In many part of the world, there are now multi-generational households, e.g. where grandparents live with parents and children, than in the past. What do you think are the reasons for this? Do you think this is a positive or negative development? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience. Write at least 250 words.

In
this
era and age, a new trend is coming, which is the creation of new multi-generational households. I personally think that
this
kind of living is a positive development, especially for families.
This
kind of household is positive because it permits the creation of a close relationship between the relatives, leading to a lovely familiar situation.
This
essay analyses the reasons that have brought
to
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this
trend
such
as the help that
grandparents
can give to the family or the
possibility
in some parts of the world of building or buying an
entire
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new home with less expenditure. First of all, one of the main reasons is that people inside the family
such
as
grandparents
can give enormous help to the parents.
For example
, if we think about the pandemia by Covid-19, those who had the
possibility
to use
grandparents
as babysitters had an extremely positive help in terms of costs and social problems
such
as the
possibility
for children to stay with their
grandparents
and for the parents to not be absent from work.
In addition
, another reason
that is
pushing
this
new habit is the
possibility
, in some places, to create or buy new buildings with costs that are more affordable than apartments in cities.
For instance
, in the southern part of Italy in areas
such
as suburbs and
villages
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the vast part of the buildings are owned and lived by the same family indeed, in these areas houses are cheaper than the ones in city zones.
To conclude
, buildings owned by the same family can exist only in determinate areas with specific conditions.
Furthermore
, they can
also
be considered
as
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a positive development
due to
creating a close, lovely and efficient environment based on mutual help.
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