In today's competitive world, many families find it necessary for both parents to go out to work. While some say the children in these families benefit from the additional income, others feel they lack support because of their parents' absence.

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Nowadays people live in
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competitive world and the rhythms of modern
life
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dictate their own rules. As can be
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work
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life
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boundaries are blurred which can impact negative changes not only on lifestyle as a whole, but
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on parent-child relationships.
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, the global financial crisis pushes people to look for extra
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to maintain
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financial stability. It’s not a secret, that structure of a modern family is not the same as it was a century ago. The position of
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has been changed. In the past
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occupied a very low position in
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with no rights and freedom. For centuries raising
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women
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’s
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”,
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took full responsibility for childbirth, childcare and domestic
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. The situation has changed after
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’s empowerment. The main feature of
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family is the economic independence of
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, nowadays both
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leaves the home for
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work
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and
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their career. But it doesn’t change the fact that
children
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need
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to be involved in their
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, they need care and love. Parent’s employment,
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and lack
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communication
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with
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child has a bad impact on
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’s
life
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. Self-discipline,
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development
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stunned without parental guidance and involvement, because
parents
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are the model for their
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. Without parental
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their child can even join peer groups with low moral and social standards.
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,
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are driven not only by careerism or personal ambition. Desire to earn more money to make their child’s
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less challenging makes
parents
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to
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work
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more and harder.
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would enable
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provide better education,
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and better
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health care
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to their child. Modern
children
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have all they want,
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as different circles and
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sections. Job
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could provide
children
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with expensive toys, clothes, trips,
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.
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, when both
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are busy at
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enough, the risk of development of overprotection syndrome is much lower and
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rises as a very independent person. In conclusion, I would like to say that it is hard to keep a traditional family structure nowadays.
Life
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is changing and it’s very important to improve a
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work
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balance. Job
parents
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have
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opportunities to look after their
children
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but they need to realize their
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mental and emotional needs. At the same
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it’s essential to earn enough money to provide a resource
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kids’ future.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • dual-income household
  • financial stability
  • extracurricular activities
  • role models
  • self-reliance
  • independent
  • emotional well-being
  • work-life balance
  • neglected
  • quality time
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