Differences of Family Values Between China and America
中美家庭价值观差异
Abstract
This paper tries to make a comparison of different family values between China and US, 汉语译英语which appeared in many fields, for instance, the American emphasis the individualism男士头发护理 but Chine focus on the collectivism, the relation-ship between family members and their attitudes to each other are also quite different, the life style influenced by family values are varied.Reasons for the differences are complex, including different customs, cultures and social backgrounds and so on.
摘要
这篇论文比较了中美家庭价值观在不同方面的差异，比如，美国人强调个人主义而中国人注重集体主义，不同的家庭关系与成员间的态度，和由于家庭价值观对生活方式的不同。产生差异的原因各不相同，包括不同的文化习俗，社会背景等等。
Key words:family values, life styles, cultures, differences.
关键词：家庭价值观，生活方式，文化，不同点。
Ⅰ.Introduction
Family is the most basic 维多利亚大学排名unit of all human society. It reflects the ethical values of a society, its cultural characteristics and the unique features of a nation. People begin to learn anything about the world and their culture through the family they are brought up in. What you think, how you act, even your language, are all transmitted through the family from the wider cultural context.
Family values are the core in the rearch of cultural values, and it has a huge influence on people’s thoughts and behaviors. So if we want to get a glimp of the cultures of two different countries, it is necessary to know their different family values. In this paper we will analyze family values from different aspects,including the decisive family values, the attitude to the family members and their relationships,and the influences of family values.
Ⅱ.The differences of family values.stand up音译歌词
A.The individualism VS酒店工程. the collectivism
The American emphasize the personal independence,while Chine emphasize on the whole family, not any individual memberaccessory.Children in America have more freedom than that in China.Their parents rarely interfere with their private affairs, and usually try to enhance children’s all-around abilitieswhen they are wlan是什么意思young. They handle their own affairs themlves and try to get support from their colleagues or experts who work in the relevant field, and their family members only give suggestions to them.The key point of its society is freedom.Obviously, we Chine paymore attention to the interest of whole family than that of any individual’s. In China, children usually live with their parents even after they are grown-up, since Chine people want a more united family and clor relationship between family members. The living style in China is different compared with that in America. Chine people like to live with their parents and they think this kind of living style may help them have more opportunity to understand other family members. Tsuccess是什么意思
his kind of living style can narrow the gap between family politiciansmembers andwhen anybody faceswith a problem, the others can help him effectively and efficiently. The living style also reflects that Chine people mainly emphasize the whole family but not the individuals, which is quite different from Americans.
B.The attitude to the family members and their relationships in China and America.
Chine people have a big family with variety of relatives, which may be easy to cau competition and suspicion. So in order to maintain order and family harmony, they particularly advocate showing respect to their niority in the light of the theory of law and discipline rite of Confucius. And 'Act you role well' is the key to a harmonious family relationship. All the family members should be ranked strictly and according to their position in the family hierarchy they would be treated parately and be required to do what they should do. So in traditional Chine family, the elder is highly respected. Parents bring up their children, then after parents are getting old, it is their children’s responsibility and duty to care for them and give them both material and spiritual support.
In the traditional Chine family, father was always the centre. It is not becau the feudal concept that man is superior to woman, but also for what man has earned is the main source of family’s incoming and usually man earns more money than woman. And woman is responsible for the family hou working. Though most houhold affairs are solved and decided by mother, the most important thing related to the whole family are determined by father. Between parents and children, parents are given more privilege and right to control their children. To most Chine parents, a good child means to be obedient and docile. It is normal for parents to arrange everything for their children.
To Americans, it is normal that parents and children are parate; reunion is abnormal. Parents bring up children and the children continue to rai the offspring, so the aged is expelled to the society. For the attitude to bring up the children, American parents consider that they have the legal liability, but in a n, the children should take responsibility for their behaviors. Americans sniff at the concept of filial piety and think it restrains their lf-awareness and ego-development. Parents and their children don't need dependency relationship. In contrast, they should establish a kind of allowance syst
em so as to instill the basic concept of lf-dignity and lf-love into their children. As a result, although children would be grateful for their parents' favors, they do not think they have the obligation to pay back. In America, if the parents still live together with their adult children, they should pay board wages and accommodation fee to children. And the same to their adult children who still live with their parents.
The primary purpo of an American family is to advance the happiness, the equality and the freedom of every family member. Americans prai lf-centered and deal with the family members and family affairs rationally. For the sake of themlves, they deem that family should make sacrifice. Family’s honor and unity are less important than that in Chine society.In an American family, the democratic idea of equality is prevalent. Father and mother have equal right to make decision on family affairs and their children are given right to vote.
C. Comparison of life style influenced by family values
1. Different Financial Style
In China， family members are financially dependent， that is to say all of the family members should help each other， especially when he or she meets the financial problems，which ems that people have the responsibility for helping their family members to overcome the difficulties. During the daily life， children should take careof their old parents financially even parents have the possibility torely on themlves.In America,familymembers are financially independent. Americans appreciate the individuality which requires them at first to get an independent financial freedom. That means they do not rely on their parents or family members when they grow up. Sometimes American thinks it is a kind of shame to be supported by their kind red members. That is the reason why in the ca the father and the son felt at ea when they bought tickets for each other.
