In this day and age, there are more and more people spending less time with their family. This essay will examine the causes and possible influences of this problem. First, there are some explanations that are worh mentioning about this problem. The first reason is that beacuse of the fast pace of modern life, people are now living a busier one and spend a lot of time for work. It is increasingly common that people tend to lose the balance between family and clerical work. For example, because of the heavy workload many workers have to work more than 10 hours a day, and sometimes they are required to work during weekend or overnight to meet the deadline. The development of social media is the second reason for this issue. That parents and children stay together but hold their own mobile phones or laptops to communicate with online friends on social netwwork instead of talking with each other is easily on these days.