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Parents Demand 1.21M Baht Compensation for Children They Didn’t Raise


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6 minutes ago, retarius said:

It's a cultural thing. Parents don't like bringing up kids so foist them on grandparents, on aunts, uncles, or anyone who happens to turn up at the door. But the parents do like money. I suppose the fabulous courts will tell us which part of the culture i.e. raising kids or loving money is most important. 

That may be true in some cases, but it is not cultural.

Necessity plays a large part - especially in rural areas.

Parents cannot find work near the family home so move away to work elsewhere.

But, they do send money home when they can.

Samui is full of mainland folk sending money back to their families.

This is repeated all over Thailand.

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Just now, Tropicalevo said:

That may be true in some cases, but it is not cultural.

Necessity plays a large part - especially in rural areas.

Parents cannot find work near the family home so move away to work elsewhere.

But, they do send money home when they can.

Samui is full of mainland folk sending money back to their families.

This is repeated all over Thailand.

When I moved for work I took my kids with me. No reason a kid can't be brought up where the work is. I'm getting sick of these excuses for immoral acts.

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2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Out of the woodwork they come.

Everyone wants to get rich quick why should we be surprised we see it every where else in the world as well.

Suddenly Somchai is not the burden mom thaught he was and dad who hasnothing to do with him since birth and probably denied him as a child is looking for money.  

 

hle I agree that there has to be some sort of pemna;lty punishment I think the governemtn making these hand outs is sending the wrong message.  All they are going to do is increase the level of people that abuse money and don't care about kids.

 

Help with counselling the families.  Put the money that will be wasted gvien to paretns into making the system better and creating a way to try to stop these indicents.

 

Set up a national system where buses and large trucks need to be checked and licened by teh government on a yearly basis with drivers keeping not only a log of their hours driving but also a log of all maintenance to vehicles and any issues on a trip. 

 

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11 minutes ago, retarius said:

It's a cultural thing. Parents don't like bringing up kids so foist them on grandparents, on aunts, uncles, or anyone who happens to turn up at the door. But the parents do like money. I suppose the fabulous courts will tell us which part of the culture i.e. raising kids or loving money is most important. 

I see you have experience with the real life.

 

My mother in law have raised 3 kids of my father in law brothers and sister, and still do, because they working in Bangkok or Korea, supporting their parents and helping out in any way possible. That's the reality of being parents in Thailand, they can not manage to be parents and work full time unless you are above the middle class, and can hire nanny's. 

 

My wife brother in law, works in government and have free housing, cleaning and nanny, so for them they are able to live with their kids. My wife was their nanny until she met me.

 

Seems so many here have meet only the bad apples while staying in Thailand referred to the replies here.

 

 

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Values explained, as if any financial compensation would have a positive effect on this terrible disaster. 

I would sue the bus owner(s), DLT staff issuing the roadworthiness, the garage which did the conversion as well as the regular maintenance (if any), the ministry as well as the minister of transport for manslaughter. You cannot even classify this as "involuntary" as every party involved knew about the risk and was purposely ignorant in applying the existing laws and regulations. Individual cross examinations at court, possibly on live TV, and that might (in capital letters again MIGHT) have an effect on future "dealings" with 54 years old busses with tens of millions of kilometres and all the side alterations to the vehicles. There are some 13,000 such busses out on the road (that's at least what I read) and this accident can happen before I've finished this comment. 

Will not happen, money talks and now at least I know, what Thais assume is the value of an innocent child on a school trip. In closing, fire the education minister as well as he had this splendid idea to solve the problem by prohibiting school excursions once and for good ......... while his own brother was transport minister from 2019 - 2023 😉   Your call! 

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7 minutes ago, retarius said:

When I moved for work I took my kids with me. No reason a kid can't be brought up where the work is. I'm getting sick of these excuses for immoral acts.

Have you seen how working class living in Bangkok? Can you bring your children to Pattaya while working there in a restaurant 10 hours a day 6 days a week?

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A shameless money grab, by people who didn't even raise their offspring.

 

It's shocking how many so-called parents here don't think they need to take care of their children, but then claim "I am the parent" and expect their kids to take care of them in old age or some other money-grabing BS.

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1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

If read all, you will find that I call on the faulty government and authorities as well.

Your constant Thai bashing coupled with your ignorance about life for the average Thai person is very tiresome.

Get off your high horse.

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14 minutes ago, retarius said:

When I moved for work I took my kids with me. No reason a kid can't be brought up where the work is. I'm getting sick of these excuses for immoral acts.

 

So you are a Thai, working in Thailand?

 

Honest question, is there a D missing from your profile name?

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1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

 

If it's all about money, then the absent parents have lost their retirement plan, or they could have been paying the grandparents to look after the children.  If it's about emotional loss, why does that change just because they are working and don't have time to raise their children?

 

You said it. Their kids are their retirement plan. 

 

How about saving and investing for their own retirement?

 

How about working for a company that allows you to pay into the social security system so that you recieve a pension? As well as better healthcare.

 

These are also options. But they don't prioritize these things.

 

They prioritize life insurance above all other kinds of insurance.

 

When I lived in the village, they would laugh at me for buying health insurance for myself and my family. They all bought life insurance and they took policies out on their relatives even without their knowledge.

 

Sick and bizarre.

 

 

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1 hour ago, kingstonkid said:

Set up a national system where buses and large trucks need to be checked and licened by teh government on a yearly basis with drivers keeping not only a log of their hours driving but also a log of all maintenance to vehicles and any issues on a trip. 

A great idea, unfortunately all of what you say is corruptible with a few Baht notes.

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1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

Your constant Thai bashing coupled with your ignorance about life for the average Thai person is very tiresome.

Get off your high horse.

I don´t know what you are talking about.

What Thai bashing?

Have I written something that is not true?

I also, only mentioned Thai in relation to laws as the specific incident mentioned regards Thailand. Otherwise my post is very objective and can relate to any country that battles with corruption.

If you are tired, I can´t care less about. Maybe you should consider following your own post and ignore, then. Or you can just leave it be and go on with your life, right?

 

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