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Inter-personal relations

Traditional authority structure has changed. The head of the family- father/grandfather have started losing their authority to the bread winner of the family

In nuclear families, there has been a change in marital rules and distributions of powers.

Total subordination of women to men and strict disciplinarian role of father towards children are changing

Individualism in younger generation is increasing, many of them don’t believe in total

surrender of their individual interests to family interests.

However, due to penetration of technology connectivity with extended kins has improved.