What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a join family?
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Advantage:
1. Unconditional love
Having more than your usually 3-4 members in a household gives you the extra dose of unconditional love and support. This can come from your grandparents, your aunts and uncles, your cousins and of course your parents. Kids who live in a joint family turn out to be more mature and caring.
2. Family Vacations
Travelling with your family in a mini-bus, taking over quarter of ever airplane and having the best “antakshari” sessions is unparalleled to any other experience. You get to travel more and travel bigger.
3. Responsibilities
Household chores such as washing the dishes, cleaning your bedrooms, arranging your books etc., can be a tedious task to handle alone. However, when you live in a joint family, the possibilities of you sharing a room are high, and thus responsibilities are divided. This will reduce the overall workload and make sure things get done more efficiently.
4. Sharing is caring
Have you always admired your cousin sister’s dresses, your uncle’s cool gadgets, also craved your grandmother’s delicious biryani. Well, if you live in a joint family, you have access to all these things. You can easily ask your cousin to borrow her dress, play with your uncle’s gadgets and gobble down your grandmother’s biryani.
Distadvantage:
1. Lack of privacy
In a joint family, privacy could be the biggest causality. A newlywed couple may not get enough space and time to talk, considering the many people around them. People who love their independence may feel claustrophobic living with so many new people.
A personal matter could become the entire family’s business, and there could be too many interventions or interference than one may like. Younger family members may not get to watch what they want on TV, with the older ones always around. You might miss sharing the same couch to binge watch TV shows during your weekends; you may not be able to cook together and eat alone.
2. Personal preferences may take a back seat
You may want to decorate the home as per your taste. You may want new furniture or home appliances, but you may not have the freedom to get what you want or deck the house as you wish. Even a simple thing as wanting something specific to eat could become difficult when you have to consider what the rest of the family members like or don’t like.
3. Single point of control
The head of the family is usually in charge of everything in a joint family. In such a set-up, you may feel dependent on others and that others are controlling your life. Living in a joint family could be difficult if you are an independent person.
4. Parenting style issues
Although children learn from the wisdom and knowledge of elders, there could be some interference in your parenting style. Members of the family could interfere with your choice of food for the children. A lot of advice, do’s, and don’ts may come your way. This could make you feel uncomfortable if you prefer to bring up your children in your own way.