of governments and corporations in the name of development is like adding salt to the wound. Thirdly‚ having to leave homes for education and/or work in cities is tearing apart family relationships. Gone are the traditional family values like filial piety and closeness of blood relations. Such great increases in the urban population numbers lead to related problems like insufficient homes‚ lack of schools and poor health and sewerage facilities. Finally‚ immigration to cities can be likened to
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The most treasured of a human body is the mind. The mind can be classified as one of the wonder of mankind. It takes us from birth to death. The challenge of the older generation transformation of their mind to the younger generation remains a challenge. In a contemporary life‚ old generation and young generation are considered as an “oxymoron”. Some people think that the elders are conservative and just always want to follow their own right. Some think the young is more rebellious and
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psychological well-being. After viewing his documentary‚ one may wish to improve on his or her diet‚ thus having a positive impact on the society. Secondly‚ values and ethics may be conveyed to the society using the mass media. For example‚ to promote filial piety in Singapore‚ a campaign was started and the Ministry of Community Development‚ Youth and Sports of Singapore broadcasted a television commercial with the tagline ‘How one generation loves‚ the next generation learns”. Viewers of this commercial
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Why Chinese mothers are superior Amy Chua a Yale professor who specializes in topics such as ethnic conflict and globalization‚ believes that the American parenting style is weak and cuddling. This article is from her essay titled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother‚ explains her opinions in more detail. “In one study of fifty western American mothers and forty-eight Chinese immigrant mothers‚ almost 70% of the western mothers said either that stressing academic success is not good for children
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not let it pass. My father‚ this undoing is what binds us. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POEM “BREAKING THROUGH” The poem Breaking Through written by Myrna Peňa-Reyes is very profound in terms of its appeal to the reader. The poem is all about the filial relationship between a son/daughter and a father. The poem basically revolves around the father and his son/daughter. The plot of the poem tells the reader that a certain persona in the first stanza receives a parcel that came during that morning
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much valued because he is successful in his career and has status in society. Many women desire such bachelors. In this content filial duty (duty of a son)is for Han to marry a woman and having a son to make his mother and the chinese society satisfied although he is gay. A sacrifice he is not willing to make. Giving your parents a son is the “basic” filial duty. He is not happy to have gotten a cross by his mother because he thinks that the church wants to sell expensive gifts to
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Confucianism and Filial Piety in Chinese culture Western people might wonder why once upon a time in China‚ choosing a wife or husband for one’s life was not his or her decision but their parents’‚ or one must mourn for their deceased parents at least three years. The answer is about the definition of morality. Different conceptions of morality have guided different cultures in different directions regarding a central question of human existence: Does morality require filial piety (or filial obligation)
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neither a necessity nor optional‚ as they have hired a domestic worker‚ at my beck and calls. I always had my way‚ always. Just recently‚ dad brought grandma to our house and she will be staying with us. She had a stroke and dad just wanted to be her filial son. But‚ it just irks me to have her around here. The maid attends to her needs every half and hour—there was once when I had to wait 10 minutes to even get Wanwan to bring water to me. Mom and Dad were too preoccupied with grandma’s affairs that
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Diminishing filial piety and its impact on long-term care policies Filial Piety is a virtue regarded by Confucius as a way to ensure a peaceful family and society. Filial piety is loyalty to one’s family and country. Filial piety is the most important moral in Chinese culture. Showing love for the nation and selflessness in protecting and loving one’s family is ideal. When developing and introducing policies to provide for the long-term care needs of the elderly‚ authorities must recognise the following:
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even a Chinese idiom 养儿防老 – which translates to mean “raise children to safeguard your old age”. Indeed‚ in Asian societies that have been strongly influenced by Confucius teachings‚ such as China‚ Japan‚ Korea and Singapore‚ the practice of filial piety is still seen as an important social value and esteemed as virtue to be inculcated in one’s children from a very young age. Children are not only expected to respect and obey their parents‚ it’s also deemed their duty to look after their
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