Discussion: Why some families grow apart

In this section, we will provide you with some inspirational ideas that can be of help when you have to discuss why some families grow apart.

As we have seen in “Coming home”, the main reasons why Chris and his family have grown apart are the distance and lack of constant interaction or communication.

“He hadn’t seen his parents for eight months. They were in Manchester, still in Manchester, in the house where he’d grown up. It was at least three years since they’d come up to Carnbeg on the train, their only visit, to see his new surroundings.”  (ll. 27-29)

He lives in Carnbeg, his sister lives in Devon and his parents in Manchester. Also, they haven’t really kept in touch: “His sister, Suzanne (christened Susan, but she’d had other ideas), wa...