Information on the thesis "Intergenerational Conflict in the Family: A Case Study of Tu Lien Ward, Tay Ho District and Thuong Cat Commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi" by graduate student Nguyen Kim Anh, majoring in Sociology.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Kim Anh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: July 6, 1977 4. Place of Birth: Vinh Phuc Province 5. Decision No. 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated November 2, 2007, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Intergenerational Conflicts in the Family: A Case Study of Tu Lien Ward, Tay Ho District and Thuong Cat Commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi 8. Major: Sociology. Code: 60.31.30 9. Scientific Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dang Canh Khanh 10. Summary of Thesis Results: In life, the Vietnamese tradition often says, "Children rely on their fathers, the elderly rely on their children." This has become a life philosophy for many generations of Vietnamese people. However, in modern life, many family values and relationships have changed significantly compared to the past, leading to increasing generational conflicts. Generational conflict arises naturally. It reflects the conflict between experience and creativity in family and social activities. In the past, Vietnamese people highly valued preserving family traditions. This was because any coexistence required specific ways of interacting and rules of conduct. Today, with the task of building a new generation, we must not only promote the good traditions of the family but also its positive aspects. Family life, first and foremost, teaches children to be polite, always respectful to elders, and modest in their attire. Family education also emphasizes love for humanity, righteousness, harmony, solidarity, and mutual respect. We must learn to "love others as we love ourselves" and "help those in need." Under the impact of current globalization, Vietnamese families are facing many difficulties and challenges in preserving traditional family values. Intergenerational conflicts within families are increasingly common and occur at varying levels. Research shows that two-generation families, with husband and wife and unmarried children, experience the least conflict. Conflicts are more common in three-generation families, primarily between two generations: the elderly and their adult children, and parents and their minor children. The most frequent conflicts between the elderly and their adult children concern economics, lifestyles, and behavioral patterns. Conflicts between parents and their minor children mainly focus on education, recreation, and lifestyle choices. The main conflicts between parents and their adult children in the family revolve around the division of property, the concept of the role and value of men in the family, and the concept of having sons and daughters. Conflicts between the older generation, parents and children mainly focus on lifestyles, habits, and ways of behaving within the family. Alcohol consumption, one of the lifestyle manifestations of the second and third generations in the family, is also a cause of family conflict. 11. Practical application: None 12. Future research directions: None 13. Published works related to the thesis:
- Dang Canh Khanh, Family, Children and the Inheritance of Traditional Values, Social Labor Publishing House, Hanoi, 2003.
- Dang Canh Khanh, Le Thi Quy, Family Studies, Political and Administrative Publishing House, Hanoi, 2009.
- Le Thi, Similarities and Differences in Concepts of Marriage and Family Among Generations of Vietnamese People Today, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, 2009.
- Dang Vu Canh Linh, The Elderly and Models of Elderly Care in Vietnam, Dan Tri Publishing House, Hanoi, 2009.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Kim Anh 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: July 6, 1977 4. Place of birth: Vinh Phuc 5. Admission decision number: 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH Dated November 2, 2007 6. Changes in academic process: No (List the forms of change and corresponding times) 7. Official thesis title: The study of “Contradiction among generations in one family – the cases in Tu Lien ward, Tay Ho District and Thuong Cat commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi 8. Major: Sociology 9. Code: 60.31.30 10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dang Canh Khanh 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: In daily life, the Vietnamese has the traditional statement “The young rely on their father, the old rely on their children”, which becomes one philosophy of the Vietnamese generations. How ever the alteration of the family values and relevant relations as well lead to higer conflicts among generations. The contradictions appear naturally. It reglects the contradictions between experiences and creativeness in families' activities. For long time ago, the Vietnamese highly appreciated to preserve the family tradition. Because any symbiosis has a method of relationship and behavior. Nowadays with the aim to develop the new youth is not only to maintain the family tradition but also to promote its activeness. The family tradition, firstly is to teach the young about politeness, to dress scretively. The family education is also to attach importance to the fellow – creature love, to see reason, to live in peace, to unite, to respect each other. Nowadays with the effect of globalization, the Vietnamese family is facing the difficulties and challenges in family tradition reservation. There are more and more contradictions among generations in families with different levels. According to the survey, the family with 2 generations (including parents and single children is the least in contradiction. The contradiction usually appears in the family with 3 generations and mainly between the elderly and grown up children; the parents and adult children. The contradiction between the elderly and grown - up children is usually about economy, lifestyle and behavior method. The conflict between the parents and adult children is mainly about education, entertainment and lifestyle. The contradiction between the parents and grown - up children is about property sharing distribution, rank opinion and the role of gentleman, male chauvinism in one family. The contradiction among the elderly, the parents and children is mainly about lifestyle, style of behavior in family. One of lifestyles of the 2nd and 3rd generation, like drinking alcohol, is also the cause of family conflict. 12. Practical applicability, if any: N/A 13. Further research directions, if any: N/A 14. Thesis-related publications:
- Dang Canh Khanh, Family, children and traditional value inheritance, Public house of Social Labor, H.2003
- Dang Canh Khanh, Le Thi Quy, The Family, Public House of Political Administration, H.2009.
- Le Thi, The resemblance and difference of opinion about marriage and family among Vietnam generations, Public house of Sociology, H.2009.
- Dang Vu Canh Linh, The elderly and the models of health care service in Vietnam, Intelletual Public House, H.2009.
