Teaching Family Traditions To My Child Meant A Lot To Me

Because a family that creates memories together stays together

Aditi K
Family Matters

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Times have certainly changed. I come from a generation in which the families used to be big and everyone in the town believed in living in connected communities. Catching with cousins used to happen on a monthly basis. Obviously, the mothers in those generations have done an enormous amount of work.

But believe it or not, the social boundary where everybody knew everybody came with its own pros and cons. Today, decades later, most of us live in a cosmopolitan urban setup. Though we all try to choose our work cities in a way that takes us the least amount of time to reach our hometown. But with increasing work hours and out of work commitments, how many of us really take that flight home regularly?

Well, there’s nothing anyone should feel ashamed of on this topic. Honestly, many of us have already set up our new homes in towns that have, in a way has created a void in our hearts. The growing career has made us digital nomads in a way. Interestingly, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the average person in the United States moves residences over 11 times in his or her lifetime. Though every time a new place surely brings an opportunity of creating fresh memories. But this might really…

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Aditi K
Family Matters

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