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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cultural? Boys? Are they Indian?[/quote]

This applies to most Asian, Indian [b]and African cultures to be honest[/b].[/quote]
You are yet to meet a single African child, am I right?
They're the exact opposite.[/quote]

Agree. The African children I know are respectful. [/quote]

Maybe, but specifically Ethiopians are often very lax with giving kids boundaries [/quote]

Most of my African students have parents who are ON them.  I had a problem with a Nigerian boy who didn't respect women, however.  They switched him out of my class and gave him to a male teacher b/c I refused to cater to him. But he was an anomaly.  [/quote]

I was a volunteer in West Africa for several years and have to say, children (boys and girls) are much better behaved in those cultures than in the US. I was shocked to see how kids behave when I moved back to the DC area! Kids in these countries are expected to help at home and show respect to their parents and other adults. If they get to go to school (not a given), they are grateful for the opportunity and respectful to teachers and fellow classmates. Parents do tend to practice corporal punishment, which I'm not comfortable with, but oftentimes if a kid is starting to show early signs of misbehaving, all a parent needs to do is pick up a stick and the kid gets the message. It does seem like we overindulge kids in the US and have a lot more rotten behavior to show for it. [/quote]

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