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Family relationships are definitely dying out. Just look at the number of divorces and marriages
that have ended. Nearly 60% of marriages end in divorces, although this figure is different
depending on where you live. If you live in a densely populated urban area, the divorce rate is much
higher in contrast to rural areas. People these days have more of the tendency to care about their
own lives and don't stop to think of how much their parents have sacrificed for them |
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Family is definitely not as important as it once was. Now, many family's don't even dine together
and everyone seems to have different schedules. |
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Family relationship is dying out without people even realizing it. Schedules are crazy nowadays and
family is the first thing you leave out. You figure they love you and will let it go , but as it
starts happening more and more often, it starts to become a problem. This is happening to way too
many people anymore. We need to make family a priority because in the end, they are all we really
have. |
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Ya it is. So many families don't even eat together anymore. |
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Parents are trying to make a living for there kids but at the same time not realizing that they are
loosing the trust of there kids. Kids want parents to be there. Not always having to call there
parents to say goodnight or waiting on the couch asleep till on of them comes in. It can affect a
kid! |
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Check out my comment under "death" at the bottom! |
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In today’s world everything is changing too fast and over all our lifestyle has taken a pace.
Everybody is having a hectic working schedule and they can not remain casual and careless about
anything that is happening around them. Life is changing in a fast lane and men are getting more and
more chained with our professional involvements and other responsibilities. In such a condition what
is lacking is our attention towards the family. It often has happened in many families that the
husband and wife both are employed in such a way that they hardly get to see each other once a week
even staying in the same home. Thus it can be said that family relationships are really dying out
today though people are trying to give more time to their family but they are not being able to. |
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It is true that family relationships are dying out. Instead of daughters sharing their lives with
their mothers and sons being best friends with fathers children are forced to look for friends and
confidants in other places.
Some people blame busy work schedules, television and computers etc for this changing trend. It
maybe true to some extent but the fact is that our lazy attitudes are to be blamed in fact. You do
not need to spend the whole day with your family to be close to them. Simple activities like a
common dinner time and occasional family vacations can keep these bonds firm and thriving. |
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With dad at work mom at work kids at school come home tv after 3hours of homework and bed oh oh
after fast food when do you have time to say i love you CALL ME ON MY CELL PHONE? |
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Yes I do agree that family relationships are dying out because of our busyness. We are so much
involved in our job and business that we could seldom get free time for our family and friends. The
worry to maintain our status and earn healthy amount of money for our survival is keeping us full of
activity all the time. We could only be able to meet our relatives now on festivals. But we should
all spare some time for our family, relatives and friends to stay active and be helpful to others. |
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Yes, it is especially true in western societies but eastern people still live, and try to maintain
their lives with their families.
Following are the reasons I think are causing the destruction of family life:
1)Materialistic approach to life.
2)Lack of religious and moral values.
3)Greed and thirst for wealth.
These are just some reasons from many. |
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The way in which the family functions is changing but I don't think it's dying out.
One comment was made about mothers and fathers being out at work all day. Is was also the 'norm' for
many families in the past especially in the industrialised urban areas where children, men and
women had no alternative than to work , long, unsociable hours to feed the industrial machine. A
more comfortable family life was the prerogative of the middle and upper classes.
Undoubtably family life has changed. Children have the chance to be more mobile and often take jobs
abroad, more women choose careers and many men spend long hours at work or work away from the
family.
Television and PC's are often blamed for interfering with family life and much of this is true.
There are still a high proportion of close family networks. It is rather the form that the family
seems to take that makes it appear that family relationships are dying out, when in reality they are
probably as strong as ever in the majority of cases. |
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No, I do not think family relationships are dying out. I think first of course, that it depends
upon the family. Let's face it, it's obvious that busy people with busy lifestyles will have less
time to spend with each other. That's just a fact of the modern life. However, it does not stop
people from enjoying their family relationships.
Many families still meet up together for a Sunday dinner or even a daily meal. With the television
off and everyone together, this can be a great time for the family to get to know each other better
and hear each other's news. Likewise, it is a time for younger members of the family to appreciate
this time special time and to make it a habit. As they grow into teenagers, they may want to be
around their family less, but if their parents hold firm on returning for dinner and spending it
together through those difficult years, there is no reason at all why the family relationship should
die out.
Furthermore, it's no point in blaming a lack of moral values. That's just naive, moral values aren't
lacking, they are changing and evolving. It's down to the parents to hold the family together. Of
course, with divorce on the increase, it may be one reason why this is harder than ever, but a
family should do everything they can stay strong together.
Often, children when they get older realise how much they like their parents and want to spend more
time them, so as adults, they get to discover the family relationship all over again.
What is naive is to think of the family relationship as a set entity, mum, dad and two kids, when in
fact, 'family' can be many things. Is the traditional family unit under threat? Possibly. But the
family in a changing contemporary sense is not to my mind. |
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No, I don't agree with this because of the following reasons:
1- We are earning just for our family, their necessities and comfort.
2- Man is a social animal. He cannot live without his family and others. So the relationship will
never die out.
3- If we didn't have moral values then there would be old age houses everywhere, rather than
amusement parks.
So, there are still family relationships alive and well. |
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07 Dec 2007 05:08
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