Thesis information "Conflicts between generations in the family: case study of Tu Lien ward, Tay Ho district and Thuong Cat commune, Tu Liem district, Hanoi" by HVCH Nguyen Kim Anh, major in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Nguyen Kim Anh 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: July 6, 1977. 4. Place of birth: Vinh Phuc province. 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated November 2, 2007 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in the training process: none 7. Thesis topic: Conflicts between generations 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 supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dang Canh Khanh 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: In life, Vietnamese tradition often has the saying "Young people rely on their fathers, old people rely on their children". This has become the philosophy of life of many generations of Vietnamese people. However, in modern life today, many family values as well as relationships have changed significantly compared to the past, leading to increasingly large generational conflicts. Generational conflicts appear naturally. They reflect the conflict between experience and creativity in family and social activities. In ancient society, Vietnamese people attached great importance to preserving family traditions. Because any symbiosis must have a way of relating and a code of conduct. Today, with the task of building a new person, not only must we promote the good traditions of the family but also promote its positive aspects. Family life, first of all, teaches children to be polite, always respect their elders, and be modest in their clothing. Family education also focuses on love for fellow human beings, reason, harmony, solidarity, and mutual respect. We must know how to "love others as we love ourselves", "help each other". Under the influence of the current "globalization" process, Vietnamese families are facing many difficulties and challenges in preserving and conserving traditional family values. Conflicts between generations occurring in families are inevitable at different levels. Research results show that the two-generation family type, with a husband and wife and unmarried children, is the family with the least conflicts. Conflicts often occur in three-generation families and mainly occur in two generations: the elderly - adult children and parents - immature children. The most common conflicts between the elderly and adult children are conflicts about economics, lifestyle and behavior. Conflicts between parents and immature children mainly focus on education, entertainment and lifestyle. The main conflicts between the parent generation and the adult children in the family are the division of property, the concept of the role and value of men in the family, the concept of having sons and daughters. The conflicts between the older generation, parents and children mainly focus on lifestyle and living style and behavior in the family. Drinking alcohol, one of the manifestations of the lifestyle of the second and third generations in the family, is also the cause of family conflicts. 11. Practical applicability: None 12. Further 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 - Administrative Publishing House, Hanoi, 2009.
- Le Thi, Similarities and differences in the concept of marriage and family among generations of Vietnamese people today, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, 2009.
- Dang Vu Canh Linh, Elderly people and elderly care models 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 behavioral method. The contradiction 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 conflict 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.
