We live in the two-thousands now. Imagine a fairly common birthday party if you will. On a spring afternoon the Joneses gather to sing Happy Birthday to Junior. Junior probably blows out the candles and wishes for times when life was not so complicated. Well, times do change.
Kids have it hard growing up with several sets of parents.
But they do it. When I grew up my dad went off to work and mother stayed at home. She never went to work outside the home. Today, that has become a historical curiosity. We are straying further and further from the ideal in Eden.