Abstract:In the last few years, with the development of quality education stricken root into the hearts of the people, the family education has been a hot spot of the society. It benefits tens of thousands of families and meets their urgent need. However, the family education is still a weak link in China and many serious problems have appeared in our education system in recent years. Particularly, as the American educational thought is penetrating through the east and facing the traditional and modern thought about family education, the Chinese parents are torn between the two choices. Due to the differences of family values, Chinese and American family education each has its own good points, but in different aspects, the educational methods are different. We need to understand the differences between Chinese and Western family education from the educational values, make up for our deficiency by learning from others' strong points, and push forward the family educational modernization instantaneously. Only by doing so can the Chinese family education be promising.

Key words: family values; family education; differences; enlightenment

摘要:近几年来，随着素质教育的深入人心,家庭教育已经成为当今社会关注的一个热点，是千万家庭的切身利益和迫切需求所在。但是，家庭教育仍是我国的一个薄弱环节，教育系统仍存在很多不足之处，尤其是随着美国家庭教育思想的传入,中国家长在面对传统与现代家教思想，表现出无所适从的无奈。由于中美家庭的家庭价值观不同，导致教育的内容，手段，结果各有千秋。美国的家庭教育有许多值得借鉴学习的地方，因此，我们就需要从家庭教育观的角度深刻了解中西家庭教育的差异，取长补短，并且不失时机地推进家庭教育现代化，这样中国的未来才具有不可估量的发展前景。

关键词：家庭价值观；家庭教育；区别；启示