Recently 61 Children’s Day is coming, and many people talking about a child, I read some interesting information, I am more interested in is the American concept, to have children, raise children not to honor an old has been was to feed themselves, to a new U.S. survey, only 15% of Americans who believe that raising children to old age. And 70% above is that, to the child’s purpose is to enjoy family happiness.
Raising children for old age is the most common Chinese family values, so the phenomenon of the past will be patriarchal. Now every household has only one child, in addition to his parents, the mother house, the parent parents mother father house there add up to four, children do not know how big in the end to old age. It is six adults to a child as a treasure, a child will take 6 months to support the elderly to old.
If raising children is a realistic consideration of old age, the basic reason is nothing but two, one parent lack of economic foundation, to the older children come to rely on the time to care. Second, emotional factors, have children around, the elderly feel more happy family, especially grandchildren with me, that happiness is a warm. But now the parents of most cities have a job, there are pension after retirement, economy less dependent on their children, often also for their children out ahead. As for the grandchildren to enjoy together and happy, now it is the most reluctant of elderly people after retirement, so now the Chinese elderly people to have children for old age has been advancing with more emphasis on emotional rather than financial backing dependent.
In 2008, the United States, 4900 people living in two generations (parents and adult children) or three generations living under one roof (at home with his grandfather, the mother was elderly) families, such families account for 16% of the total number of American families. The one-person households accounted for 34%, two generations of the family (parents and minor children) accounted for 47%, can be said that American parents and their adult children or elderly people and children and grandchildren to live with the ratio not very high. In 1940, Americans actually quite like the family life, when the two generations or three generations living under one roof the total population, 24.7% of the population. Specific division, in 2008 the United States over the age of 65 in 27.4% live alone, elderly couples living alone without children living with a ratio of 44%, elderly couples and the proportion of children living together, 6.7%, unmarried elderly the proportion of people living with children 10.4%, and other family members or others sharing ratio of 6.5% of the elderly living in nursing homes compared to 4.9%.
In various ethnic groups in the United States, two generations living together and live with families, the elderly and children, and grandchildren living with the highest proportion of ethnic groups are Hispanic, 48%, followed by Asians at 43%, the proportion of black 40%, the lowest proportion was 28% white.
Parents living with adult children or three generations of family problems, the United States often will explore the issue of family responsibilities. American parents have every responsibility to raise children to adulthood, but Americans do not think they have a hundred percent to the responsibility to support their parents. Example, parents pay for college tuition for their children, 34% of the people that this is not the responsibility of parents, while 62% believed that it is the responsibility of parents. For the elderly parents of adult children living in the home has been the United States, 39% do not think this is the responsibility of children, but up to 56% of people think it is the responsibility of children. For parents of adult children living in the home, 63% of people think that this is not the responsibility of parents and 32% of the people it is the responsibility of parents. Do you want to accumulate money for the parents to leave children, 66% of people think that this is not the responsibility of parents, 31% of people think it is the responsibility of parents. Care of grandchildren for the elderly, 68% of the people that this is not the responsibility of the elderly, 29% believed that it is the elderly.
From the above statistics can be seen on some American family values, some interesting phenomena, first of all for their children when the parents have to worry about, even if the child has reached age of majority, but the parents need for their college tuition responsibility, the United States 62 % of people think it is the responsibility of parents, this ratio is high. Second, the United States to live with the elderly and the proportion of adult children do not high, although 56% of Americans believe the dependent parent is the responsibility of adult children, most elderly people still choose to live, not eat regularly with their children. This is why, think a little value. Thirdly, and most interesting, 68% of Americans believe that the elderly have no responsibility for the children of child care. Many came to the United States for the Chinese elderly people can see their children for their children feel very honored, but also that this is the virtue of traditional Chinese culture, and think that for some Americans looked envious. The key distinction here is the old people are willing to see children and their children have the responsibility for their children to see their children are two concepts for the children of older Americans do not see children not washing their hands, watching the children is not difficult to take the eye, but not the next generation will be the responsibility of raising their children to dead lift themselves. Elderly Chinese who speak for their children is not the responsibility to see but the mission of retired not see kids doing? And every other generation of people that close, where will the children do not see their grandchildren. Therefore, elderly Chinese for their children to see fewer children, but eventually tired half to death has become the maid, nanny but the majority of people.
Finally back to this topic, raising a child in the end to old age or for what, the answer must have 10 million, each of which can only be based on the actual situation of their own decision. Human family is the most precious things, I would like to consider whether there are lots of happy to see younger life, this is the biggest comfort the hearts of the elderly.
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