work and family

just a curious thought: if we all saw work as work and life outside of work as such (specifically family)- suitably dividing time between both - with family being more important, what would happen?

should you wait to have your own family before committing to that family? or commit to the one you came from until you leave it?

In my ideal world, everyone has someone they love looking after them. they don't go into nursing homes and they don't become abandoned. it's nice to have the advances of technology, growth in education, new toys to play with and new ways to see the world. How important are those things when the people you care about are left to fend for themselves among others who have been left ...because of different ideas of success?

In a family you could have a small functioning unit of people who have enough time to care for each other i.e. one person is looking after 10 extremely sick people which is near impossible to do well.