look at the history of family through time. most families stayed together in most cultures. where there was family disintegration it was almost never by choice. it was the result of death, the woman in childbirth, or the man or woman or child(ren) from disease, infection, etc. today families are disintegrating willingly by the millions. "just pull your family up by your bootstraps" willful blindness, like it's only up to the individual. we have a social/cultural problem it is obvious to everybody but you apparently.
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