(1) Enlightenment. This feature can be understood from two aspects. One is "on", which means to start, that is to say, family education has been implemented since the birth of children. According to the concept of modern science, children receive prenatal education from their parents in the fetal period.
Another meaning is "Meng", which means the influence of the simplest and superficial introductory knowledge. The so-called enlightenment means that children's understanding of everything in the objective world and the formation of personality and morality begin from the family, and all kinds of education in the future are formed and developed at this growing point. If the orientation of family enlightenment education is wrong, it will hinder or delay the development of children.
(2) Personality (pertinence). In modern school education, class teaching system is still the most widely used form of teaching organization. Although there are individual tutoring in school education, it is only an auxiliary form of collective education. Family education, whether it is study, life counseling, or the formation of psychology, character and personality, is basically one-on-one individual education for parents to face their children.
(3) life. Life means that family education is embedded in family life and combined with all aspects of life activities, while school education is purposeful, planned and organized. Under normal circumstances, parents don't need to write any fixed teaching materials and plan any learning content for their children except to help them learn. It can be said that all aspects of life are teaching materials and are the contents of children's learning.
(4) randomness. Randomness is a characteristic derived from family education. The so-called randomness means adopting different contents and flexible methods with the different nature of time, place, conditions, environment and life events, as well as children's age, gender and psychological state. Randomness can also be said to be contingency, flexibility and situational.
(5) incubation period (infectivity). The so-called invisibility is relative to words and deeds. It means that the influence of family education on children is often subtle. The potential of family education mainly lies in: parents' own words and deeds, family cultural atmosphere, parents' lifestyle and the layout of environmental facilities; Psychological atmosphere formed by family interpersonal relationship.
(6) authority. The authority of family education refers to the power and power embodied by parents and elders in their children. Parents are the leaders and organizers of family life, and children's physical and mental needs depend on their parents. This unique position and role of parents in family education determines their prestige and credibility in children's minds, so that children can "listen to what they say and stop what they do." At the same time, parents can set an example, be strict with themselves and safeguard their authority.