In Singapore, children are raised to stay within the family. From early infancy on,
children are conditioned to be a part of the group and to stay within the group
(Ministry of Information and the Art, 1998). They are socialized to be dependent on
the group, to make decisions that benefit the group, and to make choices for, and in
support of, the group. Children are taught to assist and uphold the honour of the group,
whether that group is the family, the school, the neighbourhood, or the nation. The
person who places his or her own needs ahead of the needs of the group is considered
to be amoral, almost a misfit, or even a social deviant (JoAnn Meriwether Craig,
1993).