Nowadays, many people spend less and less time with family. Why is this happening? How does this affect individuals and their families?

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In recent years, people have become that they have not allocated
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to their parents.
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technological development, expanded work spans and generation gaps between family
members
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.
This
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situation affects individuals negatively because they forget the concept of family and solidarity.
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, the possible
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of
this
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situation are improved technologies, long
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work shifts and significant differences between generations. New technologies
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as
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, computer software and movie applications have led to separation in homes. It was weird that as a technological device, television could attract
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and it allowed them to make conversation which is essential for sustaining family ties.
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days, every member of
family
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has preferred to watch movies and play games
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of
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a
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conversation. Extended work shifts have an important role in terms of decreasing family ties. Family
members
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especially parents cannot allocate
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for their
children
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in comparison to the past and those
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who
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from
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parents’ interests would become more individual.
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,
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gap has been a common problem since the beginning of humanity,
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however
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last
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decades generation spans have
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by
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technology.
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communication between
members
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has become more and more difficult.
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, these three
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have created
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the problem
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problem
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in spending
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with family.
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, these
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harm
families’
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to families’
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and
members
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’ relationships. Especially,
this
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situation is more detrimental for
children
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because if they lose their emotions about their family, their behaviour and future would change negatively without family memories.
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, parents may suffer from their emotions and loneliness in their late ages
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weak ties between
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. In
long
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terms
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, each member may experience mental disorders in the future because depriving and exposing
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many emotions can create depressive manner after many years. In short, harms would magnify
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deprivation and identity in
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. In conclusion,
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and effects can be multiplied
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this
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case. In my opinion, to prevent these bad impacts
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separation in families,
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should
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to
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them and allocate certain times for conversation.

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