Nowadays, people spend more and more time away from their families. Why is this? What effect will it have on themselves and their families?

Today there is an impending trend that people fail to afford much

time

with

families

. From my perspective,

such

a tendency can be attributed to work/life imbalance, and I am not optimistic to its ramifications on individuals and

families

. Why the majority fail to have quality

time

is a symptom of problem to which I see the reality pressure as an answer. Living in a consumer society, many individuals are inundated with a multitude of impediments embedded in everyday life, whether these be mortgage or educational costs of children. Only by pushing themselves to be workaholics can they earn more money to pay all bills. Another factor that deprives people of family life is their ambitions for career prospects: enterprising young minds aspire to

further

personal careers,

thus

leading to their venerating work over

families

. As for the implications of shrinking quality

time

among younger generations, it is difficult for me to see it as anything other than a curse on both individuals and their

families

. The

first

problem to realize is the threat to emotional bonds between family members – people spending more

time

outside

families

inevitably results in their missing out on many quality moments, whether it be the birthdays of their loved ones, or wedding anniversaries. To make thinks worse,

such

a conundrum may put marriage into jeopardy: one of the key culprits leading to divorce among young couples is either party’s ignorance about

families

. From what has been discussed above, it is my conclusion

therefore

, being away from

families

is the result of both economic pressure and career aspirations, and what concerns me more is the repercussions of

this

trend on family relationships.