It is generally acknowledged that families are now not as close as they used to be. Give some reasons why this change has happened and suggest how families could be brought closer together. Include any relevant examples from your experience.

It is now commonly believed that families are not as tightly linked as before in the past and there are a no of reasons for it.

Firstly

, with the movement of

communites

a group of people living in a particular local area

communities

from villages to cities and towns, resulted in the

delinking

grow worse

declining

of families.Traditionally in a village environment every individual

is know

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knows

to the community and the social setup allows for a greater role in combined responsibilities and decisions.

Secondly

, with the development of workforce culture in the societies and communities, people are now restricted to their homes.

the

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The

common routine of9-5 working hours have imposed a kind of control on people for mingling among their families.

However on

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However, on

festive holidays and long weekends we do see a plethora of people visiting their relatives.

Third reason

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The third reason

is the era of social media, which by far has impacted the most. People are now more isolated even within their home and the trend is growing at an alarming rate among the young adults. Because of

this

family

members

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member

residing under one roof, sometimes meet each other on the weekends. In order to overcome these problems, here are a few suggestions, if

applied will

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applied, will

provide better bonding among the families.

First we

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First, we

need to chalk out a plan to visit our distant relatives

atleast

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at least

twice in a year, so that children are well acquainted with their relatives.

Second

is the meeting up with immediate family members on

fortnightly basis

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a fortnightly basis

if

possible on

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possible, on

occassions

something you have to do

occasions

occasion

like dinner, or a party and may be in a park.

Third

is the time-out from the internet for family members in the house. A good suggestion would be an all off time for mobile gadgets at dinner for one hour, so that we can recap on the

days

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day's

activities.