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I don't think that technology has affected the definition of family. The family is just more connected through apps like iMessage and apps like Facebook. I don't understand how technology in any way redefines the dictionary definition of a family. I don't think this question was properly phrased.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/family

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Technology brings family together yet distances them as well. On one hand people can communicate with family that they are distanced from physically using communication software such as Skype . Skype has extended impressively according to Skype 74,000,000 worldwide have Skype. While at the same time it distances them. For example the new generation of children are so infused by tech it disconnects them from real life.

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Sources of technology through cell phones, television, computer communication/instant messaging, and the internet has created a large impact on our definition of a family today. Socializing/communicating is maybe the most important aspect of family. It is crucial to create a foundation of communication among your family members as it brings members closer together and builds a caring relationship. But many lack to understand the fact that there are different ways to socialize. This consists of socializing in person and through technology. There needs to be a balance

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With the development of technology over the past years, it has definitely created a significant impact on the definition of family. The increased use of technology limits an individuals ability to communicate with family/loved ones. A study had shown that a working parent who arrives home from work are exposed to his or her children immersed in their technology. A statistic was found that only 30% of the time the parent was greeted hello, and totally ignored 50% of the other time. Technology also provides independence to both the parents and children. Since times have changed children are constantly texting, checking their social media, listening to music, surfing their favourite web sites, and watching television or movies. These activities don't require the presence of another individual which is why children are becoming more disconnected from their families. Parents however aren't any better, technology has also impacted the older generations significantly. Parents also engage in checking their cellphone constantly, communicating with long distance family members, sending emails, and etc. Thus making it evident how the definition of family has changed over the years negatively, whereas individuals are more willing to engage in their technology then communicating with their actual family members.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201303/is-technology-creating-family-divide

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Technology is becoming more affordable every year, as a result it is more and more commonly found in households. Technology has defiantly impacted family dynamics/relationships in both negative and positive ways. To begin with, children's absorption of technology (texting, video games etc..) reduces communication between them and family. For example, if a child is listening to music with their headphones in, they are less likely to engage in a proper conversation with their parents(acts as a barrier). Technology has also changed the traditional "roles" parents play in parenting. Parents may believe that technology will help make parenting easier-use technology as a way to keep children busy, but this however takes away opportunities for the parent to spend time with their child and actually 'parent' them. However, technology creates a way for families to connect. Many people have family members who may not live near or even in the same country as them. Technology allows people to talk and connect with far away family members through the use of programs such as skype, viber etc.. so that family members always stay undivided even with distance.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/technology-harming-family-life-blame-the-parents-20130709-2pndz.html

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In my opinion, technology has made families very antisocial. Parents are usually at work until later in the day, and kids go to school therefore there is not much time for spending it together. The only time a family can be together is straight after school/work, and due to technology in today's society, even that time has gone away since kids are usually online with their friends, and parents are usually watching television or checking emails online.
For example, when I get home from school I go straight to my room and I complete homework, I then talk to my friends or check social media until I fall asleep. When my parents get home they check emails and watch television. Therefore the quality family time we used to spend together before technology is gone.

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5 Ways Technology Has Negatively Affected Families | HowStuffWorks

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Family dynamics have been challenging since the first teenage cavegirl rolled her eyes, telling her mom "ugh." Today's lingo is LMAO, TTYL, BFF, OMG, and L8R; and kids aren't the only ones doing it. Add Facebook, DS, Wii, iPad, and Twitter to the vocabulary, and the nuclear family is virtually unrecognizable, pun intended.

Like it or lump it, technology is in our world, and members of Generations Y and Z don't know life without it. According to 2011 Nielsen statistics, teenagers send and receive around 3,700 texts a month - that's about 125 a day!

Before your head stops spinning, assume that some of those 3,700 texts are to family members. Even the Evil Technology Giant has its benefits. To name just a few:

Coordination of busy schedules: No more stranding a child at school or a parent at the airport. Text, phone or e-mail lets someone know plans have changed.

Safety: In a crazy world, you want to know where your family is and that they have a way to reach in trouble.

A "new connectedness": Texting has opened doors between parents and teens. Dr. Gene Beresin, a child psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, said texting gives teens "optimal distance" from parents, allowing for communication that wouldn't happen otherwise.

However, there's no doubt technology within family life has its conflicts. And the conflicts have only increased as the Internet and social media have joined distractions such as TV, the cell phone and the computer. Read on for five major negative effects and how you can manage these challenges. First up, hitting the books!

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5 Ways Technology Has Negatively Affected Families

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Family dynamics have been challenging since the first teenage cavegirl rolled her eyes, telling her mom "ugh." Today's lingo is LMAO, TTYL, BFF, OMG, and L8R; and kids aren't the only ones doing it. Add Facebook, DS, Wii, iPad, and Twitter to the vocabulary, and the nuclear family is virtually unrecognizable, pun intended.

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Due to the technological development, cell phones, television, computer communication/instant messaging, television and internet became a part of our life. Not only that almost every actions we make these days are involved in technology, but it also impacted our definition of family. Family in the past used to be a group of people who sit around the dining table, and have a talk, take dinner, or even play a board game. Family being very close to each other was very general, because they often spent a lot of time with each other.Therefore, a definition of family used to be a union of people who live together, or not together, who are closer to each other than any other people, and also the ones to go talk with anytime they wanted or needed. However,  nowadays, definition of family is a lot different from how it was in the past. For example, it is very easy to see family members, sitting around the dining table, just like how they were in the past, but spending time on cell phones, watching tv, going on the internet and etc., without saying a single word if it is not necessary. So a definition of family is manipulated as technology developed, and it is more reasonable to define family as a group of people who live together, or not together, sometimes eats together, people who do not have much contact with each other and people to talk to when necessary. So it is no longer defined to be the closest people in the world, and in real life, it is easily seen that some people are closer to their friends than the family members. According to an article, is
Technology Creating a Family Divide? by Jim Taylor argues that technology is the main reason for the technology division, and children's absorption in technology, parents struggling to gain proficiency and comfort from the new technology when their children already mastered, and independence of children provided by computer and mobile technology are the main factors affecting family devision. Although this article only talks about parent-children relationship, it has good points on how they are affected, and what the factors are. Children are usually more adaptable to new things, including technology. So it is natural that they are always ahead of their parents, and the problem is that without parents knowing how to use a technology that their children are using, they cannot communicate with them even if they want to, resulting an isolation of parents from the children, and for children who already gained independence through technology, such as computer and mobile devices, they are not as dependent to their parents as they used to be in the past. Therefore, there is no reason for children to communicate with parents, because it is boring since they don't know how to use technology and they are not even dependent to their parents psychologically, because they can easily contact to their friends and talk to them instead. Therefore, development of technology resulted a division of family, and manipulated a definition of family.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201303/is-technology-creating-family-divide

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Technology is being used by everyone nowadays, even toddler and babies. A lot of parents use technology as a sort of babysitter instead of spending time entertainin and interacting with the child. Of course, this use of technology can give the parent or caretaker time off but may affect the development of the child in the long term due to the lack of interaction between parent and child.

http://familytech.com/how-technology-affects-family-dynamics/

My little cousins are both 6 years old. Whenever they est at a table, they always seem to beg their parents for their tablet to watch cartoons. The parents always seem to have a tablet nearby just in case they need to distract the child.

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How has this technology impacted our definition of family? Arya

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How has this technology impacted our definition of family? Arya

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I think that technology has had both positively and negatively impacted the family life in our society. But I think the positive effects out way the negative ones. Communication has had a big impact on family life in our society. There are many ways of communicating with ur family threw technology for example, by using email they are able to talk to each other more, and this makes families closer. Another positive impact of the internet is that you can buy things off the internet. I know a lot of people that do a lot of shopping for gifts and presents on the internet. The increasing time consumption of using such utilities on computers or Smartphones, family members are more isolated from each other which reduce the need to talk to each other face to face as often as before when technologies were not as crucial in day to day lives. Back when these technologies were not available, families needed to gather around their dinner tables to talk about their state. With the recent abundance of social networking systems, families rely on Facebook or Twitter to upload their news and state of being which diminish the subjects of conversation that could have happened face to face. Researchers from all around the world are starting to recognize the social networking service’s negative side effects and positive effects. This concludes that there could be good things coming out of the new technology but there's also negative reviews.

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Nowadays, I find technology making huge social changes according to the wide communication; on the top of the changed things, I find families the most impacted side by technology. However, technology does not only affect children who spend 7-8 hours per day on the internet doing different tasks. But affects more parents than kids who admitted in U.S surveys how guilty they are because of their extra technology usage that impacted their relation with their kids affecting their mental and emotional health, not only for taking up most of their time as in this century people can go on working on their devices even after their work time.. but also for using technology for babysitting their kids during shopping, on their work or even for outings. This demonstrates how barely family members spend quality time together that all of  them need, to become a successful family.
http://familytech.com/how-technology-affects-family-dynamics/

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Modern technology such as smartphones has affected every part of our family life. Firstly, the internet has permanently blurred the boundaries between work and home, thus many parents are still working in one form or another when they are with their family at home. Moreover, many parents think technology makes their parenting life easier through using technological devices to keep children occupied when they are busy working. The kid will interpret this as meaning that they should use technology to disconnect from family activities when its happening around them. Thirdly, the time spent on the computer and watching TV is about 8 hours a day. Previously, this time was usually spent alone and not with the rest of the family. Now parents instead of playing with their kids, instead they are constantly busy on their phone socializing through social media. Therefore the definition of family has completely changed over the years, now definition of family is manipulated by technology as it expands, and it is more reasonable to define family as a group of people who live together, and sometimes eats together, and do not have much contact with each other and people to talk to each other only when is necessary. Although technology is now a fundamental part of our lives, in order for kids to grow into adults who will value family and the strong bonds it will create, parents today must take the time to give their kids attention and restrict them from using technology during certain periods of time. In this new generation, kids do not enjoy or value family life like in the old days, but parents can change that through off-lining their social media and teach their kids the great quality of family time. For instance in my own personal life, when Facebook became popular in 2009, my family had to have a family discussion talking about how important it is to no use your technology when eating dinner and sometimes we have to put our phones down. As a result, I was grown up constantly taught to value family time.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/is-technology-creating-a-_b_2862631.html

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How has this technology impacted our definition of family? (Pantea)

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How has this technology impacted our definition of family? (Pantea)

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Cell phones, television, computer communication/ instant messaging, television, and internet has impacted our definition of family in a negative and impersonal way. Families now barely see each other and if they do they aren't spending time together. After work/school families go home and sit alone or together and are entertained by a technological device. In my opinion technology divides families and makes speaking to one another difficult because of all of these distractions. For example, when i pick my parents up from work we barely have time to talk in the car with the number of people who call them back to back.“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.” (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201303/is-technology-creating-family-divide)

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As more and more technology is introduced to us, we become more attached to it. Technology prevents us from communicating with others, especially our family. In the past, families would go out together or eat dinner together and have actual conversations, but with the recent introduction of technology, family members of all ages are more interested in their devices rather than communicating with the individuals around them. In addition, the lack of communication due to technology can hurt relationships with family members as people do not share their thoughts and feelings with each other, and are much more interested in what is happening online rather than what is right in front of them. Although technology does negatively impact families, there are some positives. For example, kids are now able to tell their parents if they are going to be home late and where they are just by texting them. This allows parents to know that their family is safe and they would not be worried, wondering where someone is. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/is-technology-creating-a-_b_2862631.html

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Technology has changed our definition of family because we no longer communicate with one another. When you think of a family you would think of a family where everyone is sitting down at the dinner table and talking to one another but nowadays we barely even lift our heads up from our personal devices whether it be a cellphone, tablet, laptop, etc. There are days where we don't even acknowledge each other we just kind of.. coexist.

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In the past families were small, apart and distant. Through the innovation and progression of technology families have easy access to each other. with social media people can rediscover old family members they have not seen in a long and discover new family members that they did not know existed. most of my family lives all around the world so me and my cousins created a group chat so all of us can keep in touch with each other
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/06/technology-helping-families-communicate-or-holding-back

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In my opinion, technology has a positive and negative impact on our definition of family based on our way we communicate with our family member. The positive impact is how we always have a source to communicate when we are not with each other. This can be helpful if we live far from each other we can stay in touch. Whereas, it has a negative impact when we rely and overuse technology when communicating with our family members. This prevents us to communicate our feelings as when texting or messaging we only read what it says, but truly are not aware of how they are feeling. Therefore, in my opinion, technology has a positive and negative impact on the way we communicate with our family members.

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Technology making an impact // Christine 

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Technology making an impact // Christine 

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Technology has a positive and negative impact our definition of family.
Positive impact would be that if your family is not home and you don't want to call them, you could make a family group chat and text them. For example, my family and I use Facebook messenger to be the place where we would message each other since it's easy to access and we all have data on our phones. One example of a negative impact is the fact that we depend on it a lot, and we're always on it. We don't communicate much as person, and we often use technology to fill the awkward conversations or if we don't want to be verbal.
'Psychology Today' states that it created a family divide because times have changed and technology offers children independence in terms of parents interfering with their social lives. There is an evident line for freedom, once it comes in terms with family relations.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201303/is-technology-creating-family-divide

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These technologies have impacted our definition of family in both positive and negative ways. It can be negative because many of our families use these technologies during what is supposed to be family time. For example, instead of eating dinner together, many families (especially the children) are one their phones rather than engaging in family conversation. However these technologies can also be positive for families because if families are separated (distance wise), there are ways for them to keep in touch such as through Skype, FaceTime, messaging through social media, etc.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/06/technology-helping-families-communicate-or-holding-back

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It has created a slide divide - Nicole Law

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It has created a slide divide - Nicole Law

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With the rise of new technologies, parents have less control over their children's lives and interactions. Because technology came at such a late stage in most parents' lives, they are unable to relate to or exert control over their children, creating a power imbalance as children believe that their parents do not have the right to monitor their interactions online with such limited knowledge. The emergence of new technology has also created a divide in family relations in general, with children who are found to spend more time online feeling as though they are less connected to their parents. A majority of families today have limited interaction throughout the day due to the surge of technology uses for children and adults alike, as well as differing schedules from school and work. An example of this could be- while a student is busy with school and work/assignments, their elder sibling could be busy with work and their own assignments, as well as their father, who may have to constantly work on his laptop. Their mother may mostly stay on the computer or her phone, so it is not too often that they are able to all get together with differing activities and interests.
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As technology improves, more and more families begin using them in everyday life. In the past, whenever families would spend time together, they would have to interact face-to-face and have conversations, as opposed to now, when they forego real life interaction in favour of technology. Even the small children being raised today are being raised on technology. They learn and play on technology, and at times, are given tablets by their parents to distract them in lieu of paying for babysitters. Teenagers spend their time on social media instead of with the people around them.
Source:http://familytech.com/how-technology-affects-family-dynamics/

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Technology has changed our definition of family because communication within the family is completely different. Compared to back then, when family dinners may have been full of conversation, family dinners are now individual family members on their own device. Family activities now may include watching movies, or families may not do any activities together anymore.

For example, a family may not spend much time together because they're too busy with their technology for either work, school or other reasons. Technology is such an important part of our lives that it may be hard to seperate our family lives with our technology.

Communication and family norms have changed greatly because of technology, therefore changing the definition of family.

Source: https://www.livestrong.com/article/243280-how-does-technology-affect-family-communication/

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Technology has made communication between families much easier. if you're out with you're friends and you won't be home in time for dinner, all you have to do is send your parents a text and they know that you're okay.  Technology has also drawn families apart, for example when you're eating dinner and your sister/ brother is on their phone. To slove that issue, your parents may enforce a new rule like no phones at the table.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/05/how-has-technology-changed-americas-families/

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The informative family has not changed in terms of tradition, however with the way traditions are done. They live in a tech ecosystem where family customs are still maintained however are done with more high tech methods. For example for a holiday, instead of someone taking a picture with a Kodak camera, now smartphones can replace them, and many photos can be taken more conviniently.

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In terms of extended family, we are now, more than ever, constantly connected to websites and messaging applications that can link us to someone thousands of miles away in an instant.

Relationships with family members that were once hard to contact can now be re-birthed and encouraged with the use of social media like Facebook or imessaging with the iPhone. Our definition of family has become wider in the sense that even further extended family members can be as close to us as our immediate kin.

For example, I am very close with my cousin, who lives in Texas. Although we rarely see each other, with applications like Skype, I am still able to have face-face contact and catch up with her often. Social media has ensured that I have a route to contact her; and when Hurricane Harvey hit, I still had a way to make sure she was safe.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/hurricane-harvey-aug24-2017/home/

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We rely a lot more heavily on this new technology as a family. For the cell phones example; we communicate through it when we need to know where someone is. On the other hand though, we tend to get addicted to our phones and loose interest in how are families day went for example and just care about whats going on in your social media life. Also for the TV, the TV is a technology that families now use for family gatherings or family fun night

Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201303/is-technology-creating-family-divide