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Some people think that the extended family is no longer necessary in today’s society as family members’ individual life became important. However, in my opinion, the extended family is still important nowadays. That is because grandparents can nurture young children and their loneliness can be prevented.
To begin with, grandparents can help fostering children in the extended family. In today’s society, more and more parents have job and do not have time to stay with their children. Especially, since how people spent their childhood greatly determines one’s characters and attitude, it is important that they be grown with a lot of care and love. Thus, grandparents in the extended family who can fill the emptiness of parents can help children grow well. For example, my grandparents took care of me when I was young since my parents had to go to work. They were the partners to play with, so I could spend my time without being bored. Also, they protected me from doing dangerous things such as touching knife, so I could have childhood without having any accident. I believe that spending time with my grandparents made me be very positive person since my childhood was filled with happiness thanks to them.
On top of that, the extended family is the best prevention from grandparents to feel lonely. According to recent research by National Statistical Office, the suicide of the elderly people has been dramatically increased. That is because many elderly people feel depression as they are departed from their family and live alone. However, if the elderly people live in the extended family, they can continue active interaction with their family members. For instance, one of my friends’ grandmother lived alone and suffered from serious depression. So, his family started to live with his grandmother in order for her to not feel depressed. After a few months, her condition gradually became better and finally became possible to live a normal life. Doctors said that his grandmother’s condition got better because he started to have communication with other family members, which helped her mind to stabilize. To sum up, the extended family let children be grown well with grandparents’ love and prevent grandparents to feel loneliness. In this regard, I think that the nowadays’ extended family is as important as the one in the past. |