Prague, Jan 4 (CTK) – The main life goal of two-thirds of Czechs is to look after their family, but paradoxically, they often work so hard that they do not have time for their spouses and children then, daily Pravo writes yesterday, referring to family and marriage counsellors.
A number of men are willing to do their utmost to support the family financially and they therefore spend most of their time at work, which causes problems in their families that end in divorce many times, therapist Marie Machackova said.
“People are together not only to build a luxurious house, but to live together actively, to jointly solve their troubles, raise children and experience joys and worries,” Machackova told the daily.
“A luxurious holiday in Dubai and the possibility to buy a new car will not compensate for the absence of emotions, caress and communication. The family is gradually losing its function,” she added.
Experts also point to the phenomenon of the wives of rich managers or businessmen, often on maternity leave, who live in luxury, but at the same time they spend most of the day alone with their children. Moreover, they often live isolated in villas in satellite towns near big cities.
These women start suffering from their husbands´ constant emotional and physical absence and they eventually leave them with another man who will offer them company every evening instead of money.
The busy husband, for his part, spends more and more time with his female assistant or colleague, he may fall in love with her and divorce his wife, therapist Zdena Prokopova said.
Though not all such cases end so dramatically, the absence of the time spent together has always a negative impact on the family life.
If an ambitious mother hires a nanny after a few months, she must expect the child to develop a more cordial emotional relation to the nanny than to her, and if a busy father finally wants to devote his time to the son´s upbringing, he may find out that the son has become a teenager of whom he knows nothing, Pravo writes.
Despite all problems, three-quarters of Czechs perceive the family as their base on which they can always rely, Pravo says.
It also writes that a number of young people long for a firm relationship with a partner, but they did not see a good role model in their original family. This is why they feel helpless, trying hard, but with poor results.
In addition, the media often depict family happiness and well-being in a luxurious setting of a villa on the seaside, while many people still remember that their parents and grand-parents did not live in luxury, but they gave them the most precious they had – their time, Pravo writes.
