Three Generations at Home

09/11/2009

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions.
Henri Nouwen

"Modern American households are starting to resemble those of centuries past," observes Newsweek magazine (August 24, 2009), "when it was the norm for multiple generations to live under the same roof." According to an article in the magazine, the number of U.S. households with three or more generations increased by 38% between 1990 and 2000. Then, between 2000 and 2007, the number of parents living in homes of their adult children increased by a whopping 67%. In other cases, grown children with families of their own are moving back into their parents' homes due to economic challenges. Other factors are at work as well. For example, immigration is playing a role — certain cultures favor extended-family living — as is increasing longevity — with more households called upon to care for aging parents longer. And finally, according to futurist Andrew Zoli, cited in the article, people born after 1975 could end up taking care of their mothers longer than their mothers took care of them.

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