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Today family members do not eat meals together. Why does this happen? Is this a positive or negative development

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In the current modern world, particularly in large cities, people are too busy to have adequate
time
 to eat at home compared to the past in which families mostly gathered around the table. To me, despite a few pros associated with
this
 situation, it is absolutely a negative trend. As mentioned above,
as a result
 of overpopulation accompanied by a competitive job market, higher standards of living and universal financial crisis, people tend to
work
 harder which results in a shortage of free
time
. Even though the majority of successful businessmen, scientists and artists follow
this
 type of living, many of them are not delighted with it. Take a typical dual-income family as an instance, each parent works in a different location with different
work
 hours and different times to commute. It is nearly impossible for them to manage the
time
 they arrive home to have a meal.
Nevertheless
, families who do not eat together often suffer a lack of enough bonding because eating together is one of the core aspects of enjoying family relationships technically.
In addition
, children brought up under these circumstances would encounter emotional insufficiencies
as a result
 of not receiving enough attention and love from their parents. Research shows that the highest rates of truancy and delinquency happen in families which do not gather to share their eating
time
. All in all,
although
 some career and financial success is attributed to hard
work
 and not eating with family, it seems negative progress because of the problems associated with it. It is better to make a
work
/life balance to enjoy a successful life
that is
 psychologically healthy as well.
Submitted by Serhii Baraniuk on

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The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
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Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

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