I would like to talk about something about the UK families and the typical families in my country. There is much difference between the two different countries’ families because of the different culture and tradition, but it also has many same points between them.
First of all I have to say the most different it’s that the population policy. Because of the large population limited the economic developing in China, the government restrict the families could not have more than one child, except the twins or the families of national minority, but in Britain, the families have the rights to decide how many children they would have ,and in fact, the government encourage the couples having more than one child, they would get some allowance if they have many children, but in China, if you want to have more than one child and you are not the national minority, you should forfeit lots of money.
In China, because of the birth control, one family has one child, it makes the parents dote on the child very much, but lots of families can not burden if only one of the parents work to earn the money, so the young parents often live with the grandparents, and the grandparents look after the child and do some house work, so the typical families often contain the grandparents, the parents and a child in China. But in Britain, it is much different, the people would leave home and live themselves after 18 years old, and when they marry or have children they would found a new small family, and even if they have many children they would just employ a babysitter to help them looking after the children or one of them (probably would be women) would stay at home to look after the children.
Although the Britain is more developed than China, but it also has many same traditions like the men were the master of the families, they used to decide most of the things in the families, but as the development of the society, the women have the equal rights and they are also the master of the families as the men, both in Britain and in China.
In conclusion, what ever there are many differences between the UK families and Chinese families, or there are also many same things between them, the basic point is that, the love links the families…
Sunday, 4 November 2007
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Hi Kevin
Thankyou for taking the time to talk about the differences between UK and Chinese families.
I have read your post with interest. One thing you mention, is "if you want to have more than one child and you are not the national minority, you should forfeit lots of money"
Can you explain 'national minority' and 'forfeit lots of money'?
I very much like your last sentence when you say 'love links the family'.
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