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GreatChangesinChineseFamilyLifeCandy3006205313GreatchangeshavetakenplaceinChinesefamilylifeinthepast60years.Therehavebeengreatdifferencesbetweenourgrandparents’lifeandours,notonlyintermsofhouse,butalsointermsoffoodandsoon.Withthedevelopmentofeconomics,people’livingstandardhasimprovedgreatly.Whenmygrandparentswereyoung,theylivedinChinesetraditionalrectangularcourtyardanddressedinclotheswhosequalitywasverybad,evenworse,sometimestheydidn’thaveenoughfood.Theymadetheirlivesdifficultly.Atthatmomenttheydreamedofnewclothesandenoughfood.Whenmyparentswereyoung,lifewasbetter.Theylivedintheseparatehouses,butwithoutanymodernequipment.Althoughthequalityofclothesbecamealittlebetter,theystilllivedahardlifeandsomefamilieswereforcedbynecessity.Accordingtomyparents’words,theycouldn’thavenewclothesinalmostayear.Althoughtheycouldeatwheatandrice,theirfoodwasstillverylimited,havingmeatwasintheirdreams.Duringtheirtimes,theyalsodreamedofTVset,telephone,bighouseandsoon.Atthattimewomenjuststayedathome,dealingwithsomehousework,suchaswashing,cooking,tidying.Therefore,tomaintainthewholefamilybecomemen’sownresponsibility.Whetherchildrenwenttoschoolornotabsolutelydependedoneconomicconditionoftheirfamily.Inaddition,parentscoulddecideonwhentheirchildrenshouldstoptheirstudywithouthavingschool’sconsent.Thatistosay,educationdidn’tdrawgreatattentionofpeopleinthosedays.What’smore,duringthattimefamilyledadifficultandsimplelife.ItwouldbeprettygoodwhentheypossessedaTVset,afanorabike.Justwiththesecouldtheyfeelsohappyandliveswithmuchcontentment.Besides,theyhadmuchsparetimegatheringtogethertochatwitheachotherandtalkaboutsomekindofthings,problemsinworkorindailylife,somethinginterestandsoon.Thentheywereabletoknoweachotherwellandgetalongwell.Nowadays,eachfamilyhasatleastoneTVsetandmanyhavebeenequippedwithtelephones,computers,andevenprivatecars.TheseniormembersofafamilywatchfilmsonTVathomeandcommunicatewitheachotherinInternet.Welivedinbuildingsequippedwithmoderndevices.Somestudentsevenhavetheirownwillwithswimmingpool,garage,gardenandsoon.Myparents’dreamhascometrueandwelivecomfortablyandhappilywithoutanyanxietyaboutfoodandclothes.Wecanstudyinthecomfortablehousebycomputers,goshoppinginthesuper-marketbycar,andspendholidaysanywherewewantto,duetothedevelopmentofthesociety.Nowadays,womencometostepintosocietyandarebecomingamemberofprofessionfield.Meanwhile,menareconfrontedwithheavystressfromalldirections,suchasthefiercecompetitioninwork,highexpensesoffamily.Nowchildrenallshouldacceptcompulsoryschooling.Ifnot,parentswouldprobablybesentencedbylaw.Toadaptthemselvestothissocietyoftechnologyandknowledge,universitiesareverycommontoChinesechildrennow.What’smore,theaveragestandardoflivingnowadaysisfarhigherthanthatonegenerationago.However,whatisreallyapityisthatnowweonlyhavelimitedtimestayingtogethertoshareeverything.Thengenerationgapandcontroversywouldcomeout,whichcanhardlybemadeupfor.Soitseemsthatbeingrichinphysicalenjoymentmaynotbringusmentalcontentment.GreatchangesinChinesefamilylifehavechangedourlives.Thechangesalsomirrortheeconomicdevelopmentofourcountry.Withouttheprogressofthewholecountry,ourfamilylifewouldnothavechanged.Everythinghastwosides,changesaregoodbuttheyalsocausesomeproblems.Allinall,Chinaisgettingbetternow,ourlifeisgettingmorecomfortablenow.Thankstothechanges,IhopethatIcanchangemycountryintoabetterconditioninthefuture.