Which is better? joint family or Nuclear family?

I have been grown up from joint family since I was young. And I like the feeling where there's lot of poeple having fun together, with lots of laughter and etc. I am still single as of now and a lot of my friends around me telling me that it's better to live seperately from in-laws after marriage, cause there's always a lot of conflict staying with in-laws. I am not sure how true is it, but I still wish to stay together with them. And I know that a lot of tolerance is required.

Both joint family and nuclear family has its on positives and negatives. I used to be in a joint family before marriage, now I am having a nuclearn family. It is nice to be in a joint family with losts of people around to talk, haven fun, play, advice, get advice, and help. There is a good chance to have conflicts in that family. If there is a conflict, that is the end of it. Also, you have to handle people of different characters and behaviors Now, I am having a nuclear family - only me and my husband. I feel lonely and the house is empty. I have to leave my kids in day care center whenever I go for work. This has never happened with my mom. I also don't have anybody to helpem with cleaning and cooking. In a joint family, every work is a group activity.

I am also from a nuclear family... I think it is the best for the kids.Kid can develop their personality much better in a nuclear family... In a joint family,if you are a young member,then no one is going to hear you... And you will have to obey the elders always,irrespective of whatever they say...This is sometimes pathetic.. You can talk to your parents much better than anybody else in this world,when any problem arises.. They will understand you much better. There is an old English saying" Too many cooks spoils the broth".... Certain adjustment problems are arises when thee are so many members.Money matter becomes the most important factor.

So far ive been in a nuclear family...but now i prefer a joint family...i just want to know how happy a joint family would be...be it happiness or sadness everyone are knit together in a joint family...let God decide..happy mylotting

Well my preference will always be a joint family. Its really very good because you have your family members with you in times of happiness and sorrows. You can share your good and bad times with them. Yes there are negative points as well, like tuning between the family members is must, if it is not there then there will be always problems. But ths is not that much big issue, it can be easily solved if you become mature enough to handle the situations. Leaving in a nuclear family is like leaving by your own, its just like sharing a room or home with your friends whlie you were bachelor and studying, instead of friends you have your wife. But have you ever thought, that our parents take lots of pains and bring us up to a level where we can live in this world and when they require our support we prefer to leave separately with our own family. Just put yourself in their shoe, how you will feel when your own son will leave you once he is grown up. And also I feel that your family will be always with you in your good and bad times whenever you need them, but most of the others will be only with you in your good times and you will only able to know them when the bad times have came and how many of your friends are with you. So I personally prefer a joint family with all the pros and cons.

I would think the answer to that question would depend on the people involved. In toxic families or damaged families, a joint (or extended) family may not be the best idea. For example, my parents had an acrimonious divorce and my mother was a very damaging person to me and my siblings. Living with her now that I am grown, married and raising four children, would not be a good idea for the kids because she and I would fight so much. If an extended family is not damaged or having toxic relations, everyone would be better off with living together for many reasons. The kids have a better safety net if they have extended family around to help them. The joint family is less consumptive because they share resources and living. In our times of global warming and high non-renewable resource consumption, joint families make sense. Financially joint families make more sense as well. Combining finances means that everyone in a joint family has greater economic security. Everyone also has greated emotional security because there are more poeple with emotional ties and emotional interests around to help one another through tough times and emotional or health crises. Joint or extended families were once the norm; the so-called nuclear family is called that because it came about during the post war, nuclear cold war of the 50's. This was when factories had too many goods to sell and not enough consumers to buy. The post-war economic boom meant that when families were encouraged to separate, buy more stuff, and go where the work was, they did so and were able to afford to. So this means that the nuclear family form is relatively new; joint or extended families were the norm for centuries before. Some Native American cultures like the Hopi and Navajo still live in joint families. In order to help conserve and save our planet, we should go back to joint family living again if the people involved are not toxic to one another. I know my husband and I are going to encourage our kids to live jointly with us to help conserve resources.