TOPIC: In recent years, the family structure and the role of its members are gradually changing. What kinds of changes can occur? Do you think these changes are positive and negative?

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Technology
disrupt
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our society in many ways. The family
structure
is not an exception.
Family
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A family
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is a group of people connected by marriage or bloodline sharing
a
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same household.
This
essay will discuss how the family
structure
and the role of its
members
has changed over time and its consequences. Technology has brought people together since the introduction of high-speed internet. Family
members
can keep in touch despite
notable to meet
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face-to-face. The ability to connect without being in the same location has opened
endles
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endless
possiblity
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possibility
for
ones
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one
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to pursue their dreams. Different generations tend to live apart
due to
different needs. The trend of family
structure
has shifted from
extended
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an extended
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family where multiple generations live together to
the
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a
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single family. Family
members
often find themselves to have
more-active
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more active
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roles
due to
less
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fewer
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transportation
limitation
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limitations
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.
Family
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The family
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will gradually have
less
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fewer
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members
in the future.
However
, each single family will be more effective and more agile. Not all the disruptions are positive ones. The economic recession is happening in every corner of the world these days
due to
the geopolitical challenge. It is said to be the greatest and the longest recession ever--predicted to be longer than the great depression in 1930. Couples working two jobs cannot make ends meet. These led to the decision not to have kids in
vast
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the vast
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majority of couples. DINK, abbreviated "Double Income No
kids
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", is a growing
trends
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in young couples. Not only family are getting smaller from generations living apart, but
also
the
lacks
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of
new
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a new
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generation.
Although
these might benefit the family as a unit,
it
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they
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might deteriorate our society as a whole as we will have less human capital in the near future. One could not stop the world from spinning forward, same rules apply
with
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the family
structure
. There are both positive and negative effects of technological disruption
to
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on
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the way
famillies
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families
work.
However
, both
leads
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lead
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to smaller and more solitary families.
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