There has been an argument regarding the issue of whether the extended family is less important now than it was in the past or not. Some people maintain that it is not a good way living big family. However, from my perspectives, it would say that there are more benefits to live with big family.
To begin with, living big family play a significant role in broadening personal horizons in a society where self-centered view is prevalent. It exposes people to different lifestyles, customs, and cultures. Such exposure is likely to acknowledge that different values exist, understand this diversity, and ultimately be comfortable with it. For example, when I was in high school, I saw one of my classmates who came from Ethiopia eating his meal with bare hands. I felt very uncomfortable by his behavior because it was my first time seeing someone like that. I kept my distance from him and sometimes made fun of him. However, after living with my uncle who had lived in Ethiopia, I got used to this cultural difference. I realized that we just had different eating style. In fact, we had a lot in common in a way that we cared about families and friends, were committed to relationships, and easily hurt by what others saying. I no longer feel awkward and can keep in touch with them. Without my living with diverse person, I would not have been able to understand them in depth.
In addition, when people live with a lot of people, it will help people strengthen their emotional bond and feeling security in their relationships. It gives them a chance to socialize with their loved one by getting to know and understand each other while spending more time with them. Being with people they cared about tends to prevent them from feeling lonely in today’s cynical society. For instance, when my younger sister was in high school, she often depressed thinking that her life became an exhausting routine. To survive in a competitive world, every students spent the whole day studying all academic subjects hoping that they could out do others. It was difficult to make friends she could rely on since all of them seemed busy and indifferent to others, treating each other as rivals. Fortunately, she was able to get over her feeling of loneliness by talking to her family who live together. She was able to seek for advice and share her trouble with them anytime in various topic because there are a lot of people from different background lived with her. Such an example clearly depicts that people should live with extend family.
In a nutshell, my contention is that living with many people is beneficial for people. This is because of broadening their horizons and getting over loneliness. All in all, the importance of make big family cannot overestimated in current society.