For a Better Understanding Between Parent and Child 父亲和儿子之间需要理解
For a Better Understanding Between Parent and Child
Nowadays there is often a lack of understanding between parent and child. The parent chooses the way for the child, but the child goes in a different direction most of the time. Then the parent feels stung that the child does not appreciate his or her pains, while the child complains of the parent's failure of understanding him. Such lack of mutual understanding has now become a social problem known as "generation gap".
Why can this "gap" emerge between parent and child? The first possible reason is that being an individual, either parent or child has his own likes and dislikes. The child likes to paint, but the parent wants to make him a finer. Therefore there will surely emerge a conflict of opinions on that point. Another cause may come from mutual misunderstanding between parent and child. As the child grows up he begins to think that he is "grown up", he is "mature", and he should be indepandent --although in fact he has to go on a long way to reach maturity. On the other hand, the parent, on most occasions, still looks on the child as little baby and is immature of his changes, asp. his psychological changes. The last but not the least important reason is that parent in life owing to their different experiences. How could the parent make the child abandon pop songs for Beijing Opera, and vice versa?
However, the gap should be filled, or bridged. The child should pay more attentionto the parent's advice because he has more experiences, and in turn the parent should give due consideration to the child's opinion because he is no longer a baby, In short, both parent and child should make efforts for a better understanding between them,
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