The tradition that family gets together to eat meals is disappearing. What are the reasons? What are the impacts on families and societies?

It is not astounding to hear that nowadays modern families do not have a tendency to eat meals together as in the past. The disappearance of family meals results from various reasons and has had several effects on households and societies. 

There are two main reasons why family members today rarely have meals together. To begin with, the hectic life is often considered as the main cause for making family meals become less often. Adults have to work longer time due to a tight work schedule. Therefore, they find it hard to cook meals for their offspring on a regular basis. Furthermore, another contributing factor comes from the over- indulgence in the internet and high -tech gadgets. Children and teenagers today tend to hold and keep looking at their devices instead of talking with their parents at mealtimes.

The gradual disappearance of family meals has badly affected both families and societies. Firstly, a family meal is the time for family members to reinforce their special bonds and share their daily stories. On the social level, some traditions may be lost as a result of people eating out too often. Family values might not be appreciated when people do not feel the need to come back home after work for a meal. Sooner or later, the tradition of family gathering on important events such as Christmas Eve, New Year Eve might vanish from people’s mind. 

In conclusion, the rise of bad family relations and lack of social cohesion can be the problems of disappearance family meals. The core and profound causes of this issue are attributed to hectic life and negative effects of technology.