It is debatable whether the extended
family is as important now as before. This is an intriguing question because
opinions concerning this issue can be different relying on the individual
perspectives. However, in my opinion, I support
that the enlarged family is not as important than
ever now as before for the following
reasons.
To begin with, the form of family changes has changed drastically today. In the past, the
large-family was common since at that time, people lived in the agriculture
society. Therefore, the grandmother and grandfather inhabited grandparents lived together with
the family and they had a lot of powers in the family.
Even the most important decisions in the family were their rights. For example,
I will talk about my father’s
experience to illustrate this point. When he was
a little, he lived with his grandfather
for 20 years. The rest of family members always talked and discussed their
personal problems to him. Then he advised them about those issues.
Although he was old age, he concluded solved
crucial household issues. Furthermore, all
members took it for granted. (어울리지 않는 문장입니다) This means that the core of the
family was the grandfather. However, nowadays, I do not live with my mother and father. In addition, I do not ask the
advice about my problems, since I and my
husband and I can decide on everything. As a result, I think that the extended family’s meaning is diminishing.
On the top of that, recently, most people do not
spend enough time with their family. Since, many people are really busy in
their works and rather than take time with friends and co-workers. Even a lot of people even go abroad to live and to study. Thus, the importance of family
come to shrank, let alone the
grandparents. There was a poll conducted by the ministry of education in 2012,
with university students as respondents. The survey of the purpose was the
consensus view about relationship with parents and grandparents. What they
found was interesting. An overwhelming 85% replied that they ranked their
friends over the member of family. (어떤 방면에서 더 높은 등수를 줬다는거죠?) This proves that a lot of university students do
not put emphasis on their family too much. Consequently, these days more and
more the world are becoming individuation the world
is becoming more and more divided.
All things considered, it is my belief that my argument
regarding this topic has been effectively and precisely delivered with the
reasons mentioned above. Never should we forgot forget
this issue may have a huge impact on our future.