Through childrearing form Native Americans, Modern American society can learn a lot of things about how to raise children. First one is that Native Americans respect their children as one individual person. Second one is that Native Americans allow their children to get same freedom of behavior as adults. Third one is that Native Americans share adult’s role with their children. Fourth one is that Native Americans permit their children to adapt themselves into the social order, and Native Americans do not usually inflict corporal punishment or oppressive methods on their children not to force conformity. Through those methods, Modern American children
can get responsibility for how to behave themselves carefully in the society.
1. Why is the Padong called a long-neck tribe?
The reason why Padong is called a long-neck tribe is that in Padong almost all women put the rings on their neck since they become five year old as a tradition. As soon as they are getting order, they put more rings on their neck, so they can get the appearance of a swan-like neck. According to the research, in Padong, women who have a long-neck are considered as a beautiful woman. Thus, we guess that the women in Padong put more rings to get more beautiful, and as soon as they get a long-neck, they are recognized as a long-neck tribe.
2. Outline the significance of ring in the Padong life.
Since most women in Padong put the rings on their neck, putting the rings on the neck is quite recognized as the tradition of Padong. Thus, the ring is quite significant for Padong to keep their tradition even though time goes by. According to the research, the ring represents the beauty and the social class in Padong. Nowadays, Padong’s people please tourists with a long-neck in order to earn some money. It means that the ring which can give a long-neck to women in Padong is the only way that Padong’s people can be economically active. Through those reasons, the ring is important for the Padong life.