Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional virtues - Why do China's father and son seldom express their love?

Why do China's father and son seldom express their love?

This is because China people are deeply influenced by traditional ideas. They think that fathers are the authority in a family, and their greatest responsibility is to teach children what they want to be, what they are required to do and what they are forbidden to do. It's not that I don't love children, but that I can't express and don't want to express. I just have a sense of alienation that I can't get close to. They feel that they can't discipline their children by expressing their love for them.

Many families in China are like this. Fathers don't care about their children as much as mothers do, but they can express their feelings directly. Most people's overall impression of western fathers is full of vigor and vitality, like the bright sun, warm and full of strength. However, when it comes to China's father, everyone's first impression is silence and seriousness. There is a lack of communication between father and son. The son is more awed and alienated from his father, and the father keeps his distance from his children for various reasons. China's father is not good at expressing his love, and his concern for his children is closely hidden under his dignified appearance.

In fact, many fathers know what their children like and keep many small things in mind, but they rarely communicate with their children and will not easily express their love for them. Although, children can feel the seemingly casual care and love of their fathers. It's not that I don't love children, but that my father is really not good at communication.

This is because of the education they have received since childhood. If there is a conflict with classmates at school, girls can talk and cry when they go home. Most of the "treatment" boys get is to dry their tears, or to talk less to digest their emotions, or to fight back with their fists. The educational concept that men cry lightly deprives men of the right to release negative emotions normally, and also blocks their export of expressing negative emotions normally. Father's participation in the family is getting lower and lower; Less and less involved in children's growth; Father's family, status and right to speak are getting lower and lower, which is a vicious circle.