Even in today's society, it is far more easier and convenient to communicate with family members by phone, text or email than it is to take time to go visit them, so by the year 2020, how will we be communicating? will we need to make visits to go see them, will family bonds still be as strong? http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/how-will-family-bonds-of-changed 2008-08-22T07:54:56Z PaulJohn http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/pauljohn http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/how-will-family-bonds-of-changed#comment1 2006-12-06T03:25:28Z chrisek http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/chrisek It seems that families are becoming more and more separated. The family unit is not what it used to be. Parents and children rarel eat dinner together. When I was a child, dinner was at 6:30pm and everyone was at the table talking abou their day. This is what we have lost in todays society. Tecnology might help out, but it does not create such a strong bond as sitting and having a conversation with someone in person. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/how-will-family-bonds-of-changed#comment2 2006-12-10T11:15:17Z ca http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/ca It's up to the individual family and culture that generally defines the how close a family is. In the U.S., families usually live great distances away while in South America and parts of Europe families often live together until the children marry. I see it as a social phenomenon, not necessarily a technological one. Technology can only help strengthen this bond, but it cannot create something that is not there to begin with.