MrX Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 He hangs out with the condo gang and speaks something like Lao/bangkok street thai with what I am told is a perfect accent and highly imperfect manners...so you expats with kids what resources do you know of to polish ( but not ruin) this powerful tool he has... ('resource' here is pretty wide...school, book, teacher, internet, shock therapy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 rompandadam said: ('resource' here is pretty wide...school, book, teacher, internet, shock therapy.... Thai 'mama'........... big 'sister'... 'aunt' ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 rompandadam said:He hangs out with the condo gang and speaks something like Lao/bangkok street thai with what I am told is a perfect accent and highly imperfect manners...so you expats with kids what resources do you know of to polish ( but not ruin) this powerful tool he has... ('resource' here is pretty wide...school, book, teacher, internet, shock therapy.... i dunno, but i am a bit bewildered here. do you want to say that your 8 year old son is not going to school, hangs out with street kids (in bargirl central, as i remember from earlier posts)??? :: excuse me if that is a bit personal, but i don't know if that really is the right environment for a kid to grow up. especially if you have a good and honest look at what happens with those streetkids a few years down the line. i have seen 14 year old murderers here, members of street gangs. only difference is that those kids rarely got much of a chance due to upbringing. as to your question of resources. there are christian schools here which are far cheaper than international schools (especially the ones worth their name), i think they cost around 5000 to 30 000 baht per term. in addition to that i might want to suggest a change of environment, if you don't want to have your son slip away one day into the here rampant streetgangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check_bin_krap Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Maybe kid goes to English school, and not any where he learns Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 I believe Romp was tutoring his kid at home according to his last update unless things have changed since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrX Posted November 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 Yes home schooled...Fly..the reference to the condo gang was from a post a while ago and is about the residents of my condo and soi..not Patpong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 the reference to "bargirl central" was not patpong, but where you mentioned before that you stay. basically, when your son is growing up with the language of the street here (do you understand that language?) he will *never* be anything more than street in thailand. that meens bottom of the pecking order. what's your plans? are you gonna move somewhere back to the west before he gets to an age you cannot control your son anymore? if not, what do you think your son, a farang, can ever do in thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 FlyW ..... I agree........ Romp seems to have 2 children to look after at this point. An 8 year old farang son, being 'homeschooled' & hangin with the homeboys, and a 19 year unschooled IP that he seems uncertain of the relationship and future. Perhaps not truly unique in this land of Fantasy, but definately 'strange'. IMO I hope he can find a path to allow all of them to get some counseling. Something more concrete than the well meaning opinion expressed on this, or any other, board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 i dunno, i hope that i am not too personal here, and out of line. but from what i have gathered so far, judging by romps posts, is a bit astonishing. is it really the right environment for a child to grow up, in a huge city, no school other than home education, socialising only with street/condo kids (who have no other choice than being there), in an environment where prostitution is the norm? i mean, it won't be too difficult to give as a single parent a kid here a good education, there are not too expensive schools, like the christian schools, and maids etc. are not too expensive either. but letting a kid run with the streetcrowd here is asking for trouble, IMHO. maybe time for a reality check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 I guess that is what we all trying to help him do here. Romp ........... many of us are concerned .......... but it is up to you to decide what to do. We'll help if we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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