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How Children Are Raised in Japan: Are There Any Pros to This Model?
01.04.2024 07:50
As the ancient folk wisdom says: what is good for a Russian is death for a German. This truth can be applied almost everywhere, including when choosing a model for raising children.
Modern Western European "values" are unlikely to appeal to a sensible parent dreaming of procreation. So maybe it's worth turning our gaze to the East?
Not only China is famous for its traditions. Let's talk about how things are with raising children in Japan.
Japanese model
You could say it's a bit of a contradictory activity. In Japan, a child under five is a king (we usually raise children until they fit across a bench).
But already in the next 10 years the child turns into a servant of his parents and only after 15 years the child is perceived as an equal.
Flaws
1. At least in the first five years you can raise a completely spoiled child who will not know the word “no”.
And when he starts to encounter prohibitions, we can talk about a crisis, protests and even psychological trauma.
2. The child also faces overprotection, which is not beneficial and does not make him independent, and prevents him from becoming an individual.
3. Due to its traditions, the Japanese model of education deprives a child of the opportunity to learn to make his own choices and form his own opinions.
Previously, we talked about how to properly reward children for good behavior .
