"Some of us follow an ‘enlightened’ practice of detachment so that we don’t need anyone, even to the extent that we tell ourselves that there is something wrong in being needy. We do need each other. It’s in our DNA.

I fell sorry for us, all that suffering. Jesus said, “Love thy neighbour”. I think he saw what was wrong with us. We have forgotten how to love, and love is the glue that binds the pack together."

The extended family has been lost to most. Movement is easy. We gain skills and understandings for a job and go where those attributes can gain us employment.
Time, for harmony in the household, is gone. People buy houses, not homes. Both work.
Love is there but shown through electronic communication, not hugs.
We need people, Surveys show we change most friendships over a 7 yr period. We don't change family (so regularly )