Challenges to Changing the Culture of Parenting in Japan

Goto, Aya; Surkan, Pamela J.; Reich, Michael

doi:10.2188/jea.je20190265

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“…A study among Japanese fathers living in Hawaii reported how they altered their traditional gender role to a more family‐oriented style under the influence of Western culture (Taniguchi et al., 2015). Societal approaches are needed to reduce stereotypical parenting among Japanese fathers (Goto et al., 2020).…”

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Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup

Yoshida

Goto

Takebayashi

et al. 2021

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup

Yoshida

Goto

Takebayashi

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Infant Mental Health Journal

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“…Linguistically, the word corporal punishment in Japanese (“taibatsu”) includes guidance at school and discipline at home [ 21 ]. However, in Japan, parental behaviors that can be called corporal punishment are now officially a banned form of discipline [ 34 , 35 ].…”

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Incidence of and improvement in inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers with young children: a retrospective cohort study conducted in collaboration with a local government

Arai

Goto

Komatsu³

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Arch Public Health

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Background Inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers toward young children require further study; few epidemiological studies have utilized longitudinal analysis of region-based cohorts. This study examined the frequency of incidence of and improvements in inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers with young children and related factors. Methods Among the mothers who underwent a checkup in Fukushima City in 2017, 586 mothers with data from 4-, 18-, and 42-month-old checkups were included in analysis. In this retrospective cohort study, an anonymous database was created by transcribing and matching health checkup records with questionnaires stored at the city health center. Data were analyzed using chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis, using the SPSS Ver.20.0. Results In 28.5% of mothers, inappropriate parental behaviors were not reported in the 18-month-old data but were reported in the 42-month-old data. In 3.8%, inappropriate parental behaviors were reported in the 18-month-old data but were not reported in the 42-month-old data. The most common inappropriate parental behavior reported was “yelling at the child using emotional words” (18-month-old data, 16.2%; 42-month-old data, 39.5%). Mothers with financial difficulties were 2.19 times (95%CI: 1.13–4.26) more likely to begin inappropriate parental behaviors between 18 and 42 months. Improvements in parental behaviors were significantly higher in mothers under 30 years old (p = 0.03). Conclusions It is necessary to identify mothers with financial difficulties early and to examine how to provide childcare and financial support from a local government at the time of child health checkup.

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“…In Japan, all school activities are always carried out with the spirit of togetherness (tomodachi, shinsetsu, nakayoku), the spirit of hard work (gambaru), enthusiasm (genki), and responsibility (jibun no koto o jibun de suru) (Davies & Ikeno, 2002). At the end of kindergarten education, when children have to give a brief impression after receiving their diploma, many of them, in fact almost all of them, will talk about the Gambaru, Tomodachi, and the jibun no koto o jibun de suru (Goto et al, 2020). The process of internalizing the results of character building is evident.…”

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The Unique Communication Pattern of Japanese and Indonesian Families Shaping Specific Character to their Children

Firdaus

2022

Jurnal KMP

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The character-building system in Japan has become a role model in Indonesia. The initiators of education policies in Indonesia are intensively promoting character building as a solution to the decline in the quality of human resources. Character building in Japan and in Indonesia are carried out by the nuclear family at home. This study maps the differences in the communication patterns of Indonesian and Japanese parents in teaching character building to their children. Parents of productive age 17-50 years were used as respondents, had junior high school to postgraduate education, and had children aged 0-15 years. Questionnaires were distributed using google forms to Japanese people in Japan and Indonesians in Indonesia. It was found that the value of hard work in Indonesian families stems from the desire to avoid uncertainty and parents’ pragmatic thinking. In Japanese families, avoiding uncertainty teaches children a spirit of enthusiasm. Hofstede's cultural dimensions cannot explain the source of the spirit of togetherness in Indonesian and Japanese families, as well as the source of the spirit of hard work, and responsibility in Japanese families.

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Challenges to Changing the Culture of Parenting in Japan

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup

Father‐child bonding among Japanese fathers of infants: A municipal‐based study at the time of the 4‐month child health checkup

Incidence of and improvement in inappropriate parental behaviors of mothers with young children: a retrospective cohort study conducted in collaboration with a local government

The Unique Communication Pattern of Japanese and Indonesian Families Shaping Specific Character to their Children

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