In the past, it was common for people to live with their parents or grandson or granddaughter together. After marrige, it considered natural for people to live with their parents. However, In modern society, it's not necessary to live in a form of extended family, since the development of welfare has helped improvement of old people caring and it has become easier to visit other family, even though they live separately.
To begin with, as the policy concerned with welfare of old people has improved a lot, it's not necessary for young adults to look after their parents staying together in a same house. Government or a community can take care of them replacing young people. For example, there are a lot of good policy for old people concerned with welfare. In government, they are taking care of old people who are living apart from their son or daughter. Health care nurse or a staff of community center visit old people once or two times in a week to check their health or many condition regarding their life. Therefore, it's not necessary for young people to live with their old parents to look after them. They can visit once a month or call their parents to ask how they are.
Also, the development of the traffic system has made it unnecessay to live together in a form of extended family. In the past, it was very difficult to visit other city from another city. It took few days for people to get to another city. It would make people to live together in a form of extended family to maintain the relationship of family. However, in modern society, it has become easy to visit another city by the development of traffic system. Even thouh they live separately, they can visit their family whenever they want to. It just takes few hours to get to another city. Therefore, it not necessary to live in a form of extended family in modern society.
In conclusion, extended family is less important now than in the past. by the policies of welfare and many communities, old parents are taken care of, and although people live apart from other family, they can meet whenever they want to by the development of traffic system. However, it would be most important to maintain the relationship between family and take care of each other, even though they live separately. Because they are family which can not compared to any friend.
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