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Atrophy of family bounds. In the era of globalism social bounds take various kinds of shapes and in many cases their transformation or even vanishing takes place. Consequently, a family experiences bigger and bigger crisis, losing its identity. More and more often we deal with specific atrophy of family bounds – they become indeterminate, weaker and unfulfilling their functions in different social situations. Among the most important symptoms of such atrophy must be numbered: family monologue, feeling of loneliness, inability to co-exist, aggression, run-away to self-world, decline of authority’s importance, marginalization of elderly people and everyday bigger toxicity of a family. Causes of such atrophy must be searched in such phenomena as: captivating speed of life, consumer attitude to life, virtual competition, migration, desacralization of values, traditional family crisis.