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The old tradition of a family having a meal together is disappearing. Why do you think is this happening?

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Nowadays, traditional values are vanishing. Earlier, it was a tradition to have a meal together with
whole
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 family but
this
 trend does not seem to exist anymore.
This
change
 has been brought by many factors and
this
 essay will
ellaborate
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elaborate
 more explaining the reasons for
this
change
. There are numerous reasons
of
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 not following the tradition of eating food together.
To begin
 with, today's world is ruled by money and
and
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people
 have become soo
workoholic
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workaholic
 to earn money that they do not even take their meals on
time
 sitting together with their family. They do not have
work-life
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 balance which makes them
islolate
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isolate
isolated
 and they prefer to eat food alone and at
inappropriate
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time
.
Moreover
, nowaday's everyone prefers to have their own personal space and
time
, so
instead
 of spending family
time
together
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people
 are more often seen watching movies or listening
music
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 while eating food.
For instance
, children may prefer to scroll their phones or watching cartoons rather than sitting with family to have their meal.
Furthermore
,
hectic
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 lifestyle is the major contributor
of
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this
change
. Earlier, life was simple and eating together was a way for them to spend family
time
 together. But
this
 drastic
change
 in life has compelled
people
 to prior their work
instead
 of family.
For example
, working parents have hardly
anytime
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 to spend with their kids that having a meal together is rather a difficult task for
this
.
Additionally
, family bondings are not that strong like they used to be in prior
time
 which has resulted in having meals with friends, business partners and
collegues
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colleagues
. To conclude,
change
 in lifestyle and priorities have enforced
people
 to
change
 enormously than earlier times and
thus
people
 do not have
time
 to have a meal together with family members.
Submitted by Shweta Sirohi on

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