https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i FAMILY en-us 2018-02-08 21:45:41 UTC 2025-11-12 18:53:30 UTC hello@padlet.com daye56 https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839319 It may, in fact, it SHOULD sound horrible but we were punished physically in my household and pretty much every kid in Korea. I have seen a mom hitting their little boy in the bathroom. My mom used to hit me and my brother when we did not listen to her or did not finish our homework. I remember one day she stopped hitting me because i started taking swimming class and if she hit me it would show my bruise. But before that, my mom hit me and my brother with a belt, a hanger, a bet or just anything that was near her and we would have bruises for days. It is for sure not the best memory, but after a while she stopped punishing us that way. It was not an abuse or anything that is just how Korean parents punish their kids. I have never heard of such thing as time out before i came to America because parents in Korea always punish their children by hitting. ]]> 2018-02-08 21:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839319 daye56 https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839412 My mom and dad tried to treat us the same and teach us the same thing. However my grandparents did not. I still remember us going to my grandparents house and my grandpa would greet and hug my little brother first and just say hi to me after. Then he would only care about what he is eating at his house and would only give him allowance. I was so hurt as a little child, i hated my grandpa forever, because he was so obvious. But my grandma was always so nice and friendly to me so that made me still wanna go to their house. In Korea, boys are superior and i know my grandparents were more happy when my mom had my brother than me. However, that culture is not too bad now. Boys and girls are equal in Korea rather than everybody preferring boys. ]]> 2018-02-08 21:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839412 daye56 https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839645 In my family, both my mom and dad made major decisions. They would always ask us first if it is about family and do what is best for us and all of us as a family. For example, they asked me and my  brother first about moving to America. Then they shared pros and cons of moving to another country and then they made the final decision together. When they had a disagreement, they talked to each other and tried to find what's the best, but my mom almost always agreed to my dad. 
My dad has the most power in our family though because when i asked if it would be okay if i got a tattoo, my mom said no and so did my dad at first. However, i convinced my dad and when he said yes, i told my mom "Hey mom, dad said yes to a tattoo," then my mom could not say anything. :)]]> 2018-02-08 21:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839645 daye56 https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839691 Me and my brother were taught to be very very polite to elderly. In Korea, respecting elders are the most important thing and there is a different form of language when you talk to someone who is older than you even if they are 1 year older. We have to bow when we see elders and we can not joke around with them. Elders were treated differently and we grew up being scared of anyone who's older than us because we were never supposed to talk back to them. Even in middle school, we were supposed to bow to upper grade students and we could not be hanging out with whoever that is not our grade.]]> 2018-02-08 21:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/daye56/6nx3sdt50t9i/wish/229839691