HAI DESIS,
By reading this sites, gives me the feeling of concerns mainly faced most of the Adults. MOst of us have ventured into this new world along with our sibilings, so why cant we understand their mental delima and struggle to adopt and access with this globalised environment.
I would like to get ideas from our desis ,what best we can give to these innocent souls to keep their psychological and social intigrity ?.
your contribution will help us to bring our children to th e most outstanding citizens

No reason to worry about the kids. Let 'em chill' n dey will do just fine as they mature. You gotta let 'em socialize and not force 'em to do things they don't want to do.

Its indeed a matter of conern on top of most Desi parents' minds -- The culture ,tradition and values that they have lived their life with --Will their kids also b able 2 imbibe the same or will get swept away by the different value system of West ??

I think the answer lies with in . No doubt a child spends 8 hours out of home and his peer group is bound 2 affect him , but @ d same time the values are instilled @ home . I am sure their wud b lots of Indian schoolgoers in Canada who still maintain their culture & values . U can just teach some1 -- right & wrong . Later he makes his own choice .

More inputs on this thread are invited CDs .

Regds,
Manasvi

It is immature of parents to think that after moving to a new country, the children will pick up only on good canadian values and not pick up on other canadian values which are contrary to indian culture. I am not saying they are good or bad value...they are simply canadian values.

Besides, the thought process in a prarent's mind is simmilar to that as if the kid is being raised in india and not canada.

The best way i beleive to deal with this issue is for parents to try to keep communication channels open with their kids .....and not just hear them out only but try to understand their point of view and work things out mutually instead of being arguementative with them.

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Whenever I am in doubt I ask myself if
I want my kids to be happy, positive, well-adjusted individuals
OR
do I want them to mirror all my own attributes(and/OR cultural values).

Since these two are not always in agreement with each other I mostly lean to the former option(which means that my kids are allowed to make mistakes...and learn from them).
Any cultural value cannot be of much help to a negative personality. A well adjusted individual will often choose to rediscover his/her culture(if ever lost to them).

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Is there any thing like Indian parents prefering certain primary schools in Toronto for their kids?
Can any one tell me which school has more of Indian kids or fairly good presence in Toronto.?

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