Research
shows that growing up with more siblings provides you with a chance to have a
happier marriage. This may be because of the chance to learn the joy of
sharing, caring, comforting others in trouble, adjusting with limited resources
and an opportunity for fun, games and common amusements.
With the
growing trend towards one child families, it is good idea to develop a method
of providing a similar experience with children in a building, neighbourhood or
circle of friends. The joint family provides a great opportunity for kids to
build close relationships with other children and adults. Can we take steps to
replace the lost joint family with intimate circles of neighbours and friends?
Just today,
I was speaking to a friend a busy lawyer about getting together with his
neighbours to deal with wet and dry garbage. He said “I don’t even know the 6
other families who live in my building.” A time has come in our own cities and
towns, when a person can die next door and no one knows about it. Last week a
newspaper article told of a woman in a
posh Bangalore suburb whose body was discovered 5 months after she died.
Neighbours complained of a foul smell and authorities broke down the door to
find her.
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