The incidents of entire family eating together or going out for a picnic have become a thing of the past. In today’s world, nuclear families have taken a place of the joint families.

“The family that prays together eats together, stays together” is just a saying now as only a few families practice this. The culture of studying and working in places far away from home has grown significantly in the recent two decades.

Unlike older times, people are now more comfortable with living alone and taking care of everything. One of the major reasons behind this phenomenon is that we really think that we are better off without our family members. We get freedom from the mandates such as compromise, adjustment, sacrifice, sharing, etc.

We all must have gone through or witnessed situations where family members get into arguments, quarrels, and discussions. At maximum times, people involved therein put blame on one another. It is very hard to see an incident where someone takes the blame for themselves and try to pacify the matter.

This has become a common scenario and with every passing day, this problem is increasing. This is a huge impediment in growing nurturing environment in families and overall society. So, why is this? Why do we blame our own family? Has the love in our family vanished somewhere?

Well, love has not vanished completely, it is still there, but it is overshadowed by the rising challenges of life. Today, if a person has to choose between the prosperity of the family, and his/her own happiness, they would definitely go for the second option. And there is nothing wrong in it as we are way past the time when people used to sacrifice a lot in the name of the family.

Our society is now well-read and open-minded. We can walk on our own path and still have a mutual understanding and cooperation with others in the family. But, the real question comes when there is a situation of argument or dispute. Whether it is a small matter of paying bills on time or anything much more serious, it’s our natural tendency to find faults with others and get away as innocent.

The point is that in this fast-paced, constantly changing world, we feel too much pressure on ourselves, which makes us the victims of stress. Well, this is just the beginning. In order to cope up with the competition and keeping oneself healthy and fit to be ready for all kinds of situations, we neglect the people who are really important in our life.

“We can earn and fulfill our needs”, this thought is present in everyone’s mind, which stops them from adjusting with family members as they no longer feel the requirement to do so. In fact, we perceive our family to be a hampering factor in our happiness and success. So, if you get late for a meeting or miss a function, or don’t get a promotion or your marriage falls apart, the family is the first to be blamed.

To conclude, it can be said that in present time, where we send our wishes to virtual friends sitting miles away, we find it difficult to maintain relations with the people we have blood relations with.