What are the main elements of family education?

The content of family education includes the mutual influence and education of the members of the family (including parents and children, etc.) in life.

Family education is usually regarded as the education that is carried out in family life by the parents (of whom the first is the parents) on their children. That is to say, parents consciously through their own words and family life practice, the children to exert a certain educational influence on social activities. And according to the modern concept, it includes: the mutual influence and education of family members (including parents and children, etc.) in life.

School education, social education, compared to the content of family education is more extensive, parents of children is to do the work of the full range of education required; education methods are more flexible, parents can according to the conditions and needs of the children unconventional education; education time is also more durable, family education from the birth of the children began to be carried out, and has continued until after adulthood.

The nature of family education refers to the fundamental attributes that distinguish family education from other forms of education. Homeschooling is a special form of education, an informal private education. Although it has a certain purpose, it is not an organized, led and closely planned education, and the vast majority of educators do not have special educational knowledge and educational ability.

There is no fixed pattern, time or place for education and training. Family education is to meet the wishes and interests of individuals, educational methods and contents depend on the personal will of educators, and society and others cannot intervene in family education. At the same time, family education is also the basis of school education.