As the concept of the global village has been widely spread, it has become common to communicate with people from various countries. Gradually, intercultural marriage is familiar with the public. There are many benefits to intercultural marriage, one of them being experiencing a variety of cultures. However, getting married to a person from a different culture is questioned by many people, because the conflicts caused by cultural diversity are inevitable even in the daily life. Thus, cross cultural marriages cannot be successful, since communication barriers, childrearing problems and family support are the common obstacles that needed to be overcome. First of all, problems in daily communication …show more content…
Bustamante, Nelson, Henriksen, Jr., & Monakes (2011) sate that due to cultural diversities couples would have different standards of grades for their children. Take Chinese and American styles as an example, children are under extremely high pressure in China and are expected to get highest score in every discipline regardless of their interests and willingness, because most parents regard high score as a label of prospective future and force their children to learn loads of new knowledge. However, American children have their own thinking and parents pay more attention to cultivate their interests and personalities, which forms a completely new parenting method compared to Chinese ways. Hence, how to raise children is another top problem faced by intercultural …show more content…
Bustamante et al. (2011) demonstrate that in external family connections, most people feel isolated from his or her spouse’s family, especially when they do not understand the family’s native language. This gradually becomes the major source of stress. Sometimes elders can interfere with their children 's private life, which causes flaws in the relationship. Although parents usually do things out of good intentions, the result might be the opposite, especially for intercultural marriage. Hence, besides communication barriers and different personal expectations, there are many external obstructive factors faced by intercultural