Katrina Vianca N.

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1.) One threat that threatens the dignity of marriage/family life is the developments in
social media because each and every member of the family is too busy with their
computers. They almost don not talk to each other. Communication and interaction in
the family is gone. Instead of spending time with their family they spend time posting
in their face books, twitters ,instagram and etc.

Is Technology Creating a Family Divide?

Technology and families don't always play nice together.
Published on March 13, 2013 by Jim Taylor, Ph.D. in The Power of Prime
Nowhere is the impact of popular culture and technology on childrens relationships more
noticeable than in families. Both influences have contributed to a growing divide
between the traditional roles that children and their parents play while, at the same
time, blurring those same lines between parents and children. Over the past two
decades, children who, for example, watch television, have received messages from
popular culture telling them that parents are selfish, immature, incompetent, and
generally clueless, for example, from Malcolm in the Middle, Tool Time, Family Guy, Two
and a Half Men, and I Hate My Teenage Daughter, not to mention reality TV shows such
as SuperNanny and the Housewives franchise.
This divide has grown due to the increased use of technology among children in several
ways. First, childrens absorption in technology, from texting to playing video games,
does by their very nature limit their availability to communicate with their parents. One
study found that when the working parent arrived home after work, his or her children
were so immersed in technology that the parent was greeted only 30 percent of the time
and was totally ignored 50 percent of the time. Another study reported that family time
was not affected when technology was used for school, but did hurt family
communications when used for social reasons. Interestingly, children who spent
considerable time on a popular social networking site indicated that they felt less
supported by their parents.
Second, as digital immigrants, parents can struggle to gain proficiency and comfort with
the new technology that their digital-native children have already mastered. This
divergence in competence in such an important area of childrens lives makes it more
difficult for parents to assume the role of teacher and guide in their childrens use of
technology. Because of the lack of technological acumen on the part of many parents,
they lack the authority, at least in the eyes of their children, to regulate its use. Due to
parents anxiety or apprehension about the use of technology, they may be unwilling to
assert themselves in their childrens technological lives. Because of their childrens sense
of superiority and lack of respect for parents authority in these matters, children may be
unwilling to listen to their parents attempts to guide or limit their use of technology.

Third, computer and mobile technology have provided children with an independence in
their communications with friends and others. Consider this. In previous generations, if
children wanted to be in touch with a friend, they had to call them on the home phone
which might be answered by a parent. Thus, parents had the opportunity to monitor and
act as gatekeepers for their childrens social lives.
Times have changed. New technology offers children independence from their parents
involvement in their social lives, with the use of mobile phones, instant messaging, and
social networking sites. Of course, children see this technological divide between
themselves and their parents as freedom from over-involvement and intrusion on the
part of their parents in their lives. Parents, in turn, see it as a loss of connection to their
children and an inability to maintain reasonable oversight, for the sake of safety and
over-all health, of their childrens lives. At the same time, perhaps a bit cynically,
childrens time-consuming immersion in technology may also mean that parents dont
have to bother with entertaining their children, leaving them more time to themselves.
There is little doubt that technology is affecting family relationships on a day-to-day
level. Children are instant messaging constantly, checking their social media, listening to
music, surfing their favorite web sites, and watching television or movies. Because of the
emergence of mobile technology, these practices are no longer limited to the home, but
rather can occur in cars, at restaurants, in fact, anywhere theres a mobile phone signal.
Its not only the children who are responsible for the growing divide between parents and
their offspring. Parents can be equally guilty of contributing to the distance that appears
to be increasing in families. They are often wrapped up in their own technology, for
example, talking on their mobile phones, checking email, or watching TV, when they
could be talking to, playing with, or generally connecting with their children.
Interestingly, parents have attempted to counteract this growing divide not with actual
face-to-face communication with their children, but by joining their children in
cyberspace. A phenomenon that has caused considerable debate involves parents
friending their children on Facebook (about 50 percent). Some parents use Facebook to
keep track of their childrens coming and goings. Other parents friend their children as a
means of feeling closer to them. So what is their childrens reaction to being friends
with their parents? An informal survey I conducted of dozens of teenagers found that the
dominant reaction can best be characterized as EEEWWW! Most children dont want
their parents to be their friends or their friends, for that matter.
The fact is that family life has changed in the last generation quite apart from the rise of
technology. The size of homes has grown by 50 percent, meaning family members can
retreat to their own corners of the house, so theres less chance that parents and
children will see each other. Because everyone is so busy with work, school, and
extracurricular activities, theres less time for families to spend together. At technology
to the mix and it only gets worse. Its gotten to the point where it seems like parents and
children are emailing and texting each other more than theyre talkingeven when
theyre at home together!
The ramifications of this distancing are profound. Less connectionthe real kindmeans
that families arent able to build relationships as strong as they could be nor are they
able to maintain them as well. As a result, children will feel less familiarity, comfort,

trust, security, and, most importantly, love from their parents. There is also less sharing
which means that parents know less about what is going on in their childrens lives and,
consequently, have less ability to exert influence over them. Parents are also less able to
not only offer appropriate supervision and guidance, but, at a more basic level, they are
less able to model healthy behavior, share positive values, and send good messages to
their children.
2.) Another threat is the artificial insemination because it is used by two married couples
if they cannot have a child. One or both of them might not be capable to reproduce.
One partner is forced to undergo in this kind of method. It can be a threat to their
marriage and to their future child because it is a complicated situation. It is also
against the Catholic teaching.
Any process by which the male spermatozoa and the female ovum are brought
together apart from and wholly distinct from an act of natural intercourse. Long used
in animal husbandry, the practice presents no moral problem in the lower forms of
life. The Catholic Church teaches that among humans artificial insemination
constitutes such a violation of the dignity of the person and the sanctity of marriage
as to be contrary to the natural and divine law. Catholic teaching on artificial
insemination (among humans) was summed up by Pope Pius XII in an address to
Catholic physicians (September 29, 1949). The various dimensions of the immorality
involved include: in donor insemination (insemination with the active element of a
donor); the third-party invasion of the exclusive marriage covenant in a kind of
mechanical adultery; the irresponsibility of the donor fathering a child for which he
can fulfill no paternal responsibility; and the deordination of his masturbation in order
to thus donate his paternal seed. Even if insemination could be artificially achieved
with the husband's semen properly collected (without masturbation) the papal
teaching still points out that any process that isolates the sacred act of human
generation from the beautiful and intimate conjugal union of the marriage act itself is
inconsistent with the holiness and intimate personalism of that two-in-one-flesh union
which alone is appropriate for the generation of a child. As long, however, as the
integrity of the marriage act is preserved, various clinical techniques designed to
facilitate the process are not to be condemned.
Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, Eternal Life. Used with permission.
3.) Another one is the development of jobs in other countries like Canada. Many Filipinos
are encouraged to go abroad because there are many job opportunities there
compared to our country. It will create a distance between families and it can post a
threat to marriage as well as family life. There are cases wherein husband and wife
might separate and their children might rebel.
Canada Job Vacancies: Details of MOU and Salaries of Workers
by ED UMBAO on OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration announced earlier the job vacancies
for Filipinos who wants to work in Canada. According to the MOU signed by the

Philippines and Canada last October 7, it seeks to implement streamlined, efficient and
ethical recruitment practices in human resource between the county and the Canadian
province of Saskatchewan.
During an interview with Jeriel Domingo, OIC and deputy administrator of the POEA, he
explained the effects of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to those who are
looking for jobs particularly in Canada.

A projected 14,000 job openings for foreign workers are available in Canada, particularly
in the Province of Saskatchewan, an agricultural province, so most of the employees that
would be deployed to the province are farm workers, engineers, architects and service
workers. The Basic salary in Canada ranges from $8 to $10 an hour for service workers
like waiters.
The huge salaries in Canada entice Filipinos to look for job opportunities in the former
British colony but the POEA reminded those who are interested to know the risks that
they would face once they start working abroad. Aside from the risks of working abroad
POEA also warned the public to avoid online applications as it does not allow transactions
with online recruiters.

Job opportunities in Canada specifically in the Province of Saskatchewan, need not pay a
placement fee, as confirmed by POEA OIC and Deputy Administrator Jeriel Domingo.
Upon hiring of workers to Saskatchewan, employers should shoulder the workers plane
tickets to the Canada.

4.) Another one is the modernization because it made us forget the traditional way. Like
for example before the families go to church together and for them Sunday is a
family day. That is the tome that they will get a chance to bond with each other. But
today you can seldom see families like these. They are too busy and they tend to
forget their family. Thats why it can post a threat to the family as a whole as you can
see in the picture below.

5.) Last one is the technology because all things are available right away. The essence of
hardship and cooperation among the family members is gone. Unity between them is
distorted. Helping each other is a way for a family to bond and be close to each other
but technology takes it. Family members tend to be lazy and they dont help each
other. This can create a gap between them. This will initiate fight among the family
because they will point fingers to each other when something needs to be done as
can be seen in the picture below.