No compulsory education in Thailand
Recently, many parents, especially women, were shopping for their children, who would go back to school.
According to researchers, among the 2,1 million Thai gamblers, there are also 207.000 young people and children. The largest group are teenagers and the number is growing, says Mathurada Suwannapho, director of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Rajanagarindra Institute.
Many Thai people wrongly think that children do not have to wear a helmet on a motorcycle
Many Thai people do not know that children also have to wear a helmet on a motorbike, they wrongly think that children are exempt. Only monks and priests are exempt from wearing helmets under Thai law.
More and more Thai children with a computer game addiction
The number of Thai children suffering from computer game addiction increased by 400 percent last year. The Department of Mental Health, which announced this percentage, wants stricter rules.
Anyone who lives in Bangkok, but also in Chiang Mai in certain months, has to deal with it: highly polluted air with particulate matter. This is especially a problem for children. Every day, 93 percent of all children under the age of fifteen in the world breathe air that is so polluted that it seriously endangers their health and development. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports this in a new report.
Visiting a school or an orphanage in Thailand?
Do you have any tips about the possibilities of visiting a school or an orphanage or other institutions that are fun/good/fascinating or educational for us and our children? Or maybe one of you lives in Thailand who likes to show us / experience some of the real Thailand and give us an insight?
In the Fashion Island shopping complex in Bangkok, parents can shop quietly and children can let off steam in the indoor play paradise. The new location in Bangkok is divided into four zones: an indoor playground called Harborland, Laser Battle, Roller Land and Little Bike. 100 million baht has been invested in it.
One in three Thai children is overweight
One in three students in secondary education and one in five in primary schools are overweight. This has been established in an investigation by the Office of Private Education Commission and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation.
I'm in a complicated situation. I have been married for three years and have been living together in the Netherlands for about 5 years. We have two children. A boy of almost 1,5 years old and a girl of 3 years old, both born in the Netherlands. In addition to Dutch nationality, the girl also has Thai nationality. The boy only the Dutch. My wife is no longer happy in the Netherlands and wants to return to Thailand. She wants to take the kids.
Children's Day in Thailand: hypocritical or not?
Yesterday was Children's Day in Thailand. According to Prime Minister Prayut, Thai children should do their duty as best as possible so that they are the pride of their family. The priorities are nation, religion and the monarchy, according to a speech by the head of government on the occasion of Children's Day.
A Thai proverb says, “Children are the future of a nation. If the children are intelligent, the country will prosper.” This Saturday, January 13, is Children's Day (Wan Dek) in Thailand. Children can attend all kinds of activities for free on this day to get acquainted with the grown-up world, amusement parks and zoos. A holiday for children!
Doctors want a ban on Muay Thai boxing for young children
Doctors are urging the government to ban Muay Thai boxing by children under the age of 10 to protect them from permanent brain damage.
On Tuesday December 5, Sint and his Pieten will visit us at the embassy grounds between 10 and 12 o'clock. The Sint will be more interactive this year than in previous years and he will personally see how the children will get their Pieten diploma. In addition, there are extra activities by KIS International School, there is Balloon Sculpture and Face Painting.
Obesity and obesity biggest health problem in Thai children
Overweight and obesity are the two biggest health problems in Thai children. This is according to a survey by the National Statistics Office and the NESDB.
Begging children in Thailand come from Cambodia
At least ninety percent of the begging children in Thailand come from Cambodia. They are recruited by organized gangs, who 'rent' the children from poor parents, the police say.
Children in southern Thailand often malnourished
Children in Thailand's southernmost provinces are undernourished compared to children in other parts of the country, according to a Unicef-funded survey of the situation of children and women in the South.
Living as a Single Farang in the jungle: Thailand wins first prize in an Asian interschool contest.
Lung addie recently received an invitation to attend the celebration of the fact that Thailand won first prize in an Asian interschool contest as a “flying reporter”. This is already a very special fact in itself and I certainly did not want to miss it. So the invitation was accepted and here's the report, which I don't want to withhold from the blog readers.