The Importance Of Child Life

My child will grow up in an apartment and move to a villa at his early adulthood. The economic condition of his family will be better than average. The typical dinner of his family will include three or four dishes and one soup. Meat, such as chicken, pork, and beef are common. For breakfast, my child will eat bread and egg and drink milk. My child will not know where and how that crops and vegetables are planted. There will be no farms in urban areas. High school life for him will be more colorful. He will be in an international high school where the teaching language is English. Courses he will learn include math, history, science, and so on. The college entrance exam will not be his only choice. He will prepare SAT and TOFEL or IELTS and …show more content…
However, we live in the same city and I will take him to grandparents’ home every one or two weeks. As I am the only child as well as my wife, my child will not have any cousins or aunts and uncles. He will have a younger sister and their relationship will be good. In the future, parents will not prefer boys to girls and some traditional ideas will be discarded. Although Chinese New Year will still be the most important festival for my child, he will not make a kowtow to me on that day. Our relationship will be equal. He will talk with his parents openly and freely. His parents will offer some suggestions for his life, but will not control or intervene in his decisions. He will graduate from a famous university and his doctor’s degree will help him find a good …show more content…
As for the family finance, the breadwinner/homemaker family is generally replaced by the dual income family. Because of this, women’s status improves a lot at home and they are almost equal with men. As for the family pattern, the traditional extended family is replaced by the small family with parents and a child or two. In the past, three or four generations lived together and grandparents were active in children’s life. Today, China is becoming a small-family and private-family culture. Arranged marriages are replaced by free love and marriage. As for the house, apartments gradually replace cottages, houses, and condo. More people are moving to urban areas. As for food, my grandparents did not have enough to eat and planted crops and vegetables by themselves. Today, the food is sufficient and we buy it in the supermarket. Imported food and processed food account for an important part. As for transportation, my grandfather mainly walked and my father went out by bus. Today, I go out by car or subway. China’s economic development contributes to most of the changes. Chinese culture also changes. In the past, a kowtow is an important etiquette to show respect to the elder people. Now, few people make a kowtow in urban areas. The relationship between generations becomes more equal and closer. Education also changes. The literacy rate improves a lot and people