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According to recent census data, there are almost four million American multigenerational households with three or more generations living together. In the US, this represents a new (or arguably a return to a previous) trend away from each generation establishing their own independent home. In more collectivistic cultures, multigenerational living arrangements are considered the norm. Like any family structure, multigenerational living, whether a new phenomenon or a steadfast tradition, offers both benefits and challenges.Post a thoughtful discussion addressing the following:

• What were some of the major issues addressed in the readings and videos? What did you agree with? What did you disagree with?
• Describe some advantages and disadvantages that result from a multigenerational living arrangement with regular exchange and contacts between three generations in a single household?
• How does the living arrangement affect people differently based on their place in the family? How does it change roles in the family system?
• What cultural features of each society play a role in maintaining aspects of their traditional family structure?
• What are your thoughts and insights on multigenerational living arrangements? Are they primarily positive or negative? Would you want to live in this family arrangement? Why or why not?

read and respond to 2 of your classmates.

According to recent census data, there are almost four million American multigenerational households with three or more generations living together. In the US, this represents a new (or arguably a return to a previous) trend away from each generation establishing their own independent home. In more collectivistic cultures, multigenerational living arrangements are considered the norm. Like any family structure, multigenerational living, whether a new phenomenon or a steadfast tradition, offers both benefits and challenges.

Read the following:

• Around the World in Search of Different Forms of “Family” (Links to an external site.) (We Have Kids)
• Living in a multigenerational household (Links to an external site.) (The Slovak Spectator)
• Some Millennials — And Their Parents — Are Slow To Cut The Cord (Links to an external site.) (NPR)
• The greatest gift of all – family. (Links to an external site.) (Credit Canada)
• Three-Generation Homes Aren’t Easy For Millennials Caught Between Cultures (Links to an external site.) (Huff Post)
• World Family Map 2015-Living Arrangements section

WATCH

• Moving Back Home (YouTube 4:33) (Links to an external site.)
• Why more and more Millennials aren’t leaving the nest (YouTube 7:22) (Links to an external site.)
• Growing Trend: Multiple Generations Opting To Live Together (YouTube 3:04) (Links to an external site.)
• Millennials Living at Home | The Financial Consequences (YouTube 2:42) (Links to an external site.)
• The superpower of intergenerational living | Derenda Schubert | TEDxMtHood (YouTube 12:54) (Links to an external site.)
• Being Interdependent | Mohana Arun | TEDxGLIMChennai (YouTube 10:23)

Required Course Materials

Title: Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society

ISBN: 9781337109666 (Print) | 9781337516174 (eText)

Authors: M. A. Lamanna, A. Riedmann, and S. Stewart

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Publication Date: 2018

Edition: 13th