Effect of pressures of modern life on family life

ĐỀ 25/8/2012

Some people believe that pressures of modern life are having negative effect on family life. Do you agree or disagree?

Yes

- No time for family

- Disconnection of the technology

- Individualism

No

- Better education and caring

- More practical

- Afford better services

- More responsible

- Fairness

Family happiness is the aim of any household on earth. Some people think that this is now put in danger because of pressures of modern life while others claim the opposite. I strongly agree with the latter view.

First, it is believed that pressures of modern life deprive people of time for family. Due to having less time for other family members, the relationship between people grows looser, and gradually, cracks appear. However, though people have less time and more workload, family happiness is still ensured for some reasons. Higher salaries given are able to provide their children with better caring and education. In the past, owing to economic lacks, couples often fell out with each other, but no sooner are families richer than they can afford advanced services from baby-sitting their children more professionally to taking little kids to far-away places to enrich knowledge. Once children receive more caring and are well-educated, most parents can work harder in their companies with peace of mind and feel happier, though.

Second, technological innovations increase drawbacks of modern life. There have been people being addicted to screens of computers to work hours on end and finding virtual relationship, instead of sharing feelings with real people. The problem is that all people are pressured to have more money, friends and business, but end up being disconnected with each other. It is true in most circumstances? The appearance of high technology flattens the world, facilitating connection between people no matter where they are. My father, for instance, who is supposed to work overseas, still takes care of my family through Skype and achieves good results in his task by dint of online conferences. That is why despite his being away from families for two years, we are still feeling his presence by our side. Besides, the modern life demands each person to be increasingly responsible for work and economically independent from each other, which may lead to higher pressure for both wives and husbands, yet a stable family foundation for all. The past scenario of family life was, in fact, somehow more dreadful than that of today, to have a deeper look. When being mainly the bread-winners of the family, men were often more conservative, aggressive and dictatorial while women were inferior. Meanwhile, those of modern life are both accountable for teaching children in terms of knowledge and finance. This bestows upon women the sense of self-reliance which provides them more opportunities to realize their potentials and requires men to share part of raising children with them more seriously. In the long-term, both are happier to see their little kids growing successful, derived from their equal sharing.

-         Loose /lu:s/ (adj) lỏng lẻo, lung lay, không chặt

-         Crack /kræk/ (v) rạn nứt, vỡ, gãy  (n) vết rạn nứt

-         Derive /di’raiv/ + from (v) nhận được từ , xuất phát từ

-         Deprive sb of sth /di’praiv/ (v) lấy đi của ai cái gì

-         Flatten /’flætn/ (v) san phẳng, trở nên yên tĩnh

-         Facilitate /fə'siliteit/ (v) làm cho thuận tiện, dễ dàng, tạo điều kiện

-         Scenario /si'nɑ:riou/ : viễn cảnh, viễn tưởng, kịch bản

-         Dreadful /’dredfl/ (adj) tồi tệ, tệ hại, khủng khiếp, đáng sợ

-         Conservative (adj) bảo thủ

-         (n) conservation : sự bảo toàn, bảo tồn – (n) conservatism : sự bảo thủ

-         Dictatorial (adj) độc tài, chuyên chính – (n) dictatorialness

-         Aggressive /ə’gresiv/ (adj) : hung hăng, thích gây hấn

-         Self-reliant/ri’laiənt /(adj) : tự lực, dựa vào khả năng của bản thân  (n) self-reliance

-         Inferior /in’fiəriə/ (adj) thua kém, thấp hơn về cấp bậc - (n) người cấp dưới