The rise of nuclear families and their effects on children’s upbringing lead to the question about whether children should be raised in an extended family in which their grandparents, uncles and aunts can contribute to their growth or not. While such families are not without their drawbacks, I believe that it is better for children to be reared in such families.
To begin with, most children benefit from being reared in such families. It is widely acknowledged that the vast majority of young adults are always occupied with their full-time job tasks and have limited time for their children. Therefore, in nuclear families, children are more likely to spend excessive amounts of time playing online games which are addictive and offer rewards to encourage them to progress into advanced levels. Consequently, they waste a lot of time which should have been spent on doing their homework or playing a physical sport.
Conversely, in extended families, children can be looked after by their aunts or grandparents who will ensure that they are fed on time and dedicate enough time to homework by supervising them. Besides, children can develop strong social skills which contribute to their future career success. Compared with those children who are reared in nuclear families, in extended families, they learn how to mingle with other family members who have diverse personalities and attitudes and this exposure will cultivate their interpersonal skills. This enables them to grow into adults with better social skills which prepare them better for the future job markets, since we are in an increasingly teamwork-oriented workplace where social skills are highly valued by employers.
The rise of nuclear
families
and their effects on
children’s
upbringing lead to the question about whether
children
should
be raised
in an extended
family
in which their grandparents, uncles and aunts can contribute to their growth or not. While such
families
are not without their drawbacks, I believe that it is better for
children
to
be reared
in such families.
To
begin
with, most
children
benefit from
being reared
in such
families
. It is
widely
acknowledged that the vast majority of young adults are always occupied with their full-time job tasks and have limited
time
for their
children
.
Therefore
, in nuclear
families
,
children
are more likely to spend excessive amounts of
time
playing online games which are addictive and offer rewards to encourage them to progress into advanced levels.
Consequently
, they waste
a lot of
time
which should have
been spent
on doing their homework or playing a physical sport.
Conversely
, in extended
families
,
children
can
be looked
after by their aunts or grandparents who will ensure that they
are fed
on
time
and dedicate
enough
time
to homework by supervising them.
Besides
,
children
can develop strong social
skills
which contribute to their future career success. Compared with those
children
who
are reared
in nuclear
families
, in extended
families
, they learn how to mingle with other
family
members who have diverse personalities and attitudes and this exposure will cultivate their interpersonal
skills
. This enables them to grow into adults with better social
skills
which prepare them better for the future job markets, since we are in an
increasingly
teamwork-oriented workplace where social
skills
are
highly
valued by employers.