Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

Vocabulary
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I come from a very close-knit family.
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have always spent
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lot of
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me with my family.
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My upbringing was a bit different from most other kids
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because I was raised by my grandparents.
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Whenever I don
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t feel well, I know I can find support in my immediate family.
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My grandma celebrated her 70th birthday last May. I got to see my whole extended family at the
party.
(Source
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World Link series)
1.Compare the role of a father and that of a mother in making decisions for the family

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in China.
Well, many people in China are very conservative (= traditional) and in most families the father
makes the important decisions. However, it would be wrong to say that women don't influence their
husbands a lot. I guess that the wives are simply more eager to make heir husbands happy, especially
if the men are bringing money to the family. On the other hand, when it comes to the new generation
of couples, I think the responsibilities and the decision-making is pretty much equally shared, since
the women are as educated as the en, and they work and earn as much as their partners.
2. Do you think that parents generally know what is best for their children?
Yes, most of the time, parents definitely have a good idea about what is beneficial to their children.
A lot of teenagers might think that their parents are old-fashioned and too strict, but I would say that
most parents actually know better than a 15-year-old child. According to my experience, parents
know what is good for their children but they also expect too much from their kids. It's very common
for parents to send their kids to different training centers on the weekend for them to study extra
subjects on their days off. Many parents ask their children to come home right after school in order
not to waste time hanging out with friends. This could be good in terms of academic success, but it
could be detrimental (= harmful) to a child's social development.