Home design is among the many subtle and not so subtle indicators of cultural norms that tell us what the ideal family should look like. But more families — through choice and circumstance — are creating families in ways that don’t match up with the nuclear family ideal. In post-World War II America, marriage rates have decreased and more children are born to unmarried parents. Today there is no one family form in which the majority of kids grow up. — PS Mag
If you could throw out all the conventions and constructs and limitations of our current understanding of family, what would you create for yourself? And what’s stopping you?
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Don't know where to start...
...A home? Preferably one where we're not at the mercy of a greedy landlord or shift bank.
Am I missing something here?
People have always conformed to all sorts of plan configurations so I'm not sure what kind of "conventions" we're talking about besides re-sale worries. Plus, you can always remodel.
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