It is generally acknowledged that families are now not as close as they used to be.
Give possible reasons and your recommendations.
You should write at least 250 words.
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
There is much discussion nowadays as to whether or not the relation-ship between family members is as close as before. Diverse contributing factors can be identified. In the following, I would like to present my point of view.
Great changes have taken place in family life along with the development of society. One of them is that the once-extended family tends to become smaller and smaller. Many children have to leave their parents at an early age to study or work elsewhere. As time passes, children become emotionally estranged from their parents.
Compared with the past, soci...
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