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[quote=GRIZ326,257289]There is considerable truth in what you were told. In many American families, children "leave the nest"/"move out of the house" when they graduate high school or college to be "on their own."  The children rarely provide support and care for their parents as their parents approach retirement. When the parents become old, they often go into "assisted living" apartments to be in a community of senior citizens. When the parents become sickly, the children often "put them" into "nursing homes" so that they "get proper care." This approach to parents by children is not uncommon in America.

In other American families, one of the children some how becomes the keeper of the parents. As the eldest and unmarried son, I quit my job to help my mother care for my father when his health took a turn for the worst. When he died, I returned to my life. I will do the same when my mother's health fails.

It is worth noting that many American parents are happy to have their children "out on their own" so that they can "have their lives back." My father bought himself a fishing boat and went fishing in the ocean every day; he had a wonderful time in his last years. My mother loves playing the card game "bridge" with her friends.

The aging American parents love their grandchildren and often "babysit" (care for their grandchildren) while the grandchild's parents have private time together.  But the grandparents are "always happy to give them (their grandchildren) back (back to the child's parents)."

American family is much different than Chinese family and the modern feminist movement has done great damage to the family structure as I saw it as a child. Today the father role in the family has been de-valued. Many American women do not believe a father is a necessary part of raising a child.

There is no question that the differences in American and Chinese family life are great; and that I would give the advantage to Chinese family life. However, modernization is already changing Chinese family life; eventually, the "modern family" model will be sold into China.[/quote]

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