That’s a really good point that the anthropologist makes in reference to
the Indonesian parents taking their children with them into the forests or
“to work”. She says that in the Western world, you don’t see any children
on the job sites, in the office buildings, etc. We want our children to
inherit our good work ethics but yet our society is constantly instituting
laws and rules that say, “no children allowed”. Insurance costs are too
high to risk a child being injured where their parent’s work but we want
our children to understand that we work. This is the first time in my life
that I’ve ever thought about this and realized that we’re doing it wrong.
We *should* take our children to work often, they *should* see what it
takes to make the money we need to survive, they *should* have a first hand
look at the sweat on their father’s brow or the stress their mother is in
after she’s handled 5 grumbling customers in a row.
It might be especially useful in today’s generation because teenagers are
demanding, disrespectful, entitled little shits. They want that expensive
cell phone with all the bells and whistles but they don’t give a shit how
hard their parents have to work to give it to them. Then when they receive
that nice cell phone which they feel entitled to own, it’s no longer the
big deal and they think they deserve a sports car. I’m personally disgusted
by the way some teens and young adults behave towards the parents who work
so hard to give them everything…….everything they don’t need and
everything they don’t appreciate. May be if they actually saw what their
parents go through, they’d either appreciate it more or not want so much,
at least those with some compassion wouldn’t. The more selfish ones won’t
care either way as long as their snotty little asses are parked in
expensive jeans and a nice car. There’s really not too many other things in
the Western civilization that are more repulsive than a spoiled child.
You know when these Chinese gymnasts reach competing age, on average, they
are no better than gymnasts from other countries who went into the sport
later, of their own accord.
If child slavery to make young children become athletic and a missed
childhood, no thanks you. What is sad is the father wanted him to go and
bragged about how happy if he becomes a top athlete but is it really his
job to be proud of a child he barely raised and won’t know. This is just so
very very sad to watch. they are building robots not human beings,,
Even if those kids smoke a pack a day they are probably a lot healthier and
happier than the average over weight, over protected, over medicated
Western kid who is unfortunately a walking garbage can with the amount of
trash in our food and environment. I bet the cave kids could build a fire
at age 6.
Education is needed not sports. I would not put my child through this;
education first.
The narrator makes everything sound so depressing and sad, but the kids are
always smiling, even when their not looking at the camera.
That’s a really good point that the anthropologist makes in reference to
the Indonesian parents taking their children with them into the forests or
“to work”. She says that in the Western world, you don’t see any children
on the job sites, in the office buildings, etc. We want our children to
inherit our good work ethics but yet our society is constantly instituting
laws and rules that say, “no children allowed”. Insurance costs are too
high to risk a child being injured where their parent’s work but we want
our children to understand that we work. This is the first time in my life
that I’ve ever thought about this and realized that we’re doing it wrong.
We *should* take our children to work often, they *should* see what it
takes to make the money we need to survive, they *should* have a first hand
look at the sweat on their father’s brow or the stress their mother is in
after she’s handled 5 grumbling customers in a row.
It might be especially useful in today’s generation because teenagers are
demanding, disrespectful, entitled little shits. They want that expensive
cell phone with all the bells and whistles but they don’t give a shit how
hard their parents have to work to give it to them. Then when they receive
that nice cell phone which they feel entitled to own, it’s no longer the
big deal and they think they deserve a sports car. I’m personally disgusted
by the way some teens and young adults behave towards the parents who work
so hard to give them everything…….everything they don’t need and
everything they don’t appreciate. May be if they actually saw what their
parents go through, they’d either appreciate it more or not want so much,
at least those with some compassion wouldn’t. The more selfish ones won’t
care either way as long as their snotty little asses are parked in
expensive jeans and a nice car. There’s really not too many other things in
the Western civilization that are more repulsive than a spoiled child.
The Mentowai could open a real proper scared straight program in the jungle
for little bad ass spoiled American kids.
You know when these Chinese gymnasts reach competing age, on average, they
are no better than gymnasts from other countries who went into the sport
later, of their own accord.
I would love to see case comparison studies on this…. developmental,
psychological, etc.
Very good documentary!
Would it be bad of me to suggest that you take a shot or something every
time the narrator says the word “taboo.” Because it’s way over used here!
This happens all the time with boarding schools, this is no different.
1:00-1:16 The Red Rats, the Red Rats, up the wall with the Red Rats!
This narrator makes it sound like the “Western” way is the ONLY
correct/best way to raise a child…..
yeah i bet now they dont have to support his room and board any more
cha-ching no mouth to feed and then they groq up as fucked adults
this seems like a mocumentary
I don’t see anything wrong with the way these children are raised. Maybe by
Western Standards this is difficult..but it is not wrong.
STATE RUN SPORTS SCOOLS ARE B AD.
If child slavery to make young children become athletic and a missed
childhood, no thanks you. What is sad is the father wanted him to go and
bragged about how happy if he becomes a top athlete but is it really his
job to be proud of a child he barely raised and won’t know. This is just so
very very sad to watch. they are building robots not human beings,,
Even if those kids smoke a pack a day they are probably a lot healthier and
happier than the average over weight, over protected, over medicated
Western kid who is unfortunately a walking garbage can with the amount of
trash in our food and environment. I bet the cave kids could build a fire
at age 6.