The Comparison of Family Education between China and Western Countries

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 children's affairs, excessively chatter and criticize the children, and something excessive is expected of the childern. These problems are in need of immediate solution[ http://www.xjmodels.com/showart.asp?cat_id=36&art_id=322]; 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 for 80%, the countryside housing disperses, the condition is bad, guardian's cultural quality is somewhat low, the countryside's family education has become the key and difficult point n developing family education .
  

And at the same time, with the development of educational cause, Western educational thoughts penetrate slowly through the East. When facing the traditional and modern thoughts, chinese parents are at a loss as to what to choose. Therefore, directing at some bad phenomena, we regard it as necessary to make a comparison between chinese family education and western family education.
  But, before the comparison,we need to know about the social background of China and Western Countries. As we all know, China is a socialist country and most Western countries belong to capitalist countries. And, they have different history and cultures. China advocates Confucianism and the western countries advocate the revival of literature and art. But the most important point is that their attitude towards the position of family institution's position is also different. In china's traditional family, parents' authoritative consciousness plays a leading role while western civilizations mainly emphasize struggle, equality, democracy and human rights.[ http://landaishu.com/home/post_read.asp?lei=12&id=5602&Newsid=3566]#p#  Of course, home education is a kind of humanity'seducational practice. China and the Western family education have many things in common. Generally speaking, it can be summed up as follows:[ http://www.lsjjyx.com/Article_Print.asp?ArticleID=227]
 

 1st, emphasis is laid on family education.
  No matter which country you come from, what nationality you belong to all think the family is a person's first school, and the parent is the first teacher. Either China or Western countries, either the ancient times or the modern times, family education is always in the most fundamental position.

  2nd, family education should be started since childhood, perform the duty promptly.
  Family instruction of Yan said that,“ The parents should do the missionary work, when the infant is young. Judging from his facial expression, we know whether he is angry or happy, then give instructions.”[ “Family Instruction of Yan” ,  Zhitui Yan,  Southern and Northern Dynasties] Because “it’s easy to concentrate a child’s attention. After he grows up, his attention is easily dispersed, so a child must be caught early.” Dewey also thought the family education should be execut