美国社会经常被描绘为儿童的天堂,中年人的战场,老年人的地狱。那似乎是个人情冷漠的国家,法律规定子女无赡养父母的责任和义务,大多数老人与子女分居,他们在生活难以自理时,可选择入住养老院。子女与父母似乎无亲情可言,更无孝顺可讲,我从前也这样看。但我在美国生活9年之后,却完全颠覆了以前的印象。 American society is often portrayed as a paradise for children, a middle-aged battlefield, and hell for the elderly. That seems to be an indifferent country. The law stipulates that children have no responsibility and obligation to support their parents. Most of the elderly and their children are separated. When they are unable to take care of themselves, they can choose to go to a nursing home. Children and parents seem to have no family at all, more filial piety can be said, I used to think so. But nine years after I lived in the United States, I completely reversed my previous impression.