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why are Middle Eastern kids far more behaved, as a whole, than Americans kids when they're real young?

You know how Americans kids kinda don't really listen to their parents at a young age, like they fuss and all that. Well Middle Eastern kids, on average, you don't hear doing those kind of disobedient things.

Why is this?

Update:

why not just "whoop" them then like you need to? Behaved kids is necessary in society.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Because American parents don't punish them. They just let their kids act like idiot giving them everything they want. The middle eastern children probably have to grow up faster and start working at a young age and they don't whine or act stupid because they know they have to grow up to help support their families. I'm American and from Oklahoma and my parents raised me right if I acted wrong I got my butt spanked and it made me a better person and it helped me make better decisions because I was aware of the consequences.

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  • 6 years ago

    American parents are quite neglectful when it comes do discipline. They are more interested in being their childrens' friends rather than their parents. In the Middle East, they actually know how to be parents.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because Middle Eastern parents punish their kids far more severely in the Middle east than they American parents do in America. In some occasions they (mid eastern parents) may kill their kid because they were a 'disgrace' to their parents

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Some seen Dad being stoned to death for cheating on mom.

    Or seen the neighbor kid with one missing hand from being caught stealing.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    oh ya..the same group that even covers up young girls because of a religion that the girls dont understand so they obviously didnt choose? THOSE *well behaved* kids? thanks but no thanks..i'd rather hear what kids really think than be around a bunch of repressed, fearful kids that'll probably eventually lash out in anger(the opposite of their extreme repressed conditioned personalities)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Kind of hard to misbehave with an AK-47 in your hands and a bomb straped to your chest.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    How would you behave if the society you live in will cut off your hand if you steal?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because Americans cant whoop the little brats like they need to be whooped.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    In their culture the parent pay more attention to the children.

    Family is everything.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because if you misbehave in most middle eastern cultures, you dont get grounded to your room with your tv and video games and computer and cell phone, you get your *** beat and in some regions you could get stoned to death for certain infractions

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