Mahidol University unveils research on creation of quality families

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Mahidol University unveils research on creation of quality families

BANGKOK, 24 May 2016 (NNT) – The Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) of Mahidol University has opened a seminar concerning its research on the promotion of strong families in Thailand, highlighting the significance of work-life balance to people’s decision to have children.

In cooperation with the Thailand Research Fund, the IPSR conducted a research on the issue of raising the quality of Thai families as well as problems and their solutions. The research was part of the Family Well-Being Project and was focused on encouraging married couples to have children through the establishment of work-life balance.

Dr Bhubate Samutachak, IPSR Deputy Director for Research and International Relations, pointed out that modern-day lifestyles of people have substantial influence on their decision to have children. Once decided, new parents usually have to make adjustments in several aspects, especially in terms of finance and time management, in order to provide the best care for their children.

In support of all parents, Dr Bhubate suggested that early childhood development centers improve their services and efficiency. He also proposed that the government seek out policies that can help strengthen the bond among members of each family.


-- NNT 2016-05-24

[jonclark]

And people actually funded this research...sheesh. Having children affects your finances and time management....really, you don't say? And you needed a Ph.d to figure that out.

[doremifasol]

A master of the obvious.......

[macksview]

nobel prize coming up.

cutting edge stuff.

[deckape]

[NongKhaiKid]

I wonder what type of family they used as their template for the ideal family ?

Maybe the rich, hiso type depicted in the nightly soaps.

[macksview]

I wonder what type of family they used as their template for the ideal family ?

Maybe the rich, hiso type depicted in the nightly soaps.

you have it, the unwashed masses only have to see the 'model' familys portrayed in soaps.

who needs that university department.

[Pimay1]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

[tuanku]

early childhood development centers improve their services and efficiency. He also proposed that the government seek out policies that can help strengthen the bond among members of each family.

Dr. Bubhate, I think you might need to be a tad more specific with your recommendations if they are to be of any practical use. This sounds like something the PM might urge.

[thai3]

Not surprising that Thai Universities have such a poor reputation is it.

[Orac]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

That would mean providing more employment opportunities outside the central/eastern seaboard zones.

Large parts of the population have lives centred on wat/village/family hence, though many leave the village to find work elsewhere, they still see the village as the home they will return to eventually so leave children to be brought up 'at home'.

[SoFarAndNear]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

Sure about that? My niece just sees her mother twice every year and got a Scholarship for Mahidol University in Bangkok . Typical situation, Mother works in Bangkok in a factory and child lived with the grandparents all her live.

[samjaidee]

There's almost certainly similar research being done all over the world.

Most university research is mundane.

Society is rapidly changing throughout the world. The underclass is expending exponentially.

The differences between the generations are far more extreme now than they were 100, 50 or even 10 years ago.

To view the problems created by these changes with a dispassionate analytical eye can only be of benefit in the long run.

Yes, it's easy to laugh at this because it's in Thailand but does anyone actually know the content of the seminar?

[Balance]

The real problem is that the research pertains only to the Thai upper middle class and ignores the much more serious problems of the effects of poverty, lack of opportunity, and effective family planning. The research money needs to target problems that really need solving.

[blazes]

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't!

Perhaps "research" will finally bring us to the state of affairs in Huxley's Brave New World, where babies were decanted from bottles according to the class position they would subsequently occupy in society.

Alphas at the top of course...hi-so to lo-so.

[Pimay1]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

Sure about that? My niece just sees her mother twice every year and got a Scholarship for Mahidol University in Bangkok . Typical situation, Mother works in Bangkok in a factory and child lived with the grandparents all her live.

Kudos to your niece. There are exceptions to every rule or situation.

[Bob12345]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

Sure about that? My niece just sees her mother twice every year and got a Scholarship for Mahidol University in Bangkok . Typical situation, Mother works in Bangkok in a factory and child lived with the grandparents all her live.

You seem to equate a "quality family" to "one family member getting a scholarship".

[macksview]

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,

That has such people in't!

Perhaps "research" will finally bring us to the state of affairs in Huxley's Brave New World, where babies were decanted from bottles according to the class position they would subsequently occupy in society.

Alphas at the top of course...hi-so to lo-so.

yes, already decanted, by opportunity, geography,cronyism etc, some break the ceilings they were born under.

alpha beta down to epsilon then F for farang

[Barnet]

Few other tips on being a quality parent.

1. Don't stick your child on a motorbike without a crash helmet.

2. Don't leave your children unsupervised among soi dogs and passing traffic whilst you stay indoors.

3. Don't discourage your child from complaining about the treatment they receive from older members of the area.

4. Don't buy your kid a computer console and leave him/her with it all day.

5. Don't pollute your child's brains with brainwashing gunk that turns them into another ignorant member of an already overly-ignorant society.

6. Don't expect your child to grow into the same cretin you are if he/she sees you acting like an ape on a daily basis.

Can't be bothered to continue, too many points to add to the Poll for the blatantly obvious.

The next poll should be - who will actually do anything to change the way they live following our polls/surveys?

[choff56]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

Sure about that? My niece just sees her mother twice every year and got a Scholarship for Mahidol University in Bangkok . Typical situation, Mother works in Bangkok in a factory and child lived with the grandparents all her live.

Yes I'm sure about that. Not being able to grow up with your parents daily involvement in your upbringing is a bad thing and a huge problem in Thailand.

[Caveat Emptor]

I wonder what type of family they used as their template for the ideal family ?

Maybe the rich, hiso type depicted in the nightly soaps.

Ah yes, the ever scheming wife, the always screaming bitch daughter and the very reasonable, handsome son who is always as nice to the domestic staff as his sister is evil and especially so to the attractive young house girl whom his sister treats like dirt.

Ideal role models.

[scorecard]

Quality families will never happen until the parents stop abandoning their children to the grandparents to raise. Most of the children in this village of 3,500+ households only see their parents once a year.

Actually Thammasat Faculty of Sociology have been researching this specific subject / phenomenon for years and much of their findings are saddening even heartbreaking:

- 'Yes I have a mother, but I forget what she looks like'.

- Mother / father come, bring a gift suitable for a three year old, parents not realizing the kid is perhaps 12 years old etc..

- Mother / father comes once year, they struggle to find things to talk about - in reality they are strangers.

- Mother / father comes once a year, they struggle to find things to talk about, gap between visits becomes longer, even stops.

- Enough data to prove clearly that kids brought up like this become poor parents themselves.

- In my own extended family one 16 year old boy, in Tak, who has seen his mother and father perhaps 4 times in his entire life, they work in factories in Chonburi. Boy now hates his parents with a vengeance. Recently his father tried to make a plan for the son to come to Chonburi by bus for school holidays. Son totally refused to go an made some pretty strong negative comments about being abandoned with his grandmother who has no understanding of the modern world, has no understanding at all of how education is structured etc. In reality he's a clever kid, taught himself English and next year he moves to Chiang Mai to take up a scholarship. He's organized this himself, his parents know nothing of this plan and others have tried to convince him to tell his parents. His response: 'what for, they don't care'.

[Siamwhiteelephant]

Their next project is 'research on the creation of quality tourists'.

[wabothai]

reading this my mind wandered off to the late 30's.

[Emster23]

Maybe could do some case studies, say family of headman on Koh Tao, Red Bull family, Thaksin family, Suthep family etc.... they seem to balance active family life and financial goals. The apple doesn't fall far from the money tree

[Redline]

They are decades behind. These studies have been, and are continuously are, conducted throughout the world...

Hello, is there a world out there? There is this thing called "the internet", and before that there were these things called "libraries".