JS-14.2
Leisure Unites and Strengthens Family Bonds --- a Case Study on Families That Spend Quality Time on Holidays Together

Tuesday, July 15, 2014: 8:45 AM
Room: 301
Oral Presentation
Perpetua MIRANDA , Sociology, SOPHIA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (MUMBAI )INDIA, MUMBAI, India
Family will always continue to remain in one form or other as the basic building blocks of society.Todays world is one that is riddled with competition deadlines stress. With high profile jobs to be managed and education degrees to be attained by children to secure their future it’s so important that families make quality time for leisure.

  The Researcher tries to unfold the following objectives:

*To identify the growing problem of families dispersed due to job \studies constraints

*To identify the importance of making time for leisure to be together 

*How quality leisure time binds groupsand contribute to bonding and unity

*The impact of leisure on the family life today and the need for families’ world wide to do the same 

With the above objectives in mind the researcher is analyzing the role leisure plays in building tight family bonds

The study will select few cases where girl students who reside far away from homes in hostels but are still close to their family members and share a strong bond.