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In recent years, the family structure has changed, as well as family roles. What are the changes occurring? Do you think these changes are positive or negative? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

#years #structure #roles #changes
Nowadays, individuals prefer to live in a nuclear family and both parents
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 their roles irrespective of doing their duties on
gender
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 basis, which I assume
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is a positive development. The major transformation can be noticed in family composition, where in past,
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 preferred to live in joint families.
However
, today they are more inclined towards following the trend of nuclear families.
This
 is because
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 they might
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not want someone to invade their privacy.
Moreover
, in families with children, when
one
 parent is working, another
one
 takes care of a child without considering the fact of performing gender-based
duities
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duties
.
For instance
, it is generally seen in developed countries
such
 as Canada, America , Australia and many more that
one
 of the parents takes a day off when
child
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 is sick by sharing their parental responsibility, even though they live alone without their parents.
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,
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 trend fairly demonstrates
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how
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 has changed.
Further
, considering the abovementioned fact, I assume that
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 is moving towards positive development. Taking independent responsibility of own and immediate family members demonstrates
one
's positive attitude towards life. Indeed, if someone independently
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 uncertain situations and tries best to overcome the difficult situation, nothing could be much
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better than that. Henceforth, it usually makes a person strong by making them
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believe
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 the fact that everyone has to fight their battle alone. To exemplify, individuals living alone in cities because of their job reasons handle things single-handedly from balancing work life and personal life to looking after their personal health. In conclusion, I concur that more captivation towards nuclear family, swapping roles of mother and father by both genders depict that people are adopting modernized perspectives and welcoming the change with optimistic thinking.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Family structure
  • Modern family
  • Extended family
  • Nuclear family
  • Same-sex parent families
  • Breadwinner
  • Caregiving responsibilities
  • Family dynamics
  • Globalization
  • Economic shifts
  • Migration
  • Child-free lifestyles
  • Cohabitation
  • Traditional marriage
  • Perceptions
  • Homemaker
  • Communication
  • Shared activities
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