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In Japan who would typically take care of children in a situation like this? In the US, because of the difficulty for parents to get off of work, I would expect
by pavon 7y ago
In Japan who would typically take care of children in a situation like this? In the US, because of the difficulty for parents to get off of work, I would expect most of the children to be in large group settings anyway (day care, staying with friends, large extended families, etc). It might limit spread a little bit compared to school, but not a lot.
- usaar333 7y agoMothers. Japan is actually known for having very poor child support options outside of family. The percent of married woman with children that work is quite low.
- fogetti 7y agoAccording to a government survey from 2017 or so, the number of single parent families was hovering around 1.2 million. This is almost exactly 1 percent of the population which doesn't seem much until you compare it to the number of children under the age of 14 which is 15.53 million people. Now their ratio gets closer to 8 percent. That doesn't seem very low to me.