• Give each other a form of support and encouragement to spur one on when one is facing difficulties.
• Love from a family is indispensable.
• Family memebers are the ones who build a sweet abode for us, and provide us a refuge or shelter whenever when we need one.
  
• They are the ones who we can place reliance and trust in.
  
• Family inculcates valuable moral values to its members and nurturing every single one into a successful person (in terms of character)
• By having a family, one is able to learn with the care and concern given by his or her parents, siblings or other kins. He or she will feel the warmth and hence, gain the priceless magnitude of happiness which one can never feel without a real family.
• Provide psychological support, economic support and sense of security to its family members.
• Most Singapore family would only meet when there are special occasions like family gathering.
  

• Incompatiblity
• Some marriages are still pre-arranged.
• Couples have little or no interaction with each other before marriage which in turn led to unhappiness after marriage.
  
• Lack of communication
• More and more women are entering the workforce which, as a result, led to the spouses have lesser time to spend with each other.
  
• Weaken their relationship.
  
• Dependence on each other spiritually will be totally lost.
  
• Different expectations of each other
• Changing roles in the family is much more common.
  
• Wife - take care of the children, work,
  
• Husband - work and do household chores

• Fast-moving pace of the society
• More time is needed to spend on work
• Lesser time to go on dates or make friends (eg. through matchmaking agency)
• Mindset of being single (Freedom)
• Free from domestic burden
• No need to bother about the implications he will cause on the other party
  
• Prevents heartaches
• Rate of divorce is increasing at the same time i.e no use getting married when there is a high chance of getting involved in divorce.
  

• Pros
• Both working parents will help the family a lot in terms of finance
  
• Allows parent to give the best out of it for their children (character development courses, tuition)
• Cons
• Rise in divorce rate - lack of communication
  
• Children lost their sense of belonging - unable to spend time and share problems with their parents
• Lack of communication = misunderstanding = divorce

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