Raising Children in Japan

Children are our future and the issue of their upbringing is very serious. In different countries, their own characteristics and traditions of the upbringing of children prevail. There are many cases when, with all the parents' great desire to give a good upbringing to their child, the methods they apply are extremely ineffective. And the presence in the well-off and decent families of self-satisfied, selfish children is a direct proof. In this article we will briefly consider the family pre-school education of children in Japan, since it is in this country that the characteristics of the upbringing of children have a pronounced character.

Features of the Japanese system of raising children

The Japanese system of upbringing allows children under the age of 5 to do whatever they want, and not be afraid of subsequent punishment for disobedience or bad behavior. At the Japanese children at this age there are no prohibitions, parents can only warn them.

When a baby is born, a piece of umbilical cord is cut off from it, dried and put in a special wooden box on which the date of birth of the baby and the name of the mother are beaten by the gilding. This symbolizes the connection between mother and child. After all, it is the mother who plays the decisive role in his upbringing, and the father only occasionally participates. Give children in a nursery under the age of 3 years is considered an extremely selfish act, before this age the child must be with his mother.

The Japanese method of raising children from the age of 5 to 15 years, already does not give children such boundless freedom, but on the contrary, they are kept in utmost rigor and it is during this period that children are laid down by social norms of behavior and other rules. At the age of 15, the child is considered an adult and communicates with him on an equal footing. At this age, he should already know his duties clearly.

To develop the child's mental faculties, parents start right away from the moment of their birth. The mother sings songs to the baby, tells him about the world around him. The Japanese method of raising a child excludes a different kind of morality, parents in everything tend to be an example to their child. From the age of 3 the child is given to a kindergarten. Groups, as a rule, for 6-7 people and every six months, children move from one group to another. It is believed that such changes in groups and educators hinder the child's adaptation to the mentor and develops communication skills, allowing them to communicate constantly with new children.

There are various opinions about the relevance and effectiveness of the Japanese system in the domestic realities. After all, it evolved in Japan for a century and is inextricably linked to their culture. Will it be just as effective and relevant only for you.