POSITIVE IMPACTS OF COVID 19 LOCKDOWN POLICY ON FAMILY RELATIONSHIP: A SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY

Abstract

The society as it is today evolves from hunting and gathering to the modernized/civilized society. This evolution so witnessed is not without unhealthy contributions to the relationships that exist within the family. This is because it gives way for quest and interest in searching for greener pastures at the detriment of relationships that ought to exist in families. In most cases, children are left in the care of house maids who have little or no knowledge of children upbringing, while parents are more interested in their work and how to raise money to cater for the family thereby widening relationships that exist between them and their children. More so, it will not be an aberration to say that with the movement of the society today, the bond that ties families together are drastically loosening thereby giving way for more divorce, infidelity in marriage, lack of better upbringing of children, lack of parental care on children and the likes. In view of this noted facts, this paper is set to examine the positive impacts of covid 19 lockdown policy on family relationship. The study will adopt a sociological method in its approach and will be theoretically framed with family system theory. The paper therefore finds that relationships as it exist in families today are becoming loose which ought not to be so if our society will be better. It also observes that with the policy of lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic (Covid 19), there is a reawakening of family relationships with more affinity between couples, parents with their children and family members. It finally observes that covid 19 lockdown policy has made members of families to have time for each other which helps in rebuilding the noted loosen relationships. It is on this premise that this paper concludes that covid 19 lockdown policy has a positive effects on families in the sense that it helps in returning love, unity, care and togetherness to families. The paper therefore recommends that the society should not only view covid 19 from the lens of negativity but should also see it’s good effects in bringing families together and making couples and their children have time for each other. It also recommends that in as much as people see the suffering inflicted on human beings by covid 19, they should also see peace and settlement brought to families by it’s policy of lockd