A short essay about family

《Family》
There were some points I would like to think about more in the book “The Material Child” by White. First, in her book, it is mentioned that both in America and Japan, sometimes teens tend to avoid being together with their family in their house, but they still have time to spend with their family. I think it is true in Japan. When I was junior high school and high school student, I studied in my room before I have some tests, but except the time, I think I was always talking to someone in my family. However, I think there is a difference between boys and girls. Girls tend to talk with their family about, for example, things that happened at school more than boys do.
Second, I was surprised at the terms “Mam’s Boy” and “Daddy’s Little Girl” which one of the Colorado students introduced. I also heard that in America, the relationship between mother and her daughter is the worst, but in Japan, the relationship between father and her daughter is said to be the worst, so it is opposite in America and in Japan. I think this is because Japanese fathers tend to treasure their job than their family more than American fathers do. It probably made the relationship between Japanese mother and her daughter closer than Japanese father and his daughter. Moreover, in my opinion, it is easier to talk with mothers about things about me than with my father for girls.
Third, in the class blog, one of the Colorado students talked about his experience of his parents’ divorce, and in the class discussion, I heard that divorce is more acceptable in America than in Japan. I think it is true that divorce has a negative image in Japan though it is better than before. In contrast, in America, half of the couple ends in divorce, but the relationship between couple’s families are surprisingly good even after they divorced. I think the divorce does not always have a negative influence on their children, so I hope the image of divorce will become better in Japan like in America.