What is the biggest difference between family education in China and that in Britain? I want to talk about family punishment. In China, we pay more attention to the parents' mood, and we are not so principled. Many families will go to extremes, such as doting on their children. In British families, there is absolutely no unreasonable doting on children, and children who make mistakes will be corrected or even punished. Parents often strictly control their children on the premise of respecting their independent personality, so that children can understand that their behavior is not endless and they can't do whatever they want. British law clearly stipulates that parents are allowed to corporal punishment of children, and many schools still retain the rules of corporal punishment of students.
Family education in Britain is also doing very well in maintaining children's independence. British people don't like to hold their children in their arms and let them crawl at will, nor will they satisfy and indulge their children unprincipled. They feel that unprincipled satisfaction with children is harmful to them. Educating them to be grateful, polite and self-restrained is a microcosm of British gentleman education. Intuitively speaking, the gap between Chinese and English family education lies in that China people still tend to treat their children emotionally, while Britain tends to be rational. Don't spoil the children.
In fact, families in China and Britain attach great importance to education, but families in China attach great importance to school performance. The emergence of a large number of only children in the early stage has greatly reduced the economic pressure on China families to raise their children, and they have enough ability to raise their children economically and energetically. With the increasingly fierce competition in employment, parents are increasingly eager to expect their children to get a place through a good education and a good diploma. In Britain, different from China's system, the emphasis on aristocratic lineage, the almost insurmountable class and the high welfare social treatment provided by the government make the willingness of different classes to break through through reading less obvious than that of China.