As far as the methods of moral education of teenagers in China and the United States,the primary group,families,plays a different role in the two countries,that is,the Chinese family takes a responsibility of inheriting Chinese traditional ethic but the US takes a responsibility of inheriting religious ethic of Christianity.
在中美青少年德育的各种载体中,首属群体家庭在两国青少年德育中的职能差异较大,中国家庭承担着传承传统伦理道德的责任,美国家庭则承担着传承宗教道德观的职责。