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Sex education is first the parents job. Sad thing is that a lot here look at school as the primary teachers of everything. It's a parents job to educate children not to not trust anyone but to understand what good and bad touch is. Not to go with anyone besides someone they know very well. That there are many bad people in this world and they could be authority figures. A culture which believes a 15 year old consent age for sex is a major problem, and it's the parents job to teach the child that it isn't good to follow what other children do, that doing so involves consequences they might be very hurt from. That there is little chance that a boy will stay around if a child is born, and that raising a child as a child is an impossible task, and that pawning that child over to grandma is not only wrong, it isn't their job. When a child can understand what you are saying is when to start talking about bad touch, and your close relationship with your child is very important, because they will come to you with questions that you are better to answer than their also non educated peers. I've been a step father and know fully well that the highest chance of sexual abuse comes from step parents, friends and family. More than 90% of abuse victims know their abusers. This is how they are groomed or manipulated. trusting someone they think they can trust. One in four girls and one in six boys will be abused by the time they are 17. Sad facts and shows what kind of world we live in. Protecting your children is first the parents job, and this means talking to them as early as they can understand, and following up into their teen years.

It's very common, especially in northern climes where sunlight is affected by seasons. If you don't eat enough D from diet, from oily fish, meat, eggs and the like, or if you're a vegan, you need sunlight to hit your skin to produce it. Depression, besides environmental and episodic, is usually caused by low serotonin levels sometimes caused by a smaller hippocampus in the brain. Family history has a lot to do with it also. Antidepressants can improve receptor connections and help with stressors that hurt a depressed individual. Sometimes gastro problems can prevent D absorption from foods, which is why sunlight can help.

Have a lot of history involving depression, including my own family (ex-girlfriend has it, and our daughter has it, her both parents had it, one hung himself, and also the grandmother),my cousin, on medication after suffering for years and doing well. My best friend killed himself way back when there were few meds available (1987), and had everything going well in his life. My now ex wife has it and it is a main reason we are divorced. My girlfriend here has had it for years, and after I lead her to seeing a doctor, and bolstered her low self esteem, is taking Lorazapam and Prozac, and doing much better. Her doctor told her he wanted to get her off the meds, and that isn't a good idea, as you might really need them .One potential biological cause of depression is an imbalance in the neurotransmitters which are involved in mood regulation.  Certain neurotransmitters, including dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, play an important role in mood. Meaning meds can work, along with therapy, exercise, good diet, and a good environment. My girlfriend has been controlled by family for years, and this of course leads to bad feelings about oneself. Exercise, good diet and environment can help a lot, but a chemical imbalance cannot be changed naturally. The wrong meds can hurt more, and it sometimes takes quite awhile to find the right one or combination. Some get environmental depression that passes, and life changes can cause temporary depression also. Everyone gets depressed, but some get it to the extreme. Back when my friend took his life, he had a great wife, pets, house,job, played drums, was a class clown (symptom sometimes,like Robin Williams), and had many friends. He was losing his hair, and some, including his wife, thought that was the reason he went into his van, put the exhaust with a pipe into it, closed the doors and fell asleep. Back then, before I experienced the problems with my little girls mom, read three books and many articles, and tried to help her, I didn't understand why my friend died. I remembered when we were hanging out, he liked to sleep a lot during the day (major symptom), always was joking around, (to deflect pain), and self medicated. If I had known then what I do now, along with everyone else, he might still be with us. I would definitely see a competent doctor, and try what they suggest, along with doing things naturally by yourself.

Brown nosers anonymous perhaps? True, abiding by a country's rules is necessary, but doesn't that also include all of the human trafficking that goes on here, with the help of some tainted officials, the gun violence that matches the US per capita, the drug dealing, the corruption that mirrors all countries worse, bar girls that try and take farangs for everything then kick them to the curb, no child support enforcement for citizens, and a thousand other offenses? Rules are for everyone.

18 million concealed licenses out of over 350 million is far from everyone is packing. Only about 40% of households have gun ownership. The foreigner didn't shoot or own this gun. The intruder came with it and was disarmed after it went off. Thailand actually mirrors the US with gun violence by the way, and it's a far smaller country.

The one that treats a woman with respect

Only one problem of not getting a vaccine. Over 99% of those that died in the US weren't vaccinated. Statistics don't lie. Still, it should be by choice I agree, but those that aren't getting vaccines are surely carrying and killing others.

Got my second AZ shot on the 31st. At least 300 people there and NONE practicing any kind of social distancing. Most sat within a foot of each other, and lines formed were the same. Many touching each other and I had to constantly move away from those on line with me. Not many have I seen listening to any advice given besides wearing masks, which might help a bit but aren't foolproof.

Yes, deport every foreigner that bends the rules. Wrong. Simple, fines. Fine everyone, including locals, who break the rules also daily, and when you hit the wallet, people learn, with the exception of the very rich, who think they can, and do, get away with most everything, including ruining our planet for profit. If police here wrote tickets for every infraction I see daily, most people would go broke. Yes, the air would be cleaner,(rampant unnecessary burning), many less will die from scooter accidents (helmets wearing), beaches would be cleaner,(proper disposal of trash), but then you take money from the millions of poor, most of whom were never taught proper drivers ed, garbage trucks being non existant in the country. Other, more dangerous offenses where some officials turn a blind eye because of profit will never stop.

Masks do help, a little, from evidence, but I rarely see foreigners without one in public. This is in Isaan. A few days ago, I did see a truck carrying 10 locals, and none had masks on, and all were within a foot of each other. I get Yahoo news daily, and hear what's going on around the world, daily. I also see local news and hear, translated, what they are saying, and have since Covid arrived here. People are being told what to do, and a lot are following the rules, but many more are still going about their daily routines, sitting close at meals, sharing sticky rice and drinking from the same glasses, like nothing's changed. I see at least 6 ambulances daily, where before I saw maybe one, and I'm sure they are Covid transports, although it can't be proven. Yet, with all the media coverage, here, at least in Sisaket and Ubon provinces, I see life going on as usual. So much fake and incorrect news, and no wonder they are dying in the hundreds daily here. They stop buses, and people in markets and 7-11's are still within a foot of each other. The farmers here are taking a heavy toll with all of this, and I'm seeing it firsthand. Two hanging suicides in the same village in less than a month. Every province with different rules and restrictions.