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Originally Posted by
tomcat
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Originally Posted by Pragmatic
I can't sit aside and see it happen
Until such time as you can find the father's address, you might quietly donate a few thousand monthly to the grandparents for the child's upkeep...good karma...
EDIT:- Heaps of posts sinced I started to pen my post and it seems I'm the odd one out.
Just my experience of living closely with Thai's.
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I wouldn't be giving any money.
Better to not interfere with Thai affairs, particularly when you don't know all the story first hand.
The generous hand-up may, down the track evolve into something more nefarious.
We have a kid same as him within the Family circle. His name is Umm.
He is my Partners, Mother's, Sister's, Daughters Son
Sees his mother maybe once every month or two, left to Grandma to take care of.
Sometimes Grandma can't take care of him (she works) so he comes to our/the Thai Farmhouse.When he's sick and can't go to school he's just left in his house (built next door) to the Thai Farmhouse where we all live and
eventually comes over, hooks into our internet and plays computer games ALL day.
We feed him, he never comes with food.
And ... before all the do-gooders jump down our throats ... it's life in Thailand.
I live with 4 generations of them ... most of them under the same roof as us.
It's their, my Partners Parents Farm House.
Yes, we do buy him somethings, sometimes.
When the Family does things which I've organised, sometimes we invite him along.Back to giving money ... it's a firm no from our experience.
Oh, as an aside, the Thai Parents in the house have and continue to raise their grandchildren.
Yes, it sucks ... but it's life in Thailand.