Family in Japan

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1) A family is a little fortress, which can protect you from any hardship. It is the most important thing for every person in the world whether a Russian, European or Japanese. What does Japanese family consist of? And how are Japanese children being brought up? If you want to answer this questions, you should visit Japan only once, because it is quite different world and it doesn’t look like the world around us. Traditional family 2) A traditional Japanese family consists of mother, father and two children. Formerly a man had been considered to be a head of the family, and all households had to obey him . Nowadays Japanese women are trying to combine work and family duties. But they are still far from equal rights with men. Their main occupation are home and children’s upbringing, and man’s life is absorbed in his work. The eldest children implicitly obey their parents, and the youngest children obey the eldest. The eldest child have a lot of rights and duties. For example, when Japanese family has dinner, first of all mother gives food to her husband, then to the eldest son. The youngest child is served out of turn. And the second by seniority child gets his food the last. That's why he is often called “himaesi-san”, which means “Brother Frozen Rice”. Childhood in Japan 3) Japanese said, that before 5 years old child is a «king», from 5 to 15 years – a slave, and after 15 years adults treat him as equal person. It is considered that 15 years old teenager is an adult person, who knows his duties and rules of behaviour in society. This is the paradox of Japanese’s upbringing: a law-abiding citizen grows up from a child, who had been allowed to do everything he wanted to do. 4) Mother and child are always together. She gives all her time, attention and care to the child. Also she talks with her child and explains what is happening around him. Japanese sings
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