摘　要

儿童是一个国家的希望，家庭教育是儿童教育的基础。近年来，我们的教育出了很多严重的问题。几乎每一个人都认识到了解决这些问题的重要性，并提出了很多有价值的见解。世界上有很多类型的家庭教育，并且各自都有其鲜明和独特的特点，反映了其独特的文化。而这些类型的家庭教育中，尤其以美国的家庭教育最能代表西方主流文化。中美家庭教育在育儿观、教育方式和教育结果方面都有所不同。本文将从这三方面来对比中美家庭教育，重点分析两种教育方式在培养孩子的独立性、兴趣、创造力、心理健康、名利观以及与父母关系方面的差异。通过比较中美家庭教育，作者希望能找到一种比较科学优良的家庭教育方式，进而为我们的家庭教育提供有利的帮助。

关键词：家庭教育；独立性；兴趣；差异

Abstract

Children are the hope of a nation, and family education is the elementary education for children. Many serious problems have appeared in our education system in recent years. Almost everyone has realized the importance of solving these problems and many people have presented a lot of valuable suggestions. There are many types of family education in the world and each of them shows distinctive features and is closely responsive to its culture. And American family education is the most famous one among them. Parents are the first teachers of children, before the children go to school, parents holds all the responsibility. Family education is very important in our country. There is error in family education and it even becomes a persistent ailment, seriously affecting the quality of the young generation.Family education is the most important course in a child’s life.There are great differences in the concepts of education, methods of education and results of education between American family education and Chinese family education. This paper will analyze those differences from the three aspects, and will mainly analyze of the differences on cultivating children’s independence, interests, creativity, psychological health, fame and the relationship with their parents between the two kinds of family education. The author hopes to find a satisfied family education method through comparing the differences between American family education and Chinese family education. At the same time, the author hopes this paper can provide some helpful suggestions for family education.

Key words: Family education; independence; interest; differences

1 Introduction
1.1 Background
Family, which is the first place for the children to receive initial education, plays an essential role. China and America have remarkable differences in family education. So, right understanding and drawing lessons from advanced foreign education methods are of great realistic significances to facilitate the healthy growth of children and to enhance the quality of future talents.