1ThedefinitionoffamilyeducationThedifferencesoffamilyeducationTheresultsoftwodifferenteducationsThereasonsofcausingthesedifferencesConclusions2Contents3Asthesayinggoes“Ittakestenyearsgrowtrees,butahundredtorearpeople”.•Everychildgrowsupunderhisparents’familyeducation,whatkindapersonwillbe,dependsonwhatkindoffamilyeducationhereceived.★Children’scharacteranddestinyareconnectedcloselytofamilyeducation.4Itisnotonlytheactionoffamilybutalsoconcernsthewholesociety.Itisnotonlythewaythatparentseducatethechild,butalsothefamilymemberseducateeachother.Itisnotonlytheeducationofthepre-schooleducation,butalsoalllifeeducation.”ThedefinitionoffamilyeducationFamilyeducationusedtobedefinedasasocietyusetoeducatenewgenerationwithaimsandsystems.Thedifferencesoffamilyeducation1.Theconcepts2.Thepurpose3.Themethods4.Thecontents5Thedifferenceoftheconcepts•Manyparentsonlycareaboutwhetherthechildrenhaveapromisingfuture,agoodlifeornot.•Basedontheseexpectations,themajorityofparentswouldliketosacrificeanything.InChina•Americanparentsbelievethatthegrowthofchilderenmustrelyontheirownstrengthandexperiences.•Basedonthisconcept,mostAmericanparentsemphasizemoretotraintheirchildren’sabilityofindependence.InAmerica6ThedifferenceofthepurposeTomostChineseparents,theaimisexpectingtheirchildtobea“dragon”,whichis“wangzichenglong”.ThepurposeofAmericanfamilyistocultivatechildrenwhoareabletoadapttothevarioussocieties,namely,“socialman”,whichis“wangzichengren”.7•Chineseparentsaretheinstructorsandobedienceiscommonlypraised.•Americanfamiliesadopttodemocracyandequalityeducationalmode.•OneThedifferencesofmethods8•ChineseParentsaretalkingwiththeirchildren,wordslike“donot”,“shouldnot”,appearrepeatedly.•MostAmericanparentsalwayssay“youmay”.•TwoThedifferencesofmethods9•Chinesefamilyeducationprovideslesschanceforchildrentochoosewhattheywant.•Americanparentsrespectchildren'spersonalityandrights.•ThreeThedifferencesofmethods10•Chineseparentspaymoreattentiontokids’intelligencequotient.•Americanparentsknowtheimportanceoftheemotionalquotient•FourThedifferencesofmethods11•InChina,inordertomaketheirchildrenhaveagoodperformanceinstudy,becomeoutstanding,theywouldnotletchildrendoanythingexceptstudying.•InAmerica,inadditiontotheirstudies,parentslettheirchildrendosomehousework.•FiveThedifferenceofMethods12ThedifferencesofcontentsMoralEducationIntellectualEducationPhysicalEducationSexEducation13TheloyaltyandthefilialobediencearetraditionalChinesemoraleducation.Americanpeopleholdaviewpointofthemoraleducationwithequalitiesofapersonality,ademocracyandafreedom.•MoralEducationThedifferencesofcontents14IntellectualEducation•InChina,fromthetimeachildstartsschool,intellectualeducationcomesfirstintheeyesofbothchildrenandparents.•While,Americanfamilyeducationpaysmoreattentiontochildren’sall-arounddevelopment.PhysicalEducation•InChinesefamilyeducation,physicaleducationislessimportantthanintellectualeducation.•InAmericanfamilyeducation,childrenareencouragedtoparticipateintheworkpersonallyandcompletetheprojecttogether.Thedifferencesofcontents15InChinasexisstillasensitivetopicinourdailylife.InAmericanparents’view,talkingaboutsexwillembarrassthekids,buttheyunderstandit’snecessarytoteachthemsexeducation.•SexEducationThedifferencesofcontents161、Abilityofadaptingtothesociety2、Abilityoflivingindependently3、Interpersonalrelationships4、Responsibilityofsupportingtheold5、Therelationshipamongfamilymembers17TheresultsoftwodifferentkindsoffamilyeducationReasons•HistoricalBackgrounds•EconomicPatterns•CulturalTraditions•SocialSystems18ThereasonsofcausingthesedifferencesweshouldpickupthegoodideasfromAmerican’familyeducation.Similarly,theAmericanfamilyeducationisnotperfect,Ourfamilyeducationalsohasitsobviousadvantages.Infact,muchcanbelearnedfromeachotherregardingthewaysoffamilyeducationforChinaandAmerica.Familyeducationalreforminvolvesmanyfactors,soitisalong-termplan;asaresult,weneedtohaveconfidenceinourcountry.Conclusions1920