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To: Ilaine who wrote (5037)	11/7/2005 12:07:35 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 542152

I would prescribe multi-generational living -- but we seem to be going in entirely the opposite direction. I referenced that earlier. It seems to me that the increasing corporate practice in the sixties, I think, of moving their employees around the country contributed to the problem as much or more than the women's movement. Until then, people tended to stay close to family. I read that article earlier and almost posted it. That grandparent subsidy is quite the opposite of what Ionesco has in mind. I'm now listening to a news report of a boy killed in a house fire. His brother and cousin were also in the house and survived. That reminded me of how often when we hear about house fires it is reported that all sorts of relatives are sleeping there. I know that, when I was a kid, I stayed with cousins and they with me very often when our parents were otherwise occupied. Extended family has to be a big help. Of course, now with smaller families there are fewer relatives.