Background From now on, more and more Chinese students have been sent to the USA or England or Australia or some other countries for further study. But do these students who have gone abroad for further study achieve the greater success than those who stay in our own country? The answer seems to be ”No”. Only a small part of students play well in their fields. Chen Zhiwu says that these world-class universities all don#8217;t want to take in Chinese students. Why? Chinese students are hard-working and they can do well in many fields. Chen says that the ideas and ways of Chinese education are the key points of nowadays situation. So what are the differences between Chinese and American education? What can we do to change the situation? The differences between Chinese and American education and the reasons for these differences. 1、 In Chinese education，parents and brothers are the representation of the authority, who can#8217;t be suspected. While in America, the children can argue with their parents if they have their own reasons, and the children#8217;s opinions will be adopted by parents. In the argument, what the parents consider is who is right or who is wrong instead of who should be respected. Reason: Dad is effected by Chinese traditional ethics and moral principles, he follows the hierarchy of family, so his daughters are not allowed to disobey him. While the American people follow the ideas of freedom and democracy, so the children can express their disagreements without punishment. 2、 In china, education is the synonym of corporal punishment, while in America, parents may beat their children but they also listen to the explanation of children Reason: In china, Chinese parents believe in stick parenting, just like the popular words in nowadays china: tiger mother and tiger father. 3、 In china, parents will blame children when children are hurt no matter where the harm comes from. And after blaming, parents will conform children with some gifts instead of some warm words. While in America, parents will focus on the inner world of children, they will give a hug or say something to conform their children when the children are faced with difficulties. Reason: Chinese parents all hope children can be strong enough, they seldom express their love for their children. Chinese people are shy, most people are shamed to express their love to their families and lovers. They love their kids but they never show their care and love. while American people are enthusiastic, they are good at expressing their emotions. And American parents always show that they will support their kids when they come up with difficulties. 4、 In china, parents hope that their children make few friends for the reason why is that they believe making friends is a wasting of time. While in America, children are encouraged to communicate with others and make more friends. Reason：Chinese parents think that their children should be focused on study or something important, making friends is a wastage of time. While the American parents focus on the mental health of their kids and they believe that friends are also an important part of their life and making friends can help them live better. In china, people emphasis the importance of family, so in their life, family is important than friends, while in America, people have a weak sense of family, except for their parents and children, friends are also important. 5、 In china, parents believe in that sons are the continuation of a family, so when the parents have limited money, they will support the son to get further education and persuade the daughter to give up study. While in America, the daughter will receive he same education with the son, and American girls often have higher education degree than the Chinese girls. Reason: dad has been influenced by the Confucianism, in Confucianism, people believe that the male is prior to the female. And only sons are the continuation of one family, and daughters will marry others and become one member of other family. So sons will be supported by the family when there is no enough resources. 6、 In china, children are required to obey their parents and brothers without any reason, while in America, children are the individuals, they are not asked to obey anyone. Reason：In Chinese family, parents are the represent of authority, so children should obey their parents without any disagreement. And in America, parents believe everyone is equal, and children should be treated equally, and they also have the rights to question their adults#8217; behavior. 7、 The Chinese children are taught with Fatalism, they know about the relationships between their families and the culture of their family. In this environment, the family is the most important and the individual seems to be insignificant. While the American children may treat their parents as friends, but they may not know something about their other relatives. Reason: Chinese traditional culture is based on the blood relationship, and the family is the reflection of blood relationship. So the Chinese people pay much attention on family and they emphasis the culture of their family. 8、 In china, students learn what their teachers taught passively. They will record the key points of a class and keep this points in mind. While in America, teachers are playing the role of a guide, they guide their students to think and find the truth on their own. Reason：In china, teachers all adapt the way of reciting, they ask the students to recite all the things so that they can do well in exams, they seldom teach students about how and why. While in America, teachers teach students to explore the reality of questions, they only guide the students with the ways of exploring, they never tell students the results directly, the answer needs the students to find by themselves. Literature Review Zhang Xiaoliang thinks that Chinese parents should develop children#8217;s sense of independence and give children more chance to steel themselves. Children should do things by themselves instead of relying on their parents. This independence can make children pay much more attention on their own ability and when they come up with difficulties, they can face the difficulties. Huang Lei believes that the development of the society needs the positivity, creativity and openness of human beings. More and more people should focus on development of human being and ability of dealing with all kinds of matters. So, positive talents with all-round development are needed by today#8217;s society. John Barrasso, the famous American writer, believes that the behavior is determined by the environment of his family. All children grow up in the education of their parents. What a child can be is determined by what he received from his family. And the characters and fates of a child are closely connected with his family education.