Talk:Airbending/@comment-4911569-20120315140101/@comment-3338975-20120315141912

In the present culture of India, I believe children are given up by their parents to be trained by the monk-hood at an early age (though perhaps not as early as Aang appears to have been), and stay at the monasteries until they reach puberty - at which point they're supposed to decide whether they want to lead a normal life (get married, have children, etc.) or become a permanent part of the monastery. Of course, India is primarily Hindu, not Buddhist, but it's not like the Air Nomad were influenced by just one ancient Eastern religion/culture, right?