Family 曾雨桐周甜甜黄玉莹赵书羽 TheClassificationoftheFamilyPatternsInmyopinion familycandividedintosixkindsbythefamilystructure No 1isthecorefamily 核心家庭 composedbytheparentsandtheirminor 未成年 children No 2isthecouplefamily 对偶家庭 composedbythehusbandandwife No 3isthecrossgenerationfamily 跨代家庭 composedbygrandparentsandtheirgrandchildren No 4isthesinglefamily 单一家庭 独立家庭 justasinglepersonconstitutethisfamily No 5isthesingleparentfamily 单亲家庭 childrenandtheirdadormotherconstitutethefamily No 6istheexpandfamily 扩大式家庭 thisfamilycomposedbytheoldparentsandthecorefamilyorthecouplefamily FamilyStructure Corefamilyisabout70 CouplefamilyandcrossgenerationfamilyarerisingChinalikesthebigfamilybefore Nowthistraditionstillexists Corefamilyandcouplefamilytakethemajorityofproportionalso About40 000 000singlefamiliesAbout10 000 000singleparentfamilies Implantedwithconfucianthoughts Chinesehavealwaystreasuredfamilyasthemostimportantinstitution Chinesestressharmonyinthesociety intimacyamongfamilymembersandonesresponsibilities Influencedbyconfucianism Chinesefamilymembersdonotalwayspossessequalrights Firstly theconventionalwisdomholdstheviewof nazhunnvbei andthecoupleshoulddotheirownduties supportingparentsandrisingchildren Secondly inatraditionalsense parentsstandforauthorityinthefamily Childrennevergrowupinparents eyes Theancientsaying yiriweishi zhongshengweifu showstraditionalparentalstatus Withimplementationofthereformandopening uppolicyinchina somechangeshavetakenplace Familymemberscometopayattentiontoindependenteconomicmodels new fashionedlifestylesandadvancededucationalconditions Suchnewculturalelementshavegreatlyinfluncedchineseancienttraditions Inthemeantime thechangeshavebroughtnegativeimpacts risingrateofdivorce domesticviolenceandincreasingnumberofillegitimate However inAmerican theylivelonger marrylater havefewerchildren andaremorelikelytogetdivorcedthaneverbefore Youngpeopleleavehomeearlier thoughnotnecessarilytogetmarried Morewomennowgoouttowork andmorepeople especiallytheoldlivealone whichisreallydifferentfromChina Thenuclearfamily parentsandperhapstwochildren gaslargelyreplacedtheextendedfamilywheremanygenerationslivetogether Abouteducatingchildren InAmerica theyadvocatedemocracy soparentsdonotpayattentiontosection Theireducationisfree Theygiveenoughrighttochooseordoanythingtheywanttodo Insuchafreefamily childrendeveloptheirinterestsordreamswithoutworryingwhethertheirparentswilldisagree Thiskindoffamilyeducationletkidsgrowindependently ButsometimesextremedemocracyintheUnitedStatedcausealotofself centeredkids Whatismore Americanyouth smakesenseofeconomicindependenceearlier Itisbasedonthisconceptofearlyeducationofeconomy IntheUnitedStates parentsusedeconomicmeanstourgeprogressinchildren sstudyandstimulatecompetitionbetweenchildren ThechangesofAmericanfamily Inthelatterhalfofthetwentiethcentury greatchangestookplaceinAmericafamilies Mendidn ttakecontroloffamily seconomy andwomendidn tneedtostayhomeeveryday Andthenumberofsingle parentfamily unmarriedcohabitfamilyandmixedfamilyincreasedcontinuously Meanwhile divorcerateincreasedtoagreatextent birthratedecreasednoticeablyandcohabitationratehasbeenincreasing ThusIthinkthatthenumberofAmericafamilieswasdeclining AndtheAmericanfamiliesturntodiversityinwhichwillnotbejustonetype MostoftheAmericansareimmigrants InfluencedbywesterndemocraticideologyandtheRenaissance Americancultureshowitsdiversityandtoleration WhileChinahasbeeninfluencedbyConfucianismforalongtime Chinahasalonghistory inwhichpeople sideologyismoreintroversiveandconservative Everymemberbelongstohisorherownfamily MostChineseoftendon ttakechances Americadoesn thavesuchlonghistory IndividualfreedomismostAmerican saimandnorm Soastheirfamily everymembershouldberesponsibleforhimselforherself Inotherwords whensomeonerunsintoastonewall hisorherfamilyandfriendsneedn tfacethetroublestogether Theyaremoreindependent Familyisthecellofoursociety anditsdevelopmentcaninfluenceandreflectthesociety spresentsituation FromtheincreaseofthesinglefamilyandsingleparentfamilybothinChinaandAmerica wecanseethatwiththedevelopmentofsociety traditionalfamilypatternhaslostitsleadingrole andpeople sself awarenesshasbeenenhanced Womenprefertogetridoffamily sfetterandrealizetheirsocialvalue Nomatterwhichsexualorientationonehas equalloverightsconceptisgraduallyacceptedbymostofus Thankforyourattention