[!!Aaroncheg]

I didn't mean anything like kids should be taken away from their families, that does more damage than anything else. I know that I'm daydreaming, but I think it is to some extent the responsibility of the country and the authorities to help families who cannot take care of their children for some reason. there should be regular child care allowance for all poor families, an amount that is enough to keep kids at school for at least 6 years. otherwise the cycle of poverty will just go on and on and on and it costs more in the long run. and if any abuse is suspected, or there is a crisis in the family, help should be available to fix the situation or bridge the critical period. it is a crime to let a child down and turn your head the other way when they are beaten up or neglected or not taken care of. but, again, I know it's only wishful thinking. I saw an unspeakable amount of child abuse in Taiwan, the emotional kind of abuse that reduces people to an empty shell by the age of 14 or 16, it's routine, it's their way of life, it's what keeps the Chinese economic miracle going, but I can never forget those looks in kids' eyes; Thailand takes so much pride in being sensitive and caring about people, and having a soul, and rightly so, it should just stretch an extra few metres further, I don't see it as a complete reversal of the Thai ways or alien to these people here. if only laws were respected more and the police were stronger....