Name : Tanjina Kabir

Section : 19

ID : 1721364630

Impact of staying at home because of COVID-19 on relationships

Healthy family relationships are a positive thing for us. Those who are emotionally
connected to the family, friends and community are happier, physically and mentally
safer, and live longer than people who are less connected. Although this period of
shelter-in-place orders due to COVID-19 can present challenges for families now
confined together in close quarters, this period may also provide a variety of
opportunities to improve family relationships. I can say, life in staying at home
because of COVID-19 has separated us from our friends and broader communities
(Liu, 2020) and also creates tension, conflicts. So, the impact may not be good always
staying at home.

In a variety of families, this may include increased anxiety in children, stress in

parental relationships, or general fear (2020). Since the normal routine of life is
interrupted when parents are forced to work at home and children are conducting their
studies online instead of at school, opportunities for themselves are reduced and
unavoidable problems will arise. Minor irritants can lead to an escalating conflict.
Working from home with your wife and other adults could possibly lead to conflict,
no matter how insignificant.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has triggered a huge social disruption and an
enormous change in the way we live, function and socialize. To a variety of
households, this may involve making significant changes to daily lives due to
financial hardship. Because of this pandemic, many people lose their jobs as a result
they can't even afford their daily life expenses. Many people become homeless
because of the pandemic. This will create a havoc.
This is most apparent in the rise in divorce rates and domestic violence. Marriage
registry offices saw an unprecedented number of divorce applications re-opened in
March (Liu, 2020). First of all, people don't want to split overnight. If anyone thinks
about life before COVID, most couples don't actually spend that much time together
over the course of the week, particularly if they have children. When you add in work
schedules, get kids to sports and events, one parent can go to the gym. When someone
adds it all together, you don't have a lot of hours together. Then all of a sudden,
people found themselves spending 24/7 together whether they were working from
home or suddenly losing their jobs. This is the reason of increasing divorce rate and
domestic violence.

On the other hand, because of staying at home, people feel more related to others than
they normally do. The way people interact during this time is profoundly inspiring,
not in spite of the pandemic, but because of it ("Researchers study COVID's effect
on relationships", 2020). People are connecting with each other staying at home
through Using social media, email, instant messaging, phone and video messaging to
keep connected with each other, Setting up a WhatsApp family or a Facebook group
to help each other out. This connection will allow others to ask for support when they
need it (Council, 2020).

At last, we can say unless the pandemic lasts for months, the long-term consequences
of social isolation may be very severe. We simply don't know what the consequences
of this kind of social isolation are going to have on individuals, and how long they
will last.

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