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UNIT 3: VIETNAMESE FAMILIES NOWADAYS

very society bases on the family. In any societies, there are

nuclear families (two-generation families) and extended

families: grandparents, parents, and children live together. In

the old days, there are only extended families in which women haveno right to decide on family affairs, and children always obey their

parents. However, there are a lot of changes in ietnamese families

nowadays.!"irst of all, it is the change in the si#e of a family. In a typical

ietnamese family, there are three or four generations living together, but now youngpeople tend to nuclear families in which they don$t want to be controlled by anybody.

%ome young couples don$t want to see their parents very often because they thin& that

their parents may interfere with their marital affairs. 'oreover, when people reali#e thatif they have fewer children, their children will have a better life they will get more

success in their career and have higher positions in society. %o now, each family often hasone or two children.

nother aspect is that more and more women go out to wor&, and they can delay having

children with the help of modern scientific progress. *ow women usually have the same

rights as man. +hey are no longer led by men and can decide on everything in the family,together with their husbands.

'oreover, children also have more freedom. +hey seem not always to obey their parents.+hey can do what they li&e. hen their parents complain their ways of living or thin&ing,

they usually say that their parents are old-fashioned.

In summary, ietnamese families now are uite different from those in the past. o youthin& these changes are good/ hat are the advantages and disadvantages of these

changes/ +o have satisfactory answers you are warmly invited to the discussion today.

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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

0. How many people are there in your family/ re they living in the same house/1. hat is a nuclear family/ hat is the difference between a nuclear family and

extended family/

2. How is your life different from your parent$s and your grandparents$ lives/ hatdo your parents thin& of family/

3. o you get along well with your family/ o you get along well with your

brothers and sisters/ o you get along well with your parents-in-laws/4. o you live with your parents/ o you live with any of your grandparents/ o

you often argue with your mother or father/

5. s one 6hinese saying goes 7%ettle your accommodation before you establish

your business8. hat is your idea about it/9. o you thin& changes are good/ hat do thin& of changes in ietnamese

families/ hat are the causes of fast family changes/

. o you thin& family is the foundation, motivation and encouragement for you to

achieve success in life/ o you have to cope with difficulties in your own family/;.