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When you become the default keeper of family traditions

My extended family expects me to host every holiday because I have the biggest house but I am exhausted from always being responsible for keeping everyone connected.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The burden of maintaining community bonds falls disproportionately on those with resources, creating resentment within the very connections being preserved.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”

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