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It is observed that communication among family members in today’s times is less as compared to the past. However, some people do not think so. Do you agree or disagree?

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Although
 some
people
 opine that interaction among family
members
 in
this
 day and age is less as compared to the previous times; others,
however
, contradict to
this
 view. In my opinion, I completely agree
to
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 the above viewpoint not only because nowadays
people
 spend more
time
 with electronic devices but
also
 due to their hectic
work
 schedules. The prominent reason why there is less interaction among
members
 of
families
 is that
people
 spend most of
the
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time
 with their electronic gadgets.
In other words
, in
this
 era of enhanced technology,
people
 devote more
time
in
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 watching television or accessing social networking websites for prolonged hours.
This
 has separated them from
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real-world
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r
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eal world and they communicate very less with their friends and relatives.
For example
, youngsters these days spend more
time
 socializing on social networking
website
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websites
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such
 as Facebook or watching television rather than interacting with their kith and kin.
This
 has created
s
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ocial gap among family
members
 even after staying under one roof. Another reason to consider the above viewpoint is the hectic
work
 schedules of
people
. As the necessities and requirements of today’s generation
has
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 been increasing day by day, almost all family
members
 seek to earn more and more to have all materialistic things in their possessions.
As a result
, they
work
 for longer hours and sometimes do not even talk for days or weeks with each other. In most middle classes,
for example
, it is seen that both parents and children go for
work
 to earn their livelihood.
However
, some
people
 argue that
people
 these days interact more as compared to the past owing to the culture of nuclear
families
. Due to having
less
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members
 in
families
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,
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they get a chance to communicate more and they do all activities together. But, I refute with
this
 view because it is very rare to find
such
families
 in today’s era. To conclude, I wholeheartedly agree that communication among family
members
 have reduced owing to frantic
work
 schedules and increased usage of electronic gadgets.
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