Family compounds? Pros & cons?

HImom
Fri, 07 Jan 2022 04:32:53 +0000

Several neighbors have multiple generations under one roof.

One had 3 generations—grandparents, 2 adult kids and (D with spouse and 1 divorced dad), plus the 2 teen grandkids belonging to one dad and 3 for the D. Sadly there was some bullying by the divorced dad and 2 older kids so the other family moved out, even tho the D did a lot of caregiving. It was not how any of the adults had envisioned their lives.

Another family has 2 adults in their 70s and 2 adult sons (40s) who live with them. One has MS or MD and they all share in his care. They get along pretty well.

My sister had her adult D and her H and their infant move in with them for about 6 months until they were hired and rented a place of their own. It was nice but they were each used to their own space so everyone was happier when they rented their own space.