IN MANY COUNTRIES, THE TRADITION OF HAVING FAMILY MEALS TOGETHER IS DISAPPERAING. WHY IS THIS HAPPEING? WHAT WILL THE EFFECTS OF THIS BE ON THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY

IN MANY COUNTRIES, THE TRADITION OF HAVING FAMILY MEALS TOGETHER IS DISAPPEARING. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WHAT WILL THE EFFECTS OF THIS BE ON THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY?

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Family is a group of people who want as well as choose to be together embraced by a bond so powerful and strong that not even the slightest test of trials or troubles can breach. In contemporary era, in plethora of countries the heritage of family of having their meals jointly has faded. Apparently, modernization and westernization are to be blamed for this universal phenomenon. However, it begets harrowing upshot on society.

Fundamentally, the predominant factors evidently trigger it can be observed. To begin with, in modern days prolific increase in inflation rate. Both the parents are  doing hard working around the clock to earn the livelihood for their home and to nurture the children. They hardly get the time to eat together sitting comfortably at home subsequently, the meal together is not possible. Secondly, in present days there is exponential rise in children migrated from their home to overseas or within country to do their study or job. The only parents are left in the family or moreover in this era nuclear  families are mostly in existence consequently, they don’t have their meal together. According to Forbes 40% of children from the families is out of the way from their home in search of job or do their studies. Thirdly, the parents are uneducated or even not know about that how the homely made food benefited them considerably with its  nutritive value more often family depend on outside food and some parents even not know how to cook the delicious food at home so children more fond of junk food and eating it outside. Myriads of online food application are available to order the food in easy way whenever they want resultantly, to have their food together is not possible. 

Nevertheless, it entails myriad detrimental effects. Chiefly,  not having the meal together in the families have its own inherited downsides for the family and the society. They don’t know about how the life of each other going on henceforth, family meal together is opportunity for family members to come together and build up their relationship. The person feel more stressed in life without share their joy and sorrow with family members. Additionally,  not having the meals together in family leads to dismal consequences among the members of family the bonding within the family member get disappear and that give birth to isolation. In today tensed environment social interaction within society and family member is utmost indispensable to relieve the negative thoughts. Even people committed suicide if they don’t share their complication with other family member or within society. According to BBC 30% increase in suicide attempts by the people due to not sharing their life obstacles with other family members. Besides, this trend will also have an impact on society where the harmony of the people will be affected due to less interaction with each other seemingly, this effects the society environment to live healthy life.

To recapitulate, the parents should teach to their children about the importance to have family meal together. Even the parents have to give their best to make the food at home and have it sitting together at home with their children to make strong bonding with them to know what the children need and what are the likes and dislikes of their children so parent guide them accordingly in their life in accordance to children expectation from parents