On 10 Sep 96 at 15:32, Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:
> I also wonder if longevity is having a secondary effect, in that
> there are more grandparents available to help raise children:
> a woman who might once have stayed with an unsatisfactory
> man because she had to feed her kids is increasingly likely
> to be able to go back to her parents (or to one of them, if
> they're no longer married), and at least have a roof over her
> head, and possibly someone to watch the children while she
> earns a living.
This could well be a factor, although I can't help feeling that it
must be negated by the disintegration of the extended family unit as
we knew it (three generations under the same roof) and the collapse
of community (in a village sized community she would also have
support from her friends and neighbours nearby).
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