Filipino's know something about raisng children that we don't...it's something that fascinates me quite a lot..
When I'm in Philippines I'm always MORE than impressed at how well young children behave in comparison to British children...it's quite a striking thing for me, I'm not going to pretend I know why, but I have these thoughts...
1 Filipino's have strong bonds/relationships with each other, they are team players and they rarely say no to each other, they are accomodating and compromising, and feel their families are important, whilst British people are more shallow/monogamous/selfish..?
2 Filipino's tend to have a larger number of children, and those children would learn to share and compromise with their brothers and sisters...British tend to have two or three children, or sometimes just one child...with our financial posistions being better these children will be probably get the things they want without having to share or compromise so much..?
3 Another thing that fascinates me a LOT is the way a baby gets treated in it's first two years, I've heard that the first two years of a babys development is the most important! British families will sometimes leave a baby crying by itself in it's cot, would Filipino's do this? I don't know but I doubt it!
The way a baby gets treated when it cries might just have a very significant factor in the way that it develops, I'm no psychologist, but if a baby is left to cry like that, then he/she is learning that it's a cold and lonely world! They are learning this before they are learning to walk!
A baby that wont stop crying is obviously not enjoyable...but I suspect the way a crying baby gets treated may have a significant impact on it's overall development..?
The Russians "Swaddle" their babies to stop them crying don't they? I have no idea how to deal with a crying baby! I think it may have a significance we are unaware of though...
