‘The
family is the shock absorber of society, to which the bruised and battered
individual returns after doing battle with the world,’ wrote Alvin Toffler in
his classic ‘Future Shock’. The breakdown of the joint family has led to a
loosening of extended family relationships. The large, amorphous, supportive
joint family that supported a wide variety of people and bestowed unconditional
love for the crippled, the old and the helpless, has been reduced to the
nuclear family where everyone is in sharp focus.
It
is our mission to restore the family to its traditional role as a place of rest
and healing, in a new paradigm. There should be one person in the family who
can cushion the blows of the outside world. Someone who is not too busy to
listen, gives support, and manages the daily tasks of living. This could even
be a paid caregiver or cook. Networking with parents, in-laws, neighbours,
domestic help and friends is the key for working couples.
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