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CBS Dec 2015 on Japan http://youtu.be/IkVvXVDs5aI http://youtu.be/IkVvXVDs5aI Not sure if they're common/representative, but two interesting things the mother
by valgaze 9y ago
CBS Dec 2015 on Japan http://youtu.be/IkVvXVDs5aI http://youtu.be/IkVvXVDs5aI
Not sure if they're common/representative, but two interesting things the mother demonstrated (2:14):
1. She can track the kid via GPS
2. When asked, she said she would never let her son walk alone to school in the United States
- new299 9y agoIt's been common in Japan since before the second world war. My wife, who went to school in Japan, says it's seen as a good thing, to encourage independence. There's a popular TV show, where they follow small kids (maybe 4 or 5?) on their first "trip alone" to do a chore, obviously they're being followed by a camera crew. But the TV show promotes kids taking responsibility for themselves (and it's cute of course). The US is just seen as a much more dangerous country than Japan. I mean, it actually does have a higher crime rate. Sorry, this is all purely anecdotal. But I believe it to be the general case (would as always love to see data).