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1.Compare the role of a father and that of a mother in making decisions for the
family in China.
Well, many people in China are very conservative (= traditional) and in most families the father
makes the important decisions. However, it would be wrong to say that women don't influence
their husbands a lot. I guess that the wives are simply more eager to make heir husbands happy,
especially if the men are bringing money to the family. On the other hand, when it comes to the
new generation of couples, I think the responsibilities and the decision-making is pretty much
equally shared, since the women are as educated as the en, and they work and earn as much as
their partners.
2. Do you think that parents generally know what is best for their children?
Yes, most of the time, parents definitely have a good idea about what is beneficial to their children.
A lot of teenagers might think that their parents are old-fashioned and too strict, but I would say
that most parents actually know better than a 15-year-old child. According to my experience,
parents know what is good for their children but they also expect too much from their kids. It's
very common for parents to send their kids to different training centers on the weekend for them
to study extra subjects on their days off. Many parents ask their children to come home right after
school in order not to waste time hanging out with friends. This could be good in terms of
academic success, but it could be detrimental (= harmful) to a child's social development.
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