Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The differences about family between Korea and The U.S.

The differences about family between Korea and The U.S.
When I saw this question, I deeply thought that what differences we have.
I’m not sure if you know about Korean family in the past well but I would say that in the past, Korean family was very very strict. It didn’t seem to be a relief place as home today. We still have this kind of concept. Fathers are very powerful in Korean family. Sometimes, this power makes their children give up his/her dream. I know it’s sad but it happens for real. And I think the way that mothers usually do to family is as same as mothers in the U.S.
I think this thing could be a huge difference. Parents support their children until before they got married in almost all families in Korea. I mean that financial support is also included. Even thought sons/daughters turn over like 25, parents still support their children. Parents give them allowance. And this allowance is supposed to be back to parents when they get older and can’t work well. It’s not necessary but usually people do.
Lastly, parents prefer sons to daughters. It has been changing so I’m not sure if it still works today. But I guess people still think like this. People’s name is supposed to be followed by their father’s name. So I guess that parents might be considering that only men can keep their family over and over. That’s why men is a little bit welcomed when they see the world for the first time.

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