It is true that in many countries a feature of modern life is that people tend to spend more time away from home. While some reasons can be identified to explain this trend, the effects on individuals and their families must be considered as largely negative.
There are two very important factors that influence many people to be away from home for longer. Firstly, contemporary economic realities have transformed men’s working lives. One inevitable consequence of the new global economy is the disappearance of traditional ways of life, so that individuals now have to seek far and wide to find work to support their family or to improve their job prospects. Secondly, in the search for a better standard of living, women are abandoning traditional patterns of behaviour, so that dual-income families and working mothers are becoming the norm. The family in which the mother stayed at home to look after the children is incompatible with modern aspirations for a better lifestyle, which can only be achieved by working longer hours.
Both factors have important consequences for individuals and their families. Men who move away to work in another city, or even another country, often become economic migrants, labouring for a minimum wage or being forced to accept conditions of sweated labour. Although they may work to send money home to their families, like many guest workers in the UK or Germany, the ties of kinship with their families are weakened. Women who go out to work full-time have less influence in shaping their children’s personality during a child’s formative years. As a result, children may develop behavioural problems in the future.
In conclusion, some reasons for this trend can readily be identified, and the consequences are far-reaching for individuals and their families.
It is true that in
many
countries a feature of modern life is that
people
tend to spend more time away from home. While
some
reasons can
be identified
to
explain
this trend, the effects on
individuals
and their
families
must
be considered
as
largely
negative
.
There are two
very
important
factors that influence
many
people
to be away from home for longer.
Firstly
, contemporary economic realities have transformed
men
’s working
lives
. One inevitable consequence of the new global economy is the disappearance of traditional ways of life,
so
that
individuals
now
have to
seek far and wide to find
work
to support their
family
or to
improve
their job prospects.
Secondly
, in the search for a better standard of living, women are abandoning traditional patterns of
behaviour
,
so
that dual-income
families
and working mothers are becoming the norm. The
family
in which the mother stayed at home to look after the children is incompatible with modern aspirations for a better lifestyle, which can
only
be achieved
by working longer hours.
Both factors have
important
consequences for
individuals
and their
families
.
Men
who
move
away to
work
in another city, or even another country,
often
become economic migrants,
labouring
for a minimum wage or
being forced
to accept conditions of sweated
labour
. Although they may
work
to
send
money home to their
families
, like
many
guest workers in the UK or Germany, the ties of kinship with their
families
are weakened
. Women who go out to
work
full-time have less influence in shaping their children’s personality during a child’s formative years.
As a result
, children may develop
behavioural
problems in the future.
In conclusion
,
some
reasons for this trend can
readily
be identified
, and the consequences are far-reaching for
individuals
and their
families
.
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