5.7 The ability of creativity 9

6. Main problems in today’s Chinese family education 9

6.1 Chinese parents prepare all things for their children in daily life 9

6.2 Chinese parents overprotect their children in social activities 10

6.3 Chinese parents have a stricter attitude toward children’s study 10

6.4 Lack of communication between parents and children 10

6.5 Bringing up by elder generation show more disadvantages 11

7. Suggestions for problems mentioned above 11

8. Conclusion 11

Works Cited 13

1. Introduction

From ancient times till now, family education has been playing an important role in the national education system. What is known to us is that family, as a part of society, is the first place that children receive education and the first place that the children get in touch with the society. In this place, parents are the first teacher for their children and their traditional values have important effects on children’s growth. Education is a highly complicated process which is connected with families, schools and society throughout his whole life. Moreover, family education is not only the way that parents or grandparents educate their children in family, but all the family members educate each other. Different traditional values lead to different family education. In this thesis, we can learn the differences of family education between China and America by the different traditional values of parent.. What’s more, we can learn the differences of culture between China and America.

To begin with, in this paper, I compare the two countries’ differences of parents’ traditional values, and analyze the causes leading to the differences. Then the different results caused by different traditional values are mentioned, too. What’s more, it comes up with some problems in today’s Chinese family education. Last but not least, some suggestions to solve these problems are also provided.源'自:吹冰`!论~文'网www.chuibin.com

2. Literature Review

2.1 Li Xin and the Differences of Family Education between China and America from the Perspective of Culture

Li Xin thinks that education is a social activity to cultivate talents, the basic approach to inherit the social culture, production experiences and social experience. Meanwhile the family education is the most important part of the whole educational system. In his paper, he finds that group awareness and inpidualism, compliance and independence, and the values of fame and fortune cause the different values of children rearing, different methods of training, and different results of training. What’s more, he apples to Chinese parents to use the advanced education concepts of America for reference and know the importance of cultivating the children’s self-confidence and creativity. 

Firstly, Chinese think that the collective is more important than the inpidual and if a person leaves the group ,he would not adapt to the society. However, American emphasize that the inpidual is more important than the collective and the group should meet the legal requirements of the inpidual. Secondly, in Chinese family, the parents are regarded as the authorities and they play a dominant role in their family. They think that their children should obey their requirement and parents can arrange the children’s life without the children’s agreements. On the contrary, parents pay more attention to developing children’s independence, self-confidence and the spirit of exploration in American family. Thirdly, influenced by the traditional value that a good scholar will make an official, Chinese purse more fame than the fortune. Especially in the country, parents hope that their children can work hard to uphold honor to the family. Conversely, American think that the fortune is more important than the fame and like to pursue the best possible results.