The Contrast Between China and Western Countries Family Education ABSTRACTIn the last few years, with the development of diathetic（素质的） education has stricken root into the hearts of the people, the family education has been a hot spot of society, in which tens of thousands of families vital benefits and urgent need. Because, good family education is closely related to childrens quality and behavior, and related to the future of our country. It is the important component of the strategy of national rejuvenation through science and education and sustainable development. At present, the situation of family education is good, large number of parents and schools have created successful experience, even many parents study the family education knowledge initiatively（主动的）, the educational idea has undergone the profound change. Nevertheless, the family education is still a weak link, particularly, As the Western educational thought is penetrating（贯穿）through the East and facing the traditional and modern thought about family education, the Chinese parents are torn between the two choices. Therefore, developing family education is either an opportunity, or a challenge. Moreover, Chinese and the Western family education each has its own good points, but in different aspects, the educational methods are different, so we need to understand the differences between Chinese and Western family education, make up for ones deficiency（缺点）by learning from others strong points, and push forward the family educational modernization instantaneously（即时地）, in that case, China will have the inestimable(无价的，难以估计的)prospects. KEY WORDS family education；china and the west；tradition； difference comparison摘 要 近几年来，随着素质教育的深入人心，家庭教育已经成为当今社会关注的一个热点，是千万家庭的切身利益和迫切需求所在。因为，良好的家庭教育直接关系到了孩子的素质和品行，更关系到祖国的未来。就中国目前来看，家庭教育的发展态势良好，一大批家长、学校创造了成功的经验，更有许多学生家长主动学习家庭教育知识，教育观念发生了深刻变化。但是尽管如此，家庭教育仍是一个薄弱环节，尤其是随着西方教育思想的传入，中国家长面对传统与现代家教思想，表现出无所适从的无奈。因此，对于开展家庭教育，既是机遇，又是挑战。而且，中西家庭教育各有千秋，在不同方面，教育方法也不同，所以我们就需要深刻了解中西家庭教育的差异，取长补短，并且不失时机地推进家庭教育现代化，这样中国的未来才具有不可估量的发展前景。关键词 家庭教育；中西；传统 ；差异； 比较 From ancient times to modern times, family education has been playing an important role in the national educational cause. A great man Xiaoping Deng said, “The basis of a countrys modernization lies in talents, the basis of talents lies in education, and the basis of education lies in family. China is a country with emphasis on the home education. The outstanding home education in the deep education culture.” The family education, the school education and the social education are the three big props(支柱)of education. They are indispensable(必不可少的). Nowadays, increasing attention has been paid to family education by the modern society, and it gets a hot spot of society, which is closely related to tens of thousands of families vital benefits and urgent need.At present, family education maintains a good momentum(势头)of growth in China. It gets more and more important to Chinese families. Throughout the ages, many men of insight work delightly in the field of home education, and accumulate（积累）quite substantial achievements. And China is an oriental country with a long history, its deep educational culture includes the elements of excellent family education. As we all know, Chinas ancient educational thought want through the ancient family educational field. “Family Instruction of Yan” , Zhitui Yan, Southern and Northern Dynasties For example: moral instructions first; the respect for old; the care for the young; the cultivation of moral character; example setting; the determination of being strong; learned profound knowledge, careful consideration; and so on. These outstanding thoughts are go back to ancient times. Nevertheless, there are still a lot of problems emerging out in that family education, which is still weak. The education expert concerned, who made the long-term pursuit of investigations, thought that 2/3 family education is improper. All the analysis justifies the conclusion : the first, malignant events erupt unceasingly. It not only indicates the importance of family education, but indicates the importance and necessity of carrying on scientific family education; the second, in current home education, there is still erroneous zone. It may be summarized as “three excess” and “one excessive height”: that is , quite some parents are excessively concerned with the children, excessively reatrain and nosed into the childrens affairs, excessively chatter and criticize the children, and something excessive is expected of the children. These problems are in need of immediate solution The third, under the market economy condition, there is the multiple concept of value, the only child community grows as well as the divorce families increase and so on, all this brings about many unprecedented new situations and new problems; The fourth, rural population account