ON THE DIFFERENCES IN FAMILY EDUCATION BETWEEN CHINA AND THE US: A CASE STUDY OF MODERN FAMILY AND A LOVE FOR SEPARATION AcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me. Firstly, my deepest acknowledgement should go to Mr. Zi Jiangang, my supervisor, during the process of thesis writing, who patiently read and revised my drafts for several times, and who gave me constant encouragement and guidance.Secondly, I would like to express my special thanks to Prof. Li Qiang who taught the course of thesis writing and my friends who gave me a lot of valuable advice and information.Besides, I’d like to give my sincere gratitude to my beloved family who always support me, and also to the teachers who taught me in my study years.Finally, I would like to express my heart-felt gratitude to all the experts who have taken time to review this thesis and put forward their valuable opinions.AbstractThis paper mainly analyzes the difference of family education between china and America in “Modern Family” and “A Love for Separation” on the three aspects of parent-child relationship and parenting style, parenting expectations and focus. In China, parents tend to focus on the development of intelligence in the growth of children, and that is to say that Chinese parents attach great importance to children’s study. And the parenting style tent to be closed. Conversely, parents in the US generally will not put too much pressure on the children's study and the content of parenting is plentiful. And the ways of parenting is relatively more equal and open. In the aspect of the parent - child relationship, American parents build a democratic and equal relationship with children, ...
