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When children resist traditional family obligations

My teenage son keeps asking why we have to share our small apartment with his unemployed uncle and I do not know how to explain ubuntu to a kid who just wants his own room.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The next generation is questioning communal values that feel like personal sacrifice.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African ubuntu and intergenerational responsibility?”

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