As a husband, he decides everything in his family. The wife has no right, and she is only housework and cannot work outside. My mother was the housework until my family moved to California because of the new culture in CA. Fortunately, when my grandfather didn’t stay home, my mother has right because my father always hears my mother. Moreover, as the sons, they have more respected than their sisters. They have freedom to find a job or get married, while their sisters are forced by their parents. My cousin, Nga has been married since she was eighteen years old because she had no right, and her husband was a man that she has never met before. In contrast with traditional families, modern families respect individual freedom and equality. As a wife, she not only is housewife but also looks for a job like her husband to help her family. Moreover, as children, they have the right to decide their own lives like select job or get married when they become citizens. My friend, Mandy Thuy who was born in California, which encourages respect and equality, told me that she will get married in 2016 to a man that she likes, and she will be …show more content…
In a meal, all members of the family have to sit together, and they all eat on time every day. Moreover, as a husband and a wife, both of them must get married if they live together. The husband also remarries after his wife’s death, while the wife cannot and has to live alone. I remember that when I saw older couple wedding, I said: “Why don’t you remarry, grandma?” She told me that our ancestors’ rules forbade the remarriage. However, modern families attach much importance to each member. In a meal, each member eats when he or she is hungry, and he or she does not sit together. After my family live in CA, I have ever sat and eaten together with all members of my family for three years. As a man and a woman, they can live together without marriage, even when they have children. My cousin, Kavin, who was born in Florida, lives with Marry, his girlfriend, and they are still not married even though they have a son and a