The Japaneses Shichigosan festival celebrates children who are 7,5, and 3. The word, Shichigosan is literally a combination of three numbers in Japanese; shichi is seven, go is five and san is three. This makes it pretty easy to remember what this festival is about! The Shichigosan festival, thought to be over 400 years old, is …
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Today I heard that a friend of mine is going to be a new grandparent! How exciting to welcome new life into this world! It just seems like yesterday when my husband and I were going to be new parents. With each birth, I experienced excitement and anxiety combined with the physical discomforts of pregnancy. Welcoming our little babies …
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Every culture has different standards and practices of child development. But one thing that I find very different in Japan is the trust they put allowing young children to use public transportation alone at a very young age. This would be unthinkable in the U.S. and many other countries. It just wouldn’t be safe! Many …
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image: Shibuya 246 Many years ago when I was a young parent, my son attend a Japanese kindergarten that had an enrollment of 400 students! These children were between the ages of 3 and 6. You’d imagine the place to be utter chaos, but instead, it was full of life, energy and fun! What was …
A year and a half ago, a son of ours was going through “senioritis”. That’s the term used by the teachers at our school to describe the attitude of seniors in high school when they lose interest in studying. This usually happens once they are accepted to college or when they feel they have the …
May 5th is Children’s Day in Japan. Originally, and when I was growing up, the fifth day of the fifth month was Boy’s Day and March 3rd, or the third day of the third month was Girl’s Day. Now May 5th is a national holiday, combining both girls and boys to celebrate their health, growth …
