Return of the Extended Family?
Not quite, but the NY Times reports that "[t]he last census showed these "multigenerational households" — defined as those of three or more generations — growing faster than any other type of housing arrangement": Families Add 3rd Generation to Households.*

From the article:

That would be a return to the custom of the 19th century, before the decline of farming and the exodus of adult children from their parents' homes to follow jobs, said Steven Ruggles, a historian who studies changes in the American family and directs the Minnesota Population Center, a research organization at the University of Minnesota.

Many social scientists, Dr. Ruggles said, also argue that Social Security contributed to the erosion of the multigenerational household, by enabling the elderly to afford living independently. He said the percentage of people over 65 living with their children dropped steadily from 1850 to 1990, when it began inching up.

That's all the more reason to adopt The Principle of Subsidiarity and end Social Security, letting families, not the State, take care of the elderly.

I grew up in a such "multigenerational household" and cannot underestimate how much I learned from my Mississipian grandmother. God willing, we will carry on the family tradition when we move back to the United States.

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