EndofDays

My wife and I are returning to Thailand next month and then I will go back to work outside the country. We found out that she is preganant but still wants to go back to Thailand to be with her family. My family in the U.S. is not in the best of health, getting up there in age and really can't assist her with the baby. She has a great family circle that can help her out in Thailand and her aunt has already said that her daughter will live with my wife to assist her. My problem is not with Thailand itself but with all its "troubles". Most of the mess going on in Bangkok, political and otherwise is rarely felt outside Bangkok but the pass few years does seem to trend ill for Thailand. Attitudes are changing and it would be nice to keep a government in power for at least a few years. We already discussed that the child will go to a private school or return to the U.S. when it is of school age. To all the parents out there, What is your opinion on giving a birth and raising a Thai/Farang child in Thailnad...Pros and Cons. I'm afraid of letting the kid even get near a street or even close to a vehicle in this country. Two good friends, one a long-time resident of Thailand, said I was crazy for thinking of having the baby here and raising it, even for a little while, in Thailand.