Tuesday, October 29, 2013

My mom is adopting toddlers from the Philippines. Where can I find traditional Filipino toys, games, anything?

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I'd like to make her a gift basket for Christmas and so far I've found children's books, cook books, and books to learn Tagalog. Is there anything I can get her that's not a book?


Answer
modern day filipinos have the same toys as any normal kid have but long ago, traditional filipino games use indigenous materials that can be found on their environment such as coconut shells, wood, abaca, bamboo, rattan, and clay. for example, miniature clay pots for "play-cooking", abaca for dolls, and any toy that can be made out of these materials. most of them don't have toys yet at this age and use their imagination and resourcefulness to substitute things like blanket for tents as playhouses, leaves as food(a little dangerous tho) and stones to assemble things. the bulk of traditional filipino toys are in school age years.

so its ok if you'd just give her toys that can be found anywhere. besides, these traditional things are very hard to find nowadays.

Where does slavery still exist IN THE WORLD?




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It's for a homework assignment! Can anyone tell me the answer?
Can you guys be more specific?



Answer
Everywhere... And I'm not being sarcastic.

Kids are abducted all the time in the US and you can buy sex with them on Craig's List.

In Africa, slavery is extraordinarily common for field workers, house slaves, and the sex trade.

In the US, people smuggled in to the country are held in sweat shops and "Massage Parlors" where they are held and forced to work or have sex to "Work Off" the cost of their transportation.

The Pacific Islands have a thriving sex tourism industry that includes children being held by force, either sold by their parents or kidnapped.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic are known centers of child slavery, which is accepted by the governments because it is a "Cultural Practice".

In Africa, Asia, and the Middle East there are thousands of "Child Soldiers" that are part of tribal warfare and holy warfare... The boys are fed drugs, alcohol, and sex then exposed to violence and death to get them to fight for the cause and the girls are given drugs and alcohol and weapons training during the day and then are sent to the tents to be sex slaves at night.

Whenever there is a natural disaster anywhere on earth, the slave traders swarm the site of the disaster to kidnap lost and orphaned children.

MSNBC did a series on the sex and slavery trade in America. Teenagers and young children kidnapped then taken on "A Circuit" across the country where they are held in hotels and at truck stops for use as unwilling sexual partners.

There are, literally, more than 30 million slaves estimated to be held in captivity and those don't count places like the Sex/Prostitute Villages in India where children are sold to "Madams" by their parents or kids being pimped out by their parents in Italy, Mexico, etc. etc. etc.

In Africa, it is quite common for a father to give his daughter to the person he owes in trade for writing off the debt, sometimes there are terms and she can be released after a time but usually it is "You are now his."

Do a google video search for:
"MSNBC Slavery in America"

Do a google Search for:
Child Soldiers
Child Slavery
Modern Abolitionist Movement




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