Please understand I don't mean to discredit your site in any way and what I'm about to say below is no reflection in your commitment.
But this is a good opportunity for me to make an important point regards a discussion that took place here a few days ago.
You see - This website serves no purpose in the East or Eastern ethnic minorities.
It's not part of our culture to lose contact with our parents. I saw my parents on the weekend, my wife saw hers and we both spoke to our parents today on the phone. We live 3hrs away.
I'm 33 yrs old. I've never not spoken to my parents for more than 14 days ever in my life.
Why am I telling you this?
Because in the last discussion that took place - the rant about culture in India, many commented that people need to get more mature but what they dont realise that its culture holding them back
Let's not generalize too much. My wife is "Eastern", but only sees her parents on average once a year, because they live on separate continents. And since her dad is not in great shape physically, her count is probably down in the single digits.
Many South American / Mediterranean / Latin cultures also value family a lot (the U.S. has the stereotype of Italians: people of Spanish and Greek descent too).
I visit my family every single weekend. No exception. And that includes my uncles, cousins and grandparents when they were alive.
I guess that for our cultures, family is a very important part of our lives, a safety net, etc... The average American is very individualistic in comparison (it's not meant to be negative - the very same traits mean Americans are more self-reliant and adventurous)
Family is important to me, even extended family (cousins, uncles, aunts) but I don't have the luxury of being able to visit nearly as much as I would like. I live too far away from the lot of them and some more are spaced out all over the country anyways. Factors out of my control prevent me from living anywhere else in the world.
3 hours really isn't very far. I had Indian colleagues who would see their parents once or twice a year because they lived in different continents. In China they have passed a law that people need to look after their parents, presumably because people weren't doing so. I don't think you're seeing the picture with your one-size-fits-all East versus West cultural comparison.
I'm sure they've at least heard about, for example, cultures where three generations tend to live in the same household. But I guess you should always assume an American cultural bias when it comes to content from this site.
But this is a good opportunity for me to make an important point regards a discussion that took place here a few days ago.
You see - This website serves no purpose in the East or Eastern ethnic minorities.
It's not part of our culture to lose contact with our parents. I saw my parents on the weekend, my wife saw hers and we both spoke to our parents today on the phone. We live 3hrs away.
I'm 33 yrs old. I've never not spoken to my parents for more than 14 days ever in my life.
Why am I telling you this?
Because in the last discussion that took place - the rant about culture in India, many commented that people need to get more mature but what they dont realise that its culture holding them back
Your website proves my point.
Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6546587