It sounds like you folks knew how to stay connected which is nice. Those big family reunions always seemed to me like a lot of fun but I never had one I'm sorry to say.
The family unit seems to be breaking down somewhat, splintering, and I don think that's a good thing at all.
Not a good thing for sure. Current times should lead people to cling tighter to their families, but society seems bent on chiseling them into smaller and smaller pieces. Each person has to take responsibility to practice those things on your list.
You make a good point and yeah, why do they fracture when they should be tighter? Maybe it's the greener on the other side of the hill syndrome? Not valuing what's right there in preference for "something better" elsewhere? Nuts!
In their never ending search for 'something better' they'll never find anything but loneliness. I feel sad for people always on the run, looking for belonging, for the next shiny thing. Truth is, they're probably not running to find something new, but running away from their own shortcomings. Maybe...I don't know..I'm no psychologist😂
I agree and I'm not a psychologist either.