Security
Thailand is a safe country and the Thais are one of the most friendly and peaceful nations in the world. Here you can safely walk around the capital as well as in remote villages. But still, there are things to look out for.
King and royal family. In Thailand, they are very much revered, and they face criminal punishment for insulting them.
You can't take pictures in places marked "crossed out camera". Usually, these are military objects.
You cannot smoke on the beach or in public places. For violation of the penalty of 100,000 baht (about $3,000).
Transport
In Thailand, there's left-hand traffic, so there are a few simple rules. When crossing the road you need to look to the right first. At the crossroads, the one who has no interference on the left is right. If you decide to rent a scooter, remember, under you is not just a moped, and a full-fledged motorcycle (engine volume from 125 cm3), and if you do not have experience of driving a motorcycle, first you need to learn to ride it.
Attitudes towards children
There is hardly a country where children are better treated than in Thailand. Children in Thailand are a religion and a cult. Everything starts with arriving at the Bangkok airport, where special airport staff look for and send tourists with children to a separate control point. This makes it possible not to stand in huge queues and go through all the border formalities as quickly as possible.
Next, you need to prepare for constant, continuous attention to the kids from the Thais. And without that smiling, local at the sight of the child become similar to the enlightened Buddhas. They will never raise the voice of the child, the more so will not raise their hand, at any opportunity to treat a banana, can even give the child a favorite trinket. There is only one specific point to which it is not easy to get used - the Thais are trying to gently touch the child, and the younger the child, the more often. There is a belief that a child under two years old is as clean as an angel, and if you touch him, you become cleaner yourself. Touch the pens and legs, cheeks and chin. It's hard for parents to look at it at first, but then you get used to it.
Medicine and health
Make sure you and your family have insurance when you go to Thailand. Although nothing seems to happen to you, there is always plenty of adventure for the kids. Medicine in Thailand is considered one of the best in Asia. And these are not empty words. If something happens to a child, for example, suddenly the temperature rises sharply, go straight to the hospital, writing off with the insurance company.
Going to Thailand with children, you need to prepare for acclimatization and time zone change. On average, acclimatization lasts 5-7 days, especially if you travel with your baby, it should be taken into account when planning a vacation.
In Thailand, there is no problem to find the usual European food, including baby food. All resorts have restaurants of European cuisine, and in supermarkets Big C, Tesco Lotus, Macro you can buy baby food of popular brands. You can feed your child and local cuisine, warning in advance that the dish should be a child's meal, without spices and sodium glutamate - it is put here in almost everything. More information about the peculiarities of Thai cuisine can be found here.
Never drink raw water, buy a bottled one.
The sun. Be sure to use a protective cream, so as not to get burned.
And remember that you are in the tropics - carefully my hands, especially before eating.
Entertainment
Water parks. It's hard to find a seaside resort without a water park. One of the most impressive water parks in Thailand is "Ramayana" (9 Moo 7, Ban Yen Rd., Na Chom-Thian, Sattahip Chon Buri) in Pattaya: there are about 50 attractions.
Not far from Pattaya in Bangsaray is the Cartoon-Network Amazone (888 Moo 8 Najomtien Chonburi), which includes 10 themed entertainment areas with more than 25 attractions.
Bangkok is Thailand's largest amusement park Dream-World (203 Suan SiamRd., Kannayao, Bangkok), an entertainment center Siam Park City, a children's city of professions Kidzania and many playgrounds.
Pattaya also has a large indoor complex for active games in Harborland (190/25 Moo 9, Central Pattaya Rd. | Harbor Pattaya)
Animals can be watched without zoos. Monkeys, for example, live in Buddhist temples and in the jungle. Pets' farms are available at almost every big resort. Here, in a calm atmosphere, you can look at the cute pets.
All large resorts have family hotels with playrooms and playgrounds, mini clubs and swimming pools for children. There are animators there and while the child is in the club, adults have time for themselves.