Essay #79 "Modern Families" 06.04.18 Nowadays, families do not show the same level of intimacy and togetherness as in the olden days. Basically, changes in the world itself have led to this situation. Despite the fact that this seems to be an issue which only affects families from within, it actually affects society as a whole. Firstly, we need to clear up the reasons behind this. As our lifestyles in the world become faster, people have less time for their relatives, and a simple family dinner becomes a rarity. The members of a family often have different, and busy, work or school schedules so it is hard for them to get together. This leads to another issue that makes the initial one even worse. The lack of interaction between family members creates a significant gap in shared interests, so even in the rare case of a family gathering people have very little to talk about. All these have an influence on society. For example, as parents spend less time with their children, they have less of an effect on their development, so there is more chance for them to be affected by examples of negative behaviour they might see on the streets. Moreover, because of the gap in shared interests, society becomes more layered and it becomes extremely difficult to share ideas between generations. Each generation starts to live in their own world, without any notion about others and about their ideals, beliefs and views. To conclude: with the increasing pace of life, modern families have become more detached and the consequences of this have had a negative effect on our society. Now parents are less involved in the development of their kids and it has become harder to share ideas between generations. All we can do is to try and find some time that we could devote to simple conversations with our relatives. Even such tiny efforts could change the atmosphere in a family.