Sounds like he’s been at this awhile. A few trips to Thailand perhaps???
There seems to be a predisposition here that in Thailand such things are culturally or socially acceptable. I got news for you. There are not.
An American Expat in Southeast Asia
Tagging Killjoy and JimSEA to see if they might want to add their comments.
The average Thai is as repulsed and angered as any American. I can recall a child rapist being killed by his neighbors just two years ago. The police never did find his killer. Children are loved, protected and valued in Thailand. The way Tiger Woods' Mother raised him and the way our daughter was raised is in keeping with Thai child care and not the exception.