Cherie Miller visited Thailand last year with the thought of moving her kids here.  She says a few words about the kids she meet and observed in Thailand.

Watch it here.

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The first reason that literacy in Thailand so poor is that Thailand is a highly stratified society and the elite has always been afraid of allowing the lower classes to read and write, lest they become infected by foreign ideas like democracy and socialism. So Thailand has never really developed as a literate culture. 90 percent of Thais never read a book and most do not read more than a few paragraphs in a year unless it’s work-related. Thais are intensely social and their first priority is always ‘fun’ – s’nuk. For most, reading is not s’nuk.

Another reason is that literacy is so poor in Thailand is that 30-40% of children do not live with fathers in the home. Thai men abandon their families at an alarming rate and rarely contribute anything to their children’s support. So working mothers leave their offspring with grandparents – usually back in their native village – who themselves never learned to read or write. Though child support is required by law it is almost impossible for working mothers to afford the costs of court orders and, even if the court issues a support order, most men will ignore it and police will not enforce it.

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