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The following paragraph is key to understand the phenomenon. I'm a western who have been living in Japan for years and is still difficult to understand how par
by jalcazar 12y ago
The following paragraph is key to understand the phenomenon.
I'm a western who have been living in Japan for years and is still difficult to understand how parents allow and support their children to be hikikomori.
“In western society, it’s difficult to understand this situation,” Dr. Kato says. “Western society parents strongly push [their children] to go out. But in Japan, parents are strongly afraid to push.”
- Aeolun 12y agoWhat is your alternative then? Push them and if they don't respond throw them out onto the street? Once your children understand that you won't actually throw them out, any conversation pushing them is just negatively reinforcing their impression that interaction is a problem, not a solution.