These days, many young people do not spend much time to take care of elderly family members. In my opinion, this trend seems to happen because young people fail to appreciate the true value elderly people have. Still, I believe that if governments and communities were to join forces to foster a sense of caring and love for elderly family members in youngsters, this situation can be mitigated.
To begin with, the main reason why young generations depreciate their parents is failing to see how much effort their parents have put to grow them. As children, people cannot fully see what is happening behind the scenes when they get a gift or go on a holiday, thus perceiving every happy moment equally when their parents might actually be struggling with funding or timing to provide their kids. As a result, many kids may not fully acknowledge how hard their parents worked for them. Such views that lower the importance of parents can lead to the development of hatred or other negative feelings towards parents when they sometimes put restrictions on kids or get into an argument that in turn lead to eventual disconnection or lack of attention to their parents in the future.
However, I think that it is possible to alleviate the current situation with joint forces of government officials and societies. First, events and campaigns should be organized for promoting healthy relationship with elderly people of communities. This would make youngsters feel more connected to their parents and elder family members, tightening the family knits of modern families. For example, a simple group game that involves family members interact such as UNO or truth or dare might strengthen ties between old and young better than living for years. Therefore, by implementing “family recollection” schemes societies can achieve the desired level of family interaction.
In conclusion, while spending insufficient time with elders is mainly driven by obliviousness of young adults about how strongly their parents love and care for them, governments can try organizing family bonding events that would bring family members close and strengthen the family ties.