The tradition of families getting together to eat meals is disappearing. What are the reasons? What are the impacts?

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Nowadays, people have the tendency to eat on their own rather than
have
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having
meals with family. In
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trend and
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its effects on family and
society
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. There is a wide range of reasons for not getting together at mealtime.
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, due to the development of technology, people are getting busier even after working hours. That cloud-computing systems allow employees to access to documents and work from anywhere leads to pop-up tasks
from
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for
managers even when they are at homes. People,
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, have less time to take care of their family and have meals together.
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,
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of having a fixed working time, workers have more flexibility in arranging their schedule.
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, there are usually differences in eating routines among members of a family.
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trend causes negative impacts on both family and
society
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. Regarding family, not spending time together may break the bonding of family members. Not having meals is not as simple as it may seem. I believe if people choose to prioritize
work to
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work, to
family, they show an indication that
family
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the family
is no longer what they most care about and may leave it one day when their affection for work grow strong enough. On a larger scale, it is obvious that families are units that construct the whole
society
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. If a family collapse, its member will have certain dissatisfactions, or worse, they may have mental breakdowns that require social welfares. In conclusion, the disappearance of getting together at mealtime could be attributed to the mentioned reasons and
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phenomenon may cause detrimental effects on
family
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the family
and
society
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as a whole.
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