摘 要随着社会竞争的日益激烈，在如今的这个世界，个人能力的竞争变得越来越残酷。年轻的一代需要为他们的未来付出更多的东西。人们要从儿童就开始竞争。这意味着，对一个国家来说教育变得越来越重要。家庭是孩子的第一个学校，父母是孩子的第一任老师。因此，各国在教育工程中都很重视家庭教育这一环。尽管家庭教育正吸引着社会各界的重视，特别是教育界的关注，中国家庭教育仍然有很多问题。在现代社会，家庭教育的涵义变得不同，它不仅仅包括家庭生活教育、家庭关系教育、家庭道德教育，同时包括儿童教育和父母教育等等。因为不同的社会制度、文化背景、教育目标等原因，中国和西方的家庭教育在很多方面都有很大差异。我们可以从那些差异中学到一些很好思想和方法。我们应将中西方的教育方式有机地结合在一起，开创出一种更合理、更趋于完美的教育模式，而这种新的模式应该从家庭和社会渗透到每个人的生活中。本文将讨论孩子的教育。首先，本文讨论了中西方家庭教育的相同之处。第二，通过比较分析，指出了中西方不同的家庭教育,尤其是概念、目标、趋势、方法方面。经过比较，本文介绍了产生这些差异的原因。最后，本文提出了适合中国家庭教育的建议。关键词关键词：中国；西方；家庭教育AbstractAlong with the hyper-competitive, a person of ability competes more and more bitterly today in the world. Youngster would pay more for their future. People should compete since being a child. It means education becomes more and more important to a country. Family is childrens first school. Parents are childrens first teachers. Therefore, most countries have paid great attention to the section of family education in education projects. Although family education now attracts social circles attention, especially educational circles attention, Chinese family education still had a lot of problems. In modern society, family education contents become various. It includes not only family life education, family relation education, family morality education, but also children education, parents education and so on. Because of the different social systems, culture backgrounds, education aims and so on, family education for the children is different in many aspects between China and west. We can learn some great ideas and methods from the differences. It is advisable for us to combine these two ways of educations to come up with a new one that is more reasonable and much better, which should be implemented by each individual, families and the whole society. This paper will discuss the education of the children. First, this paper discusses what they have in common. Second, by comparing, this paper points out the different family education between China and west mainly on the aspects of concepts, aims, tendencies and methods. After comparison, this paper interprets the reason of these differences. Finally, the paper puts forward some methods that suit Chinese family education.Key Words: China; West; family educationContentsAbstract in ChineseAbstract in EnglishIntroduction .11. The common characteristics of family education between China and western countries.21.1 Being the best teachers for children .21.2Paying attention to family education.21.3 Starting family education early in childhood .32. The differences of family education between China and western countries.42.1 Concepts of family education.42.2 Aims of family education.52.3 Tendencies of family education.72.4 Methods of family education.83. Reasons 0f the differences mentioned above .103.1Historical backgrounds.103.2Social conditions .114. Enlightenments on the differences of family education between China and western countries.124.1More communication,fewer differences.124.2Reforming and improving Chinese family education .12Conclusion.14References .15Acknowledgements .