In the fact, Jay loves Clair and Mitchell very much but he seldom conveys his love and lets them know it。 And in some ways he doesn’t like Clair’s husband Phil and Mitchell’s boyfriend Cameron。 But with the encourage of his new wife Gloria, a woman who always tells others to be real and express love to others bravely, Jay start to try to get along well with his “big children”。 Clair is a normal housewife in American society who take care of her three children with all her hear; she want Haley who just find a boyfriend to know how to protect herself and want Alex to make more friends, Luke not to be so naughty。 Cameron is a sensitive gay。 He is good at singing and want to have a forever romantic relationship with Mitchell。 He has resigned his job just in order to take care of their baby Lily。

    There are a lot of funny things happened in the show。 Its humorous plot and warm atmosphere of the families have helped the show won a lot of prizes and leave the audience a deep question。 Can we really give our heart to our family members? Being a family means that we support our family members without condition and give them all our love。 If we really love each other please do not mind the multicultural background and sexual problem or any other outer things。

The two TV shows both reflect the current issues of family education of the China and America。 That’s why they become such hits。 Therefore, according to the comparisons between the two TV series, we can clearly catch the differences of family education between China and America。文献综述

III。 Comparisons of Family Education Between China and America 

3。1 Family Education Objectives 

    The Family education objectives set restrictions on its direction and decide its overall result。 Thus, the objectives constitute the core contents of family education and the elementary reasons for the differences between China and America in family education。

    Raising children as the people who are able to adapt to the different social surroundings and to be independent enough is the main purpose of American family education。 We can see it from Modern Family set 3, Gloria is trying to persuade Alex to wear a dress。 

    Alex: I am not like Haley and you!

Gloria: That’s ridiculous, you’re beautiful! 

Alex: I’m not! But that’s OK。 I am the smart one。

Gloria: The cute busboy doesn’t know that you’re smart。 Look, one day you’re going to want to date a cute guy like that。 And when that day comes, you’re going to want to look beautiful and you will wear a dress。

    Alex is the girl who spend most of her time reading and studying。 However, parents are concerned about her and try to encourage her to make friends。 They try to persuade Alex to wear a dress because in their mind, being good is not only doing well in study but also doing well in social communication。来:自[优E尔L论W文W网www.chuibin.com +QQ752018766-

    Americans commonly believe that children’s growth must depend on their own experience, as they stick to the view that children should form the will of self-supporting and the abilities to live independently from childhood to adulthood。 Being a social people is not the only requirement; it is the basic and essential thing。 So parents can develop the active role easily in their children’ s characters to the greatest degree。 Therefore, children can set their personal value without the consideration of any   utilitarian purpose, for instance, academic degrees and jobs with high wages。 On the fact, this kind of education sometimes leads to unexpected consequences。 However, with the premise of the objective, children are tend to think and act more independently。 When the children are born, their parents will try to set the circumstances and conditions for them to get self-supported。 The more children grow, the less constraint parents will set for the child。