Question

Write a short essay on the advantages and disadvantages of a multi-generational family. take a different perspective from yours; that is, the perspective of the grandparents or the perspective of the parents. consider the best way to organize your ideas. for the most important ideas, also include an example.

Answer 1

Advantages of Multi-generational Families

• Sharing of financial expenses and burden
• Distribution of household chores and responsibilities
• Strong relationships within the members
• Home security
• Help in upbringing kids and babysitting
• More family quality time
• No issues of loneliness
• Improvement in quality of life for the elderly

Disadvantages of Multi-generational families

• Privacy problems
• No space and time for solitude
• Disputes in the family over trivial things
• More housework, cleaning, maintenance, chores
• Boundary issues
• Different ideas of housekeeping
• Cooking large meals and an increase in workload
• More noise
• Upgrading, remodeling for different needs and people
• Retrofitting for elderly

Grandparents belong to the generation when people used to live with their large multi-generational families and they feel that it was the ideal way of living and has lots of advantages of multigenerational living and today's generations are missing out on so much due to their different perspectives and ideology on living arrangements

Parents are those generations who have experienced living in multi-generational settings as well as living independently and they are well aware of the pros and cons of all the living arrangements