With a rapidly changing business and technological atmosphere, the family structure is transforming throughout the world. I think this has numerous advantages ranging from better career opportunities to greater independence. This has a major disadvantage of lack of emotional bond among family members.
The structure is changing from joint family to nuclear family. This allows younger family members to focus more on career and less on family obligations. Members of a joint family are often engaged in taking care of elderly and dependent members. A nuclear family is free of such compulsions and allows youngsters to spend more time on economically productive.
Moreover, a nuclear family allows all members to stay free of any interference. A joint family not only has more than two generations living under the same roof but also several uncles, aunts, and cousins in close vicinity. This leaves little room for privacy and almost no independence. The changing family structure, on the other hand, allows separate rooms for all members and, hence, they have the independence to act according to their wish.
However, this often leads to weakening of emotional bond among people. When the family structure breaks, it leads to lesser responsibility towards others and greater individuality. This results in a selfish culture in which each member looks after her interests and not that of others. Consequently, people become more materialistic and lesser human. For example, the changing family structure in Europe has resulted in more materialism while the tribals in Asia follow the traditional family structure and have strong emotions for other members of the family.
In conclusion, though the changing family structure results in a lack of emotional bond, it is beneficial for the individual and the economy.
With a
rapidly
changing
business and technological atmosphere, the
family
structure
is transforming throughout the world. I
think
this has numerous advantages ranging from better career opportunities to greater independence. This has a major disadvantage of lack of emotional bond among
family
members.
The
structure
is
changing
from joint
family
to nuclear
family
. This
allows
younger
family
members
to focus more on career and less on
family
obligations.
Members
of a joint
family
are
often
engaged in taking care of elderly and dependent
members
. A nuclear
family
is free of such compulsions and
allows
youngsters to spend more time on
economically
productive.
Moreover
, a nuclear
family
allows
all
members
to stay free of any interference. A joint
family
not
only
has more than two generations living under the same roof
but
also
several uncles, aunts, and cousins in close vicinity. This
leaves
little
room for privacy and almost no independence. The
changing
family
structure
, on the
other
hand,
allows
separate rooms for all
members
and,
hence
, they have the independence to act according to their wish.
However
, this
often
leads to weakening of emotional bond among
people
. When the
family
structure
breaks, it leads to lesser responsibility towards others and greater individuality. This results in a selfish culture in which each
member
looks after her interests and not that of others.
Consequently
,
people
become more materialistic and lesser human.
For example
, the
changing
family
structure
in Europe has resulted in more materialism while the
tribals
in Asia follow the traditional
family
structure
and have strong emotions for
other
members
of the family.
In conclusion
, though the
changing
family
structure
results in a lack of emotional bond, it is beneficial for the individual and the economy.