Family-building unmoored from community has considerable problems. Divorced from any wider network, the family unit is going to have all the same issues as an individual
who is.

This is why we think your life stops when you settle down. It’s not part of anything greater.
Boomers hating their wives—even as a joke—is a symptom of this. Your wife and kids represent a duty that feels meaningless or soul-sucking without some greater connection. You go to work, you have a few moments of joy, to what end if nobody is building together?
Think of the cultures where marriage is an initiation into a new phase of life vs. the end of the best part of life. What do they have in common? (strong community bonds.)
Why might a start up be a more appealing “family” than a biological one with children?
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