What are the important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have these qualities changed or remained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
The qualities of a good son and daughter---obedience, loyalty, respect---have not changed. Any patent will tell you that, like their ancestors, they expect these qualities from their children. However, they do not always get what they expect from their children.
一个好的儿子和女儿的品质——服从、忠诚、尊重——没有改变。任何专利都会告诉你，像他们的祖先一样，他们期望孩子具备这些品质。然而，他们并不总是从孩子身上得到他们所期望的东西。
Parents demand that their sons and daughters, regardless of age, obey them. Even if the children are married and have their own children, they should still do whatever their parents ask of them. At last, that's the way it was. Now, children tend to obey their parents until the children are of college age. Then they feel they are adult enough and can make their own decisions even if these decisions are against the parent's wishes.
父母要求他们的儿子和女儿，无论年龄大小，都要服从他们。即使孩子已经结婚并有了自己的孩子，他们仍然应该按照父母的要求去做。最后，事情还是这样。现在，孩子们倾向于服从父母直到他们上大学。然后他们觉得自己已经足够成熟，可以自己做决定，即使这些决定违背了父母的意愿。
Parents also expect loyalty from their children. If there was a dispute in the neighborhood or between families, the parents would expect their children to side with their own family. This quality is probably still very common. Most children today will support their family against others.
父母也希望孩子忠诚。如果邻里之间或家庭之间发生争执，父母会希望孩子站在自己的家庭一边。这种品质可能仍然很普遍。今天的大多数孩子都会支持他们的家庭对抗其他人。
Parents, of course, demand respect. As people become more mobile, and introduced to non-traditional ways of doing things, this quality may not endure. Parents are sometimes viewed as old-fashioned. Children don't think their parents can appreciate the way life really is. They think their parents are too old to understand. They lose respect for their parents.
当然，父母需要尊重。随着人们变得越来越机动，并且开始采用非传统的做事方式，这种品质可能无法持久。父母有时被认为是守旧的。孩子们不认为他们的父母能欣赏生活的真谛。他们认为他们的父母太老了，无法理解。他们失去了对父母的尊重。
Obedience, loyalty, and respect are virtues that are being challenged today. We may not obey our parents, give them the loyalty or respect they wish or deserve, but I hope my children obey me, are loyal to me, and respect me.
服从、忠诚和尊重是当今面临挑战的美德。我们可能不服从父母，给他们希望或应得的忠诚或尊重，但我希望我的孩子服从我，对我忠诚，尊重我