First Step

Dating is a very important part of a teenager's life. It's a first step to know someone better or tell their feeling to her/him.

Most of Thai teenagers like to date with friends and go to places which have many people such as a park , department store , amusement park , coffee shop , etc. Because Thai culture isn't open minded like the western culture that have more freedom and privacy. Their family won't bother with their life style. Western teenagers like to go by themselves without friends. When they go out side , their parents won't call or follow them. They like to go in private places with their sweetheart. Although they do something , such as hold each other's hand and kiss , but western culture isn't wrong.

The good times for dating are Saturday and Sunday because they have class on Monday to Friday and they don't have enough time for dating. They usually go by private car , motorcycle , taxi , etc. But western teenagers usually go by walk , taxi , bus , etc.

Dating is a good activity for the young. Everyone should accept the concept of dating because it's a step for good love. But in Thailand we should set some limit in accordance with the Thai culture.

The young generation of Thailand

Nowadays, the young generation of Thailand has changed from the past. Because in the past in Thailand it did not have much of technology and the young generation in the past didn’t do many activities but now the young generation can do many things that they want. There use a lot of technology in their lives. They have a lot of free time and they take their time to do many activities.

Everyone likes freedom. Some group of the young generation like to play sport, some group of the young like to study. Some groups have to work. But some groups like to play internet and games. Some groups forget their culture and adapt another culture or popular culture to use with their lifestyle; such as attire, language, food, fashion, music, etc.

So everything that they do is good and not wrong or illegal. It's not a waste the time. It make the young have a good create and imagine.