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Learning Thai culture and tradition is immensely important to our children: it will help them throughout their lives.

They need to know about the personality of the Thai culture, how it has evolved into today's thoughts and actions.

In that way, the children gain an understanding of their culture and themselves and this enables them to act confidently in social situations.

They are taught how to pray, how to meditate, how to wai, how to dress, how to behave, how to live in the Thai culture.

"We are Thais; we have to tell the children of the charm and personality of the Thai heart," said Bhudit 'Root' Maneejak, the home's founder. "We help them in the simple practice of the Thai family where the parents are the children's first teachers."

Beyond their everyday traditions and culture, the children are also taught about other regions and their cultures.

Regional variations are explained when teaching traditional dance and meal preparation.

"We have to be sensitive to the cultural variations among our children: some are Muslim, for example, and nearly 40% are Moken Chao Lay, or sea people,"

said Root. "They have a very different culture, which is based on a life of living mostly at sea. Now some live in land communities and even the jungle.

"We have to teach them Moken values, as well as helping them fit into Thai ways, to make their future daily lives successful."

Every child is unique and wonderful - and each needs nurturing in body, in mind and in spirit. Teaching their cultures and traditions is one way we do this.