Well, in a typical family, the person who is the eldest among the family takes the leading role. In the joint family, grandmother or grandfather takes the leading role whereas in our nuclear family, mother or father takes the leading role. It depends upon the choice of the old people where they want to live with their offspring or not. If they want to live with their children, then I think young and middle-aged people should live with the old people. And if the old people do not want to live with the children or they want to be independent as much as they could, then of course young and the aged people can live separately from the old people. Now there is a trend that the young and middle-aged people are living separately from the old people. It has both advantages and disadvantages.
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Well, in a typical family, the person who is the eldest among the family takes the leading role. In a joint family, the grandmother or grandfather takes the leading role, whereas in a nuclear family, the mother or father takes the leading role. It depends on the choice of the elderly where they want to live with their offspring or not. If they want to live with their children, then I think young and middle-aged people should live with the elderly. If the elderly do not want to live with the children or they want to be as independent as possible, then of course young and middle-aged people can live separately from the elderly. Now there is a trend that young and middle-aged people are living separately from the elderly. It has both advantages and disadvantages.
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