. The Thai way. Thais place the family unit above all else. An individual - including yourself - is placed below the family unit. A Thai is brought up to believe that the order goes like this - family, themselves, their children, their parents, their husband and extended family and then their friends. Thais are taught to help their family when they are young so that the family survives and with the expressed knowledge that if they as an individual fall on hard times (or grow old and frail), then the family will look after them.