Comments on: Japanese kids are tough http://www.simoncapp.com/index.php/2010/03/japanese-kids-are-tough/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:03:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: simon http://www.simoncapp.com/index.php/2010/03/japanese-kids-are-tough/comment-page-1/#comment-7576 simon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:28:36 +0000 http://www.simoncapp.com/?p=719#comment-7576 You could be onto something there SJ. Quite a few of the kids around here don't seem to get much time with their parents, and we all know the classic tales of the overworked father who only gets to see his kids on the weekends. Surely that can't be a good thing. On the other hand, most of the kids strike me as outgoing and confident. It's an interesting issue, framed as it is within our own cultural expectations, and one which I want to explore more in the future. You could be onto something there SJ. Quite a few of the kids around here don’t seem to get much time with their parents, and we all know the classic tales of the overworked father who only gets to see his kids on the weekends. Surely that can’t be a good thing. On the other hand, most of the kids strike me as outgoing and confident. It’s an interesting issue, framed as it is within our own cultural expectations, and one which I want to explore more in the future.

]]> By: Speak Japanese http://www.simoncapp.com/index.php/2010/03/japanese-kids-are-tough/comment-page-1/#comment-7569 Speak Japanese Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:41:42 +0000 http://www.simoncapp.com/?p=719#comment-7569 I think Japanese kids have it tough rather than are tough. Whether this is good thing or not is a matter of opinion. However, one clear problem for many Japanese children is the lack of relationship they have with their parents. I think they develop independence simply because their parents are not around. I don't think it is cultivated with good intentions (life skills etc) by parents. Socially and emotionally I have found Japanese kids very challenged. In my ten years of living in Japan I met very few kids who where talkative, outgoing and confident. I think Japanese kids have it tough rather than are tough. Whether this is good thing or not is a matter of opinion. However, one clear problem for many Japanese children is the lack of relationship they have with their parents.

I think they develop independence simply because their parents are not around. I don’t think it is cultivated with good intentions (life skills etc) by parents. Socially and emotionally I have found Japanese kids very challenged. In my ten years of living in Japan I met very few kids who where talkative, outgoing and confident.

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