Nowadays in many countries more and more people are spending their time away from their families.

Why is this? What are the effects on themselves and on their families?

In the morden society, people around the world are spending less time with their families. This essay will
explain the reasons and the possible impacts of this change.

There are many reasons for this trend but the main reasons is that peolpe are too busy with their work, social
relationships. For example, to have a better life and furture for the family, in many countries like Japan, people
spend most of their time at work. Many adults spend time working from early morning to late evening, even
they do not have enough time to have dinner or to watch TV with their family. Moreover, in recent years, the
internet has developed widely. Outside of work and study time, young people spend most of their time on using
phones. Therefore, they do not have much time for their siblings or parents. They are more interested in their
online life than interacting with their family.

On the other hand, this change has caused a variety of impacts on family realationships. Firstly, spending
inadequate time with family makes a person feel lonely and stressed. They have no time to talk about their
days or plans, less meals with all family members and during mealtime, they just eat. Secondly, this situation/
state leads to conflicts and unhappiness in a family. Because family members do not spend time together, so
they do not understand and get on well with each other. Arguments among them are unavoidable.

In conlusion, there are many reasons why more and more people are spending less time with their family, which
cause a variety of influences on peope themselves and their family. It would be necessary for family members
to try to spend time sharing difficulties and happiness together.