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TheAmericanFamilyIntheAmericanfamilythehusbandandwifeusuallyshareimportantdecisionmaking.Whenthechildrenare___________(51)enough,theytakepartaswell.Foreignersareoftensurprisedbythepermissiveness(宽容)ofAmericanparents.Theoldrulethat“childrenshouldbeseenandnotheard”israrely_______(52),andchildrenareoftenallowedtodo____________(53)theywishwithoutstrictcontroloftheirparents.Thefatherseldomexpectshischildrentolistentohim__________(54)question,andchildrenareencouragedtobe______________(55)atanearlyage.SomepeoplebelievethatAmericanparentscarrythisfreedom_________(56)far.Othersthinkthatastrongfatherimagewouldnot____________(57)theAmericanvaluesofequalityandindependence.BecauseAmericansemphasizetheimportanceofindependence,youngpeopleareexpectedto_________(58)theirparentalfamiliesbythetimetheyhave________________(59)theirlateteensorearlytwenties.Indeed,nottodosoisoftenregardedasa____________(60),akindofweakdependence.
Thispatternofindependenceoftenresultsinserious____________(61)fortheagingparentsofasmallfamily.TheaverageAmericanisexpectedtolive___________(62)theageof70.Thejob-retirementageis_______(63)65.Thechildrenhavelefthome,married,and___________(64)theirownhouseholds.Atleast20percentofallpeopleover65donothaveenoughretirementincomes._________(65)themajorproblemofmanyelderlycouplesisnoteconomic.Theyfeeluselessandlonelywithneitheranoccupationnoraclosefamilygroup
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