It is unfortunate that in the midst of vast progress in every field of life there is also a groMh in the anti-social behaviour and people have become less respectful of each other. This essay intends to analyze some
causes of this phenomenon and suggest some ways to ameliorate the situation.
Today, we live in an era of technology in which the whole Earth has shrunk and become a global village.
Everybody is connected to everybody through telephone lines and the lnternet, but the warmth of
relationships has taken a back seat. Most people have more than enough wealth, comfort and freedom,
but their hearts desire even more. To satisfy their hearts greed people have become workaholics, and as a
result have no time for family and friends. People have become selfish, isolated and indifferent. Each
person is busy in his own quest for more. To add to it, the youngsters who are at ease with the new
technology think that the elderly are good for nothing and that is why they don't respect them.
The changing family structure is another big cause of this phenomenon. Earlier, people lived in joint
families and the grandparents were there to supervise the children. Now there are nuclear families in
which both parents go out to work, and children are left unattended in the hands of pervasive media like
the TV and the lnternet. No one monitors what they watch and they see the programs full of violence and
crime, which makes them anti social. The pressure of consumerist society and peers also breeds anti social
behaviour. To add to it, the values of traditional culture are being lost and people are following the global
culture, which is also considered anti social by the orthodox elderly.
There are many solutions to this problem. To begin with, people have to learn to strike a balance between
work and family life. Government should also fix the maximum hours a worker can work per week so that
exploitation is not there in the job market. People should revert back to the old joint family system. This
would be in the beneflt of all. The children would learn moral values and the elderly would be well looked
after. Negative effects of excessive consumerism should be taught to the people. Media can play a big role
in highlighting the good points of the traditional and the western culture so that the people can adopt
good social values. Neighbourhood associations should be set up to connect people to each other.
Summing up, anti social behaviour and mutual lack of respect in today's times can be dealt with by taking
simple measures, and individuals and governments should collectively take these steps.
It is unfortunate that in the midst of vast progress in every field of life there is
also
a
groMh
in the anti-social
behaviour
and
people
have
become
less respectful of each other. This essay intends to analyze
some
causes of this phenomenon and suggest
some
ways to ameliorate the situation.
Today
, we
live
in an era of technology in which the whole Earth has shrunk and
become
a global village.
Everybody
is connected
to everybody through telephone lines and the
lnternet
,
but
the warmth of
relationships has taken a back seat. Most
people
have more than
enough
wealth, comfort and freedom,
but
their hearts desire even more. To satisfy their hearts greed
people
have
become
workaholics, and as a
result have no time for
family
and friends.
People
have
become
selfish, isolated and indifferent. Each
person is busy in his
own
quest for more. To
add
to it, the youngsters who are at
ease
with the new
technology
think
that the elderly are
good
for nothing and
that is
why they don't respect them.
The changing
family
structure is another
big
cause of this phenomenon. Earlier,
people
lived
in joint
families and the grandparents were there to supervise the children.
Now
there are nuclear
families
in
which both parents go out to work, and children are
left
unattended in the hands of pervasive media like
the TV and the
lnternet
. No one monitors what they
watch and
they
see
the programs full of violence and
crime, which
makes
them
anti
social
. The pressure of consumerist society and peers
also
breeds
anti social
behaviour
. To
add
to it, the values of traditional culture are
being lost
and
people
are following the global
culture, which is
also
considered
anti
social
by the orthodox elderly.
There are
many
solutions to this problem. To
begin
with,
people
have to
learn to strike a balance between
work and
family
life.
Government
should
also
fix
the maximum hours a worker can work per week
so
that
exploitation is not there in the job market.
People
should
revert back
to the
old
joint
family
system. This
would be in the
beneflt
of all. The children would learn moral values and the elderly would be well looked
after.
Negative
effects of excessive consumerism should
be taught
to the
people
. Media can play a
big
role
in highlighting the
good
points of the traditional and the western culture
so
that the
people
can adopt
good
social
values.
Neighbourhood
associations should
be set
up to connect
people
to each other.
Summing up,
anti
social
behaviour
and mutual lack of respect in
today
's times can
be dealt
with by taking
simple measures, and individuals and
governments
should
collectively
take these steps.