Parenting & Indulgence vs Restraint Post 

 So, hellooo readers, I noticed you are prettier today!

Today let's talk about parenting, in class I think we didn't get that much in depth about parenting, we just touched the surface and it was in general, Mexican parenting is complicated, some families have a lot of kids even when they are not that financial stable. So it causes some troubles that lead to poor condition of child development, but, the attention and love is given, from time to time, the discipline is also shown, not as a phase instead as a reward/punishment system, where the affection is the status quo until punishment is needed. Kids in Mexico are encouraged to go out not only literally, also in the sense of explore the world by having sometimes to do stuff because parents are not always there, usually the oldest brother takes the responsibility of taking care of the younger brothers.

Hofstede's indulgence versus restraint dimension of national culture oversimplifies and ignores the cultural complexity of human behavior and the diversity of human cultures. In trying to classify societies into either indulgent or restrained, there is a risk of generalizing across cultures and oversight of the regional, historical, and socioeconomic diversity that exists within them. For example, branding a country as a "restrained" society may not recognize the diversity of ways of living and attitudes among the people, especially between urban and rural areas, and across generations. In addition, the indulgence dimension can reflect a Western-centric bias towards valuing self-expression and leisure, but under-valuing restraint and discipline, which are highly regarded in many cultural and religious traditions. This binary dimension can likely impede cross-cultural understanding rather than facilitate it, reducing people's behaviors to simplified assumptions.                                       

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  1. Julia7 de julio de 2025, 23:14

    Thank you for your insight! It's nice to hear that in Mexico, parents would give all their love, regardless of their financial status.

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  2. Elsa7 de julio de 2025, 23:16

    Hello Emi, you are also very pretty today :)
    As for your blog entry I feel like in Mexico it appears to be more traditional/conservative when it comes to parenting. Also I can imagine it can be difficult to grow up as the oldest sibling bc u have to take on a lot of responsibility from early on ..

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  3. Aboodi7 de julio de 2025, 23:16

    Yeah I also hated this weeks hofstede video because he once again throws societies into black or white groupings which is not indicative of how the real world works I think he should stop doing that.

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  4. Anónimo7 de julio de 2025, 23:17

    Thanks you are pretty too today :3 interesting to see how it is in Mexico thank you for your blog !

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  5. Maximiliano7 de julio de 2025, 23:19

    Hola bastardo :)
    Si tienes razón, creo que somos muy liberales en México en temas de criar a los hijos, aunque también hay un lado muy conservador sobre todo si eres el hijo mayor sabes, tipo tienes que chambearle con tu papá, cuidar del abuelo, del hermano menor, si tienes hermanas ya te la pelaste con tu tiempo libre, tienes que hacerla de chofer, o luego si el papá se fue por cigarros ya valió madre con tu infancia y/o adolescencia, suena a que me proyecto pero no fue mi caso ni el de mi hermano, pero si de unos amigos y muchas otras personas tristemente.

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