Family and challenges in the digital age
President Ho Chi Minh once affirmed: “Many families together make up a society, a good society makes a better family, a good family makes a good society. The nucleus of society is the family. It is because we want to build socialism that we must pay attention to making the nucleus good”. Inheriting President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on the family, our Party in the process of leading the revolution and the cause of national renewal always determined: “The family is the cell of society, the place to maintain the race, the important environment to form, nurture andeducate human personality, preserve and promote good traditional culture, fight against social evils, create human resources to serve the cause of building and defending the Fatherland”.
However, in the hustle and bustle of modern society, as urbanization, globalization and digitalization accelerate, traditional Vietnamese family values are facing many challenges.
According to Dr. Ly Thi Mai, a psychologist, the current challenges of the family are the crisis of family function; the conflict between preserving the moral values, lifestyle, and good customs of the family and the nation and absorbing new elements of modern society; the looseness in the relationship between family members, leading to family instability, affecting the sustainable development of society.
Psychologist Ly Thi Mai affirmed: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution also poses significant challenges to family life. This revolution makes technology a key part and pervades deeply in the life of every family, but we have only just begun to realize the great changes in technology, and the impact on family life seems to receive little attention from each individual. The explosion of smart devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc. makes it easy for individuals to immerse themselves in the virtual world and reduce direct communication in the family and society, thereby leading to lifestyle, emotions, behavior, human value system and especially the maintenance of social relationships being more or less disrupted”.
Faced with profound changes in digital society, globalization and urbanization, building, preserving and promoting family values is considered a solid foundation for the nation's aspirations for strong development.
Happy family - solid foundation for national development
The whole province of Binh Phuoc currently has more than 240 thousand households. Society is increasingly developing, the "stormy" development of digital technology has made smartphones, tablets... unintentionally become "third members" interfering in family relationships. Many families choose to share, proactively access technology devices to sympathize with each other, and together build happy and progressive families.
Ms. Vu Thi Thoan, Tan Phu ward, Dong Xoai city shared: “In my family, the children have grown up, moved out, and built their own small nests. On weekends, or on holidays, the children and grandchildren gather together, cook, and talk to understand each other better. Sometimes the whole family visits the provincial museum or goes to the movies together. There are 12 members in the family, including 6 grandchildren. To be friends with the grandchildren, grandparents must be willing to learn new things. We must often confide and be willing to share the joys and sorrows in life with our children and grandchildren so that family members can have love and sympathy.”
As for the family of Mr. Nguyen Linh and Ms. Pham Thi Thu Trang in Hamlet 1, Loc Thuan Commune, Loc Ninh District, proactively controlling the content that their children are exposed to and share on social networks is a way to protect their children and build a happy family in the digital age. Both of her children love playing the lithophone, so she created and managed her children's Tiktok and Zalo channels to share videos of their children playing the lithophone on social networks. "We have to manage our children's social network accounts to control the content they share or their online friends to advise them when needed. This avoids the disadvantages that social networks bring to their children. At the same time, the couple encourages and participates with their children in physical games, sports, and other social activities," Ms. Pham Thi Thu Trang shared.
In addition to proactively letting their children interact in a controlled manner on digital platforms, in the context of strong scientific and technological development, where technological devices are present everywhere in life, so that their children do not stray from traditional family values, Mr. Linh and Ms. Trang rely on the spirit of "accompanying - supporting - opening up" in educating their children. Currently, Mr. Linh is running a production facility, constructing wooden furniture and interiors; Ms. Trang is an employee of Loc Ninh District Medical Center. Despite being busy, the family still maintains meals together. They teach their children how to eat and behave according to traditional Vietnamese customs, to respect elders and give way to juniors...
Dr. Ly Thi Mai, a psychologist, said: “I am not afraid that technological devices will affect my children, but I should learn how to use these devices with my children to understand them. That way, I can communicate and educate my children in the digital age.”
Regarding the increasing divorce rate in young families today, Dr. and psychologist Ly Thi Mai pointed out the reasons: Due to lack of life skills, entering married life at a very young age, not being mentally, economically, physically prepared and having the necessary knowledge for family life. In addition, young people overemphasize their ego, pay little attention to their spouse, causing most young couples to have conflicts right from the first months and years, making them not have enough courage and skills to resolve and overcome conflicts. "The secret to keeping happiness in the family in general and young families in particular is to be willing to "share". Share thoughts and feelings with each other, share family work, take care of children. Only when you are willing to listen and share with each other can you understand and sympathize with each other. From there, you can build a happy and sustainable family" - psychologist Ly Thi Mai said.
Amidst the myriad of challenges that surround them, many families, by remaining steadfast in their traditional values and by creatively adapting to the pace of modern life, are proving day by day that core values such as love, loyalty, filial piety, sharing, etc. are not outdated. On the contrary, they are the “valuable assets” that unite people, nurture inner strength, and arouse the desire to rise up in each individual and the whole community.
From the family, we can awaken the aspirations, beliefs and courage of each individual to reach new heights. In the journey to conquer the goal of “a strong Vietnam by 2045”, each happy, kind and compassionate family will be a solid brick contributing to building the foundation for sustainable, humane and prosperous development of the country.
Source: https://baobinhphuoc.com.vn/news/19/174535/xay-dung-gia-dinh-no-am-tien-bo-hanh-phuc-van-minh-trong-ky-nguyen-moi
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