ARTICLE REFLECTION 1: SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME

Upon reading the article “Show Me the Way to Go Home”, different ideas have started to tangle in my mind, more precisely, I have been confused very much. Making comparison between different cultures, my mind has been puzzled. In our culture, it is quite normal for one to stay at his parents’ home after 18. However, in United States of America, moving into a new home after reaching 18 is a widely accepted habit, which is the opposite of our culture.

I have become surprised after I read the passage, because I have already knew American children reaching 18 left their parents’ home and move into a new home. Even, as I learned by reading it, the rate of adult children’s who keep staying their parents’ home is really high, which, I think, is quite a striking fact.

It is so apparent that the article was written by a professional and well-informed author. We can found out signs for that. For example, she made use of statistics related to the social events. The other proof for her being well-informed is that she gives places to the sociologists’, researchers’, and counselors’ sayings in her article frequently. I should also mention that I found the article quite sincere; it has a very sincere language. Moreover, it is made up of the actual events and characters, which makes it vivid and fun-to-read.

As for the content of the article, different statements can easily be inferred if it is read carefully. The habit told in the article exists in our culture, too. Therefore, I somehow understand the article. Living away from parents and at a different home, one might not direct his life well-organized. He might found the people around him not sincere and get bored. He might miss her parents and want to go on his life with parents.

All in all, according to me, living together with parents is not an extraordinary thing to do. I think the world outside is artificial consisting of many plastic trees, and I claim that one cannot have as good relationships as he has with his parents.