中美家庭价值观对比-英文版

2021年1月25日发(作者：hene)
Differences of Family Values Between China and America

Abstract
:This paper tries to make a comparison of different family values between
China and US, which appeared in many fields, for instance, the American emphasis
the
individualism
but
Chinese
focus
on
the

collectivism,
the
relationship
between
family

members and their attitudes to each other

are also quite different,

the life style
influenced
by
family
values
are
varied.
Reasons
for
these
differences
are
complex,
including different customs, cultures and social backgrounds and so on.

Key words:
family values, life styles, cultures, differences.

Ⅰ
.Introduction

Family is the most basic 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 research of cultural values, and it has a huge
influence on people’s thoughts and behaviors. So if we want to get a glimpse 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.
A.

The individualism VS. the collectivism
The American emphasize the personal independence, while Chinese emphasize on
the
whole
family,
not
any
individual
member.
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
abilities
when
they
are
young.
They
handle
their
own
affairs
themselves
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 Chinese
pay
more
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
Chinese
people
want
a
more
united
family
and
closer
relationship
between
family
members.
The
living
style
in
China
is
different
compared
with
that
in
America.
Chinese 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. This kind
of living style can narrow the gap between family members and when anybody faces
with a problem, the others can help him effectively and efficiently. The living style
also
reflects
that
Chinese
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.
Chinese people have a big family with variety of relatives, which may be easy to
cause competition and suspicion. So in order to maintain order and family harmony,
they particularly advocate showing respect to their seniority 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
separately
and be required to do what they should do. So in traditional Chinese 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 Chinese family, father was always the
centre. It is not because 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 house working.
Though most household affairs are solved and decided by mother, the most important
thing
related
to
the
whole
family
are
determined
by
father.
Between
parents
and