People in many countries are spending less time with their family. What are the reasons, and effects of this?

In many parts of the world nowadays, family members are spending less

time

together. My essay will outline a number of reasons for

this

trend and a number of its associated effects. One of the main reasons is that adults are too occupied with their work and social relationships. In countries like Japan where people spend the major proportion of their life working, many adults tend to stay at work until late evening and hardly have enough

time

to have dinner or to watch TV with other family members. Meanwhile, young

children

in

this

day and age are under great pressure from study; and

children

typically in Asian countries usually spend 10 hours a day and 6 days a week at school, not to mention extra classes in the evening. The amount of everyday homework those

children

have to do is

also

excessive, and

therefore

they cannot think of anything else, let alone spending

time

with their parents. There are several impacts from

this

trend, and they all tend to be detrimental.

Firstly

, young

children

who do not have

time

with their siblings or parents are often more vulnerable to social pressures,

such

as bullying, because they do not receive enough affection and encouragement from their

family

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. In reality, those

children

may grow up with low self-esteem and sometimes depression.

Secondly

, family relationships will greatly suffer because it will become more difficult to bridge the generation gap between parents and

children

without family bonding

time

.

This

usually leads to conflicts and unhappiness. In conclusion, people are having less and less

time

with family largely

due to

work and study pressures, and the impacts of

this

on both individuals and families are severe.