Do Koreans ever think?

Koreans are really very nice, simple, sweet, adorable people, but sometimes I often wonder if they use much common sense. Seeing the way mothers carry their young infants straddled to their back, wrapped up by a blanket as support just cracks me up. I'm constantly watching mothers "hoist up" (adjust) their babies that are strapped on their backs held in merely by a blanket that is pulled down around the baby's bottom and that wraps up around the baby's back. It's just hilarious for me to see these poor little babies flailing around, looking like smushed bugs (frogs) that are stuck to their mother's back. It amazes me to see the poor little baby's head dangling off to one side as the mother puts on hand on the back of the baby's back (bottom) hoping that the baby doesn't bump into the door that the mother is walking through. It just doesn't seem like a very safe or efficient way to carry your child. I also am amazed to see how the mother's pull an entire blanket over the baby's body when it is raining out. The poor baby is completely covered by this blanket and has virtually no air coming in. This seems dangerous and cruel to me (maybe because I am slightly claustrophobic and get uncomfortable in small spaces). Other things I've seen that seem to lack common sense is the mother who gets into the front seat of the car with her baby still strapped to her back!!! I kid you not, I've seen a woman driving around with he baby pinned against the back of the car seat smushed against the mom's back and the car seat.
I've also seen 4-5 year old children sitting on the front seat (lap) of their parent, right in front of the steering wheel, with NO seat belt on!!!! Does anyone else see a potential problem with this? The craziest (stupidest) one of seen like like was a father riding his motorbike with TWO of his sons in front of him on his lap. The older, 4-5 year old boy was on the seat in front of him and the younger son, 2-3 was sitting in a milk crate type seat in front of his brother, touching the handlebars. Sometimes I can't believe the actions and behaviors of the Koreans.
Other cultural differences that I've noticed here include: While I was down by the river one evening, I saw this one young couple walking along the grass and then all of a sudden stop in front of something lying on the ground. I didn't know what it was, and thought maybe they were going to bend over & pick it up; but instead I saw the girl bend over and tie the shoelace of her boyfriend. He obviously had nothing wrong with him that would prevent him from tying his own shoe, but elected to have his girlfriend do it for him. How do you think that would go over these days in America? It's just a little old fashioned over here in that the women serves the man entirely over here.
The other funny thing that happened by the river that night was, I saw a young middle school girl blatantly throw a food wrapper on the ground. When I pointed to her, and said "garbage" (attempted to say it) in Korean... she looked confused, saw me pointing, picked it up, looked at me, (saw that I was a foreigner) and randomly said, "What time is it?" I laughed inside and said , "It's 7:15" That is one of the canned, pre-rehearsed English phrases that all Korean students learn. I can have a conversation with any middle school student as long as I stick to the "script" of "How are you? Where are you from? What time is it? How's the weather? Do you like apples? Sorry I can't! and the ever popular "What's This?" Any attempt at speaking English outside this box, and you might as well be speaking to a Martian. Good luck trying to improvise, they have no creative imagination to think outside the box. I actually am beginning to think that I speak better Korean (more practical) than they speak English. They definitely know more words than I do; but I can actually get around, and communicate what I need to convey with the very little broken Korean that I've learned here so far. It's all good and fun I guess, because they are in Korea and have really no need to speak practical English yet. It just makes me laugh about the "in the box" cookie-cutter way in which English is taught here. It's a very impractical methodology as far as I can tell. Oh, well, but it is providing a much needed job opening for native English teachers like myself. The lowest qualified college graduate back home can be a superstar here in Korea. That's why many people come here for one year, and they end up staying for 3-5+ years. It's so fascinating to me.
OK that's enough of my critical view for one night; until next time, have a good night.