Thai Parenting Classes

[Jayman]

Does anyone know where a Thai mother living in Pattaya could attend Thai parenting classes. Classes that would teach new mothers about basic childcare, nutrition, early mental development, hygiene, safety and the likes.

It doesn't matter if the classes are offered free or for a fee. I'm looking for any and all available options.

[maturebrit]

Does anyone know where a Thai mother living in Pattaya could attend Thai parenting classes. Classes that would teach new mothers about basic childcare, nutrition, early mental development, hygiene, safety and the likes.

It doesn't matter if the classes are offered free or for a fee. I'm looking for any and all available options.

Wish I did know.....Let me know if you get a result...God knows they do need educating in those areas you mentioned

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[swissie]

I don't think you will find any such thing. Parenting is done by

- the mother and father

- the mother of the mother, or if nobody of the avove is available (busy otherwise),

- the grandparents will have to step in.

Parenting is not a science around here: In the first years of a childs life, let it do whatever it wants. Do not dsicipline in any way and above all, do not try to instill such strange things into the head of a child like: Discipline, a sense of responsability, timeliness, thruthfulness, honesty etc...

Those things are not part of the social-interactive-framework in Thai-Society.

Parenting in LOS? If such a thing ever is officially introduced in Thailand, I would like to attend classes (as an obsever), just to find out, what values are beeing passed along to those kids.

Cheers.

[TommoPhysicist]

Government hospitals usually offers a better free post natal service then the UK.

Bi-weekly hospital check-ups for the first two months, then monthly for the first year.

Many unannounced home visits.

I was quite surprised, in a good way.

If you need more help, import grandma for the first month, I did.

[swissie]

Government hospitals usually offers a better free post natal service then the UK.

Bi-weekly hospital check-ups for the first two months, then monthly for the first year.

Many unannounced home visits.

I was quite surprised, in a good way.

If you need more help, import grandma for the first month, I did.

This concerns "post-natal- service" and has nothing to do with "parenthood". To our western understanding, parenthood starts at the day of birth and finishes at the time the offspring reaches adulthood. In Thailand, adulthood is reachead (for a female), as soon she has given birth to a child. (Age ? Who cares!) An official father will always be found (for a fee and future promises), in case the biological father has decided to leave for a place where the grass is greener. Parenthood?

Hard for Farangs to understand: The earning power of the children will be the foundation of the financial well-beeing of the parents when they get old. So the recipie is simple: Have many children, One or two will succeed as a matter of statistics. May change in the future, but for now it's still: Children are the "old age insurance."

So. parenthood is basically reduced to some kind of "old age insurance", even if the child is raised by some "aunt" and the biological parents only find time to visit their offspring during

Songkran.

The fact that the"aunt" has raised the child will not improve her situation should she fall on hard times. The supporting obligations that children have to live up to, remain with the parents (they give me life) and not with the "aunt" that actually raised the child.

The next time you go to a Wat and wonder about the many females that wear nothing but a white dress and have nothing to look forward to and eat what the monks diden't eat: They are not there because of their strict buddhist believes. They are there because they have no place else to go. Regardless if they functioned as as an "aunt" before or not. If a Thai falls out of the "family-network" for whatever reasons, He/She is out for the next 300 years. Farangs have it much easier. They are not condemmed for 300 years. They fall out oft he Family-Network if the ATM-Balance does not allow for Motorbike-Purchases for distant Cousins anymore.

Cheers.