In India joint family concept is widely accepted than across the world.In other part of country I hardly learn about people stay in joint family.If you ask me there are many benefits of joint family.Most effective benefits is that we love each other and at the time of difficulty we stand together to help each other.Also our kids remain close with their cousins and get more exposure and customs from their grand parents.In joint family children grow like awesomely. Also as the expenses are shared among all members it is cheaper to stay together.Also when all are collectively select the things we always get better things.