Abstract: | Families are of great importance in people's life.They are the first place where we start and receive our life-long education.To certain degree,individual growth and development is determined by his/her family education.Meanwhile,families are the most basic social institutions which embrace many cultural factors.This paper displays some differences and similarities between American families and Chinese families in order to arouse people's awareness of the importance of families and emphasize their influence on inter-culture communication. |