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Some people think that the extended family is also substantial in the present. However, in my opinion, I do not feel the need of the extended family. The reasons are that many families rarely live together and most of people go away from their hometown to obtain job opportunities. To begin with, extend family members seldom live in same household. What I mean is that they spend less time together, so they are less involved in each other's lives. For example, there was a poll conducted by Korean minister of welfare with people who live in cities as respondents. The purpose of the survey was to understand the consensus view that the extend family members do not have to live in same places. The majority of the respondents admitted this statement. An overwhelming 72% had responded that modern people do not need to live with the extended family since the extended family members have little time to meet each other and people live independently without resorting to their family members nowadays. This survey proves that many people have a positive view of living without the extended family. On top of that, many people leave their hometowns to seek education or career opportunities. To be specific, the youth have to go to big cities for learning some skills and getting jobs so this causes them to leave their hometowns. For instance, I was born in a rural area in Korea. When I attended elementary school, I wanted to get higher level of education. So, my family and I decided to move to Seoul which is the largest city in my country. In seoul, I was able to meet proficient people and obtain lots of excellent education and advantages. And now, I have had some suggestions from IT companies. According to my experience, I could get many advantages by leaving my hometown. To sum up, the extended family members do not meet each other and they want to leave towns which they had grown up to acquire many important opportunities. In this regard, I think the extended family is not needed to many people these days. |