Parenting, too harsh or not???

"45 years of first hand experience"

Here what I've learned in my 40 years of analyzing my partner's brain. My brain is wired for 110v. My wife's for 220. You might be able to tweak out 130v from my brain and 170v from my wife's. But ultimately, the wiring is completely different. That's not to say the difference is bad, but I think the sooner you realize that there's a different wiring diagram between two, the healthier your relationship will be. My 2 satang worth.

Parrot,,,,,,,, It was way too early when I first typed that post,,, I should have gone thru my numbers again,,,, I should have come up with 40 years also,,,,,,, Ha Ha LL

trubrit wrote:[quote="nkstan"



I liked Trubrit and Loonglee's observations,but I still wonder why the stress and anger/resentment seems to exist in many Thais ,in other areas of their life,if in fact they belief everything is preordained??

I think simply Stan whilst they may believe that their life is preordained it doesn't mean they have to like it .This is in my view possibly the root cause of the anger and frustrations. Can you imagine believing you are a samlor pedalist just because its your Karma when all the time you really want to be a bus driver . [/quote]
Your certainly correct,liking and acceptance are not always congruent!

as a biker of 40yrs, you will get away afew times in crashes without a helmut, but the day does come when it will save your life, and maybe more than once. I have a half a dozen helmuts that bear the scars of sliding along the road, flips over the handlebars, and the odd head on..I have been to Udon Hospital to visit thai student friends who have been hit while on their motorbike. some of them fellas had heads the size of watermellons and I am not joking, and their pupils were lost in the back of their head somewheres..its a sad sight to see so many young people lying there, many because they didnt wear a helmut.

Kids need boundries, need to know what responsiblity means. Tell her you love her sure, most important, tell her you care about her, and dont no what you would without her, but also tell her that these were our rules, and you knew the rules young lady, and broke the rules. give her a smack on the inner forearm, like thai mothers do, and where it hurts, and give her the weeks detention..and if I catch you again, you will get the same..and I will not be buying you a motorbike when your older until you learn to wear a helmut..its not to much to ask....

short and sharp and say no more.

if you ask me we are all becoming a bunch of namby pambies...