Parenting in Japan is very different from parenting in Russia. It is impossible to imagine those phrases that are often heard on domestic playgrounds: "you are a bad boy, " "I will punish you, " etc. Even if a small Japanese child fights with his mother or displays scribbles with a felt-tip pen on the store door, strict reprimands and punishments will not follow.
The main task of Japanese education
In Japan, a baby up to 5-6 years old is the "king", everything is allowed to him. But after this age, he goes through the "slave" stage. From 5 to 15 years old, obligatory norms of social behavior and other rules that must be observed are laid down in it. After 15 years, a teenager is already considered an adult, obeying the rules and clearly knowing their responsibilities.
The main task of Japanese education is to raise a person who will work together in a team. This is absolutely necessary for existence in Japanese society. After 5 years, children are in a strict system of rules explaining what to do in certain life situations. However, the upbringing of such a group consciousness leads to the fact that older children do not know how to think independently.
The desire to meet common standards is so deeply rooted in the minds of children that when one of them has his own opinion, he becomes an object of ridicule, contempt and hatred. Today, a phenomenon called "ijime" has spread to Japanese schools. A non-standard student, who is somewhat different from others, is subjected to harassment and is also beaten periodically. For Japanese children and adolescents, the worst punishment is to be out of the group, out of the team.
