Stereotypes Of Chinese Families

The False Accusations on the Chinese: Chinese Families Americans are fat and lazy. How did reading that statement make you feel? This is an example of a stereotype that many people have of Americans. There are everyday stereotypes we have of other cultures that you may not even notice you are saying. The Chinese culture is very stereotyped, for example people say that all Chinese children are very smart and dedicate their life to school, which is false. The Chinese families are very stereotyped, and are different, but not too different from families in America. Three big stereotypes of the Chinese families are the parent/child relationship, the jobs children have, and how the kids act. The parent/child relationship in China is much like

Depending on the age of marriage, this could mean the child relies on her parents up to the age of 30” (Verial). The Chinese families are very close to one another and make sure that the other members succeed. In America many families look after one another, but usually not as close as the Chinese. Our parents usually will watch over us until eighteen, or at least until we finish college and have a stable job. This could be up to thirty years depending on the family, but generally does not happen. Another example of the parent/child relationship in China is that the parents are usually very controlling over what their children do (Verial). How far parents go to having control over their kids varies in America. Usually around eighteen parents stop having so much control over their children, but for other parents it could be closer to sixteen. The fact is that before we become adults most children have to tell their parents where they are going and when they’ll be home. They are not completely controlling, like the Chinese parents, but still want to make sure they know where their children are and

Many children are employed at age 10-14 because their family is poor (Child Labor). In America children do work at a younger age, but not before the age of fourteen. Most businesses do not like to hire kids under the age of sixteen, but that is different in China. Many kids try to begin work at fourteen in America if their family needs the money, but I haven’t met many people that have began work at age ten. The main reason why kids in America do not work as young as kids do in China is heavily based on the laws we have in place. Many things are government regulated so kids do not get injured, like you are not supposed to use a garbage compactor or have a knife until you are eighteen. Not only do children in China work at a younger age they also may work in hazardous conditions (Child Labor). There are less enforced laws in China that prevent kids from working in hazardous conditions. In America we enforce the laws to make sure the kids are safe in the jobs they are working and know what they are doing. Chinese children need to work these dangerous jobs because their families need the money, and the government doesn’t enforce many laws from keeping them from working in these conditions. There is also the possibility that the kids may not even know how dangerous their jobs are, they may just be told what they are supposed to do and they do it, unknowing that what they are doing could be very