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