Romanian Preteen : What are they like?

A Romanian preteen is a wonderful child. Each child is only sent to school at the age of 7. Romanians are very strong believers in giving every child the best Romanian childhood that they can.

Children have a very special place in Romanian society. You will often see a mother standing up so that her child has a seat on the bus or the underground (called the metro here).

As most families can only afford to raise one or at the most 2 children (more than 2 children are very rare here), their children get the best of everything. The children look much better cared for than British children, with a huge range of smart clothes. The children learn early on that they have at least 3 different sets of clothes – this is something which has been really troublesome to me – the children have home clothes, street clothes, and country clothes and instinctively know which are which. I must admit, I still stand in front of my wardrobe and get confused which are which.

The teachers love to take their Romanian preteen children on cultural tours of Romania. My wife was often took her class to see Romania at the weekend. The children were always respectful and polite. I travelled with them once and they were so pleased to test out their English on me.

My wife, as a Romanian preteen, was sent to live out in the country with her Granny. This is a wonderful idea in Romania, as Bucharest is such a busy, polluted capital. Irina lived near the woods. She had to look after the cow and make sure it was well behaved. She of course had the help of the village boys. Sadly the valley, where the village use to meet, is now an empty, silent place, where only one or two cow men live. I use it for walking the dogs and dreaming.

My Romanian preteen children in my class at one of the top Bucharest International Schools are exceptionally hard working. They take learning seriously and often their parents come to visit and ask what they can do to help their children even more. It has taken a long time for computers and technology to arrive here – so until recently, the children were incredibly fit, well and active.

Children in Romania learn early on that they are a part of an extended family, and while they may only be a single child, in reality, as they spend a lot of time with cousins, aunts and uncles, all who discipline the children, the number of spoilt children here are still low.

The only children to watch out for are the Romanian preteen children who are begging on the underground or at traffic lights. Their parents are normally genuinely poor, but the money you give will end up with a criminal syndicate rather than directly with the parents. Also the problem of giving money to these children is while they earn well while small and sweet, they are missing a lot of school – which means they will never be able to escape from poverty. I prefer to give these children some food to eat as at least they will directly benefit from it.

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