Sons and daughters do not feel the obligation to personally care for their elderly parents, and parents likewise do not wish to be a burden on their children. This does not mean that American families are not close, but rather that there are differences between Chinese and American family values.
不僅子女不覺得自己有事必躬親照顧父母的義務，父母更不希望成為子女的負擔，這並不表示美國家庭缺乏親情，只是中美間對家庭價值的認定不同。