Nowadays many
individuals spend more time out of their hometown. Why is it happening? What is
the impact of this on a person and their family?
Many are moving out, or traveling out of
their hometowns and cities to other locations more often than they did in the
past. This can be attributed to several factors, but whatever may be the case,
this movement is impacting them and their families in several ways.
The trend of outward movement - permanent or
temporary - is primarily an outcome of intent to seek better education. With
most becoming ambitious and focused on their objectives of gaining skills in desired
areas of expertise, they invest every effort in attainment of their goals. To
see this through, they are prepared to stay away from their families in other
cities ,or even countries.
Moreover, earning a decent livelihood that
can afford them all possible comforts and luxuries besides the basic
necessities, besides bagging a job that matches the skill sets and that
addresses professional aspirations, is the greatest of the desires of the
inhabitants of the consumerist era. To accomplish this, they explore and
discover opportunities in destinations away from their own areas, and often
make the new locations their home.
This migration to other locations to secure appropriate
education or employment is, however, detaching people, especially the young
ones born to the parents who had to settle in far away locations, from their families.
The warmth and emotions seemingly diminish as the time passes, and such people
find it hard to reconnect back and often end up being feeling alienated whenever
they reunite. The society is also experiencing weakening of social ties and
bonding. Thus, leading to the loss of social values.
In conclusion, although moving away from families
is inevitable in the modern times, the adverse outcomes of this parting from families
and social groups need to mitigated, so that familial and social bonding does
not diminish.
