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The modern nuclear family structure is less extended than the traditional tribal family structure with regard to space (the tribal structure embracing a larger circle of contemporary relatives) and with regard to time (the tribal structure embracing more generations, including the seventh generation to come).
The present crisis in modern family life and the increasingly unfortunate circumstances that will probably result from a continuation of present trends, indicate the modern nuclear family is inadequately extended.
Changes in modern family values and structures are called for.
In addition to (and in the long run, more important than) seeking more money with which to purchase help from outside the nucleous, modern nuclear families should value and seek more extended tribal structures, structures embracing larger circles of relations and concerns.
Traditional tribal wisdom prescribes more righteous tribalism to modern nuclear families.