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How are American families different from Chinese families?
In some ways American families are very different from Chinese ones, and in other ways, they are 1. American families, for example, enjoy family dinners, support and love each other Just as Chinese families 2. The differences come from culture, however. Many Chinese students are3to learn that American teenagers are allowed to make many decisions on their own, and that parents want their children to 4home at eighteen.
In most American families, children are encouraged to make their own choices 5 a young age. They start with small choices and gradually 6 ones until they graduate from high school. That is when they face the biggest decision of their lives: 7to do next. Parents and family will help with the choice, but the children themselve make the final decision.
Americans 8 move back into family homes when they get older. Instead, they prefer to have their own9 for as long as possible. It is important to remember that these are cultural differences, and that Americans see this as10of the culture.