Do Somali parents love their children less than other parents?

[Inactive]

I think there is some truth to this. Somali fathers (not mine) rather chew khat and go to a coffee shop than stay with their kids when they come back from school while Somali mothers (not mine) are too busy on the phone gossiping.

Other parents are more involved in their children's lives than Somalis are.

Do you think this is true?

 

[Neo-Nidar]

My father gave me all the love he had, instead of hanging out with other men in 'Makhayads' he spends most of his with me (Not now because I'm abroad studying, but most of the if I'm home in Sweden). Since infancy till now he always cares for my well being, just recently I spoke with him in the phone. I'm happy to have such Abo!

 

[Apollo]

Maybe baby-boomer and Gen X Somali parents, but I don't think this is true for Millennial parents (they are starting to become parents now).

 

[Inactive]

The parents our age are worse.

Many are in jail or go to jail and they have a higher divorce rate than their parents

 

[Apollo]

The parents our age are worse.

Many are in jail or go to jail and they have a higher divorce rate than their parents

Dunno.
At the same time, you also see many college-level educated professional Western Somali parents. That group is bound to be better than the previous one made up of refugees directly from Somalia of Barre's era.

 

[Inactive]

Dunno.
At the same time, you also many college-level educated professional Western Somali parents. That group is bound to be better than the previous one made up of refugees directly from Somalia of Barre's era.

True but many don't get jobs in their fields. I know a Somali geologist who works at KFC

 

[Zuleikha]

Alxamdulilah my parents were very much involved in my life.

 

[Jubba_Man]

Most Somali parents are not fit to be parents in the first place.

 

[ironclad urchin]

lol amun really hates the baby boomer gen.
abdi johnson makes the most random conclusions for his threads

 

[Inactive]

lol amun really hates the baby boomer gen.
abdi johnson makes the most random conclusions for his threads

 

[John Michael]

My mom doesn't gossip or even talk on the phone very much and my dad doesn't chew khat or smoke.

I must be a very rare species of somali.

One thing I'll agree is that having children is really forced on both males in females in our culture. Some parents can become subconsciously resentful of their children and that manifests in varying levels of neglect.

 

[Kaafiye]

It's not lack of love. It's simply due to culture. You're making the mistake of comparing White parents to Somali parents without including any context in the comparison.

Somalis are used to letting their children out of the house to roam free and socialize while making friends. And while this might work back home in Somalia where everyone knows everyone.....it wouldn't work here in Canada.

It's just that Somali parents took time to adjust to the new reality in front of them. When you look at newly married Somali young couples, they put a lot more effort into their kids.