Question

Although the U.S. kinship system seems limited by comparison to India's, many argue that it is more important than most of us think. Can you think of ways this might be true?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although the U.S. kinship system seems limited by comparison to India's, many argue that it is more important than most of us think. The ways I think this might be true are the following.

Of course, every kinship system has its advantages and disadvantages. Specifically in the United States, a man and woman -traditionally choose to get married to form a family. They have children and by the age of 17-18, when they finish high school, youngsters decide to leave the family nucleus in order to pursue their own life. Some of them go to college in other states, others get a job and aspire to be independent and move on with their lives.

In many cases, this has caused a fracture in the family structure of American people, leaving behind the parents and their issues.

In the case of India, where marriages are often arranged, you are not expected to choose your wife.

Or there is the case of Latinamerica, where kids turn into adulthood and they are still living with the parents at 30 or 35 years old. And parents love to have their sons and daughters living with them because, in Latinamerica, family bonds are very important as the core of society.