Help me write this essay pls (I'm going to take Ielts test next week)

TASK 2: In many countries, families are not eating meals together on a daily basis. Why ? Is it a positive or negative trend?

ANSWER:

In recent decades, in some nations, the time spent by families eating together has gradually disappeared. From my perspective, there are various reasons for this phenomenon such as the hectic schedule of family members, the habits of children while eating, and this trend is undoubtedly detrimental.

To begin with, the disappearance of family mealtimes is put down to the following reasons. The main reason is that people always get a lot on their plate that they forgot to take family into consideration. Due to the pressure from pursuing high living standards and the social requirements in developing the national economy, people coming home just went straight to their bed without caring about their spouses and children. Moreover, children nowadays are prone to watching TV and playing online games all the time that they could not be patient enough to have a meal together with their parents. However, instead of teaching children, parents have gradually accepted the reality and paid no attention to this situation.

I believe that this trend will have a variety of dire consequences in family life. First of all, the less time people have with family, the weaker the family tie is. Specifically, the stress will lead people to hard situations of not understanding others and not taking care of their lovers. In addition to that, the health of children are also negatively affected because of unhealthy eating habits. It could be exemplified by some significant health problems in a lot of children in the USA such as obesity due to the unbalanced eating habits and parents’ neglect.

In conclusion, it seems to me that people’s concentration on work all the time and children's eating habits are two main reasons why family mealtimes no longer occur in some countries. Indeed, the local authorities should launch some community’s projects in fostering the inhabitants spend more precious time with their families.