Write About Families

I have a small family but my husband has a big family. They all live in San Francisco, and my sister's family lives in Garden Grove. In my native country, women work outside the home. I think it's better for women with small children to work part-time than full-time. Older parents living with adult children is not good because children are always active and noisy. Stereotypes about mothers-in-law sometimes are good and sometimes aren't. I think parents shouldn't spank their children.--Thanh Em

I have a small family. My family is not all in San Francisco. My children and my mother live in China now. They couldn't come with me. I usually talk with them on the phone when I have time. My parents love me very much. I miss everybody in my family because I like to work outside the home.--Xiu Ling

I have a small family. I only have a big sister. She lives in Vancouver with her family. In my native country, most women work outside the home now. I think when the children are small, women shouldn't have outside work because children need to be with their mother. In San Francisco and my native country, everything is expensive.--Carol

I have a big family but not all my family is in San Francisco. My brother and father are in S.F. but my mother and sister are in Jordan. In my country, all women can have work outside the home. I think it's a good idea for older parents to live with their adult children because I feel older parents sometimes have a good mind and are curious. Maybe a stereotype for mothers-in-law is negative.--Diana

I have a big family. We live in San Francisco and one brother lives in New Mexico. In my native country, the women work outside the home and they own a business. The children have a job. My idea is for older parents to live in a rest home because there someone will always take care of them.--Stanley

I have a big family, two brothers and one sister and my mom. We all live together in San Francisco. I have family in Mexico too. My aunt has two children and she works outside the house. I think women with small kids could work.--Jessica

I have a big family. I have two sisters and one brother. My family is not all in San Francisco. My parents, brother and sister live in San Francisco. My wife lives in Tokyo, Japan. My older sister lives in Shanghai, China. In Shanghai, some women work outside the home. Some women work inside the home. I think women with small children should have a job. Older parents living with their adult children is a good idea because adult children can care for them. I think parents should spank their children. There is a sterotype of mothers-in-law in my country.--James

I have a big family but they live in my native country. In San Francisco I have a small family (a son, a husband and me). In my native country, some women work outside of the home and some women are housewives. In my native country, parents sometimes spank their children and husbands hit their wives. In my native country a lot of people don't talk about mothers-in-law.--Judy

I have a small family. My family is in San Francisco. In my native country, I was a bus driver and dispatcher. I had good benefits. My son is at school. My parents have good benefits in China and my mother-in-law does too. My family is very happy.--Xiue

I have a big family. I live in San Francisco. My family lives in my native country. In my native country, women work outside and inside the home. I think women can have jobs but women with small chldren can't have jobs because small children are very young. I think small children can go to a preschool. I think adult children can live with their older parents because adult children aren't confident. I think parents should spank their children because some children are not so bad.--Ma

I have a small family. My family is all in San Francisco. I don't like to work, but I like to walk. Sometimes it's a good idea for older parents to live with their children. I don't think my mother-in-law is like the stereotype. She helps a lot.--Kyong

I have a funny family, my husband and two daughters. They are twins and are nineteen years old now. They study at Hong Kong University. We always talk on the phone. We are Chinese. They like to live together with their older parents. This is a good idea. I think women with small children shouldn't have a job because they need to take care of their children.--Elaine

I have a small family. I live with my older parents. In my country, most women work outside the home. In my country, spanking children is very normal. In Hong Kong, usually women don't have a job if the children are small.--Bruce

I have a small family. I live with my husband and my 11-year-old daughter. My older son lives in my native country. When my children were small, I didn't work because I had to take care of them. In my native country, women who have small children sometimes have to work.--Natalia

In the U.S., I live with my family. I don't live with my parents-in-law. My parents live in China. In my country, I think some women work outside the home. My parents-in-law live in San Francisco, not a different place. On the weekend, my family and I go to visit them. Sometimes we eat together, and sometimes we eat out. I like it.--Su

I have a small family, but I love my family. I only have two sisters and my parents. My family is all in San Francisco. My parents and my older sister have a job. My younger sister and I go to school. Sometimes I cook at home and my sister does too. In my family, everyone must help. Everybody is nice in my family. I like my small family.--Jiao Xia

My family is big. They are very friendly. I have two sisters, a father and mother. They are all in San Francisco. My native country is China. Including all my relatives, I have a big family. We live in the same city, but we have a different culture. Look at my aunts. One has two small children. She doesn't work outside the home, but my other aunt has two small children too, but she lives with her older parents. They can take care of her children. Anyway, my family is nice. Sometimes we go to visit them. Sometimes they come to visit us.--Meng Na

I have a big family. I live with my mother, my sister and my two kids. I grew up with my grandmother in Mexico. It was positive for me. I learned a lot from her. She was a strong and intelligent woman. She had a big family. She had 12 kids, 7 women and 5 men. I love that my kids are growing up with my mother; she loves my kids a lot and teaches many things to them.--Gloria

I have a small family. I live with my father, because half my family is in S.F. and half is in Jordan. In my country, some women work outside and some women stay home. They take care of their children. I think it's good for older parents to live with their adult children because they can watch the children when the parents are at work. I think parents should not spank their children.--Kholoud