[The real voices of mothers! This is how to solve the problems of housework and childcare.<br>Vol.3 What’s Hard When Your Child Enters Elementary School? Troubles of Elementary School Moms
Mam Smile, winner of the 2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Women’s Activity Promotion Grand Prize, is an organization that promotes mothers’ reintegration into society and community revitalization through the production of the free childcare information magazine ” Itabashina. This issue is a special project by Mam Smile! We will be presenting the real voices of mothers we […]
Entertainment for childcare! Angie’s Yamane talks about raising children
Yoshiaki Yamane of Angels became a father of one child in 2015. He is also a certified child counselor*, and his natural child-rearing style, which he shares on social networking sites and his blog, has attracted a lot of sympathy. We asked him about the joys and hardships of raising a child, as well as […]
Free yourself from the unconscious bias that “parenting is a woman’s job.”<br> ～Rie Yamaguchi, a post-maternity leave consultant, gives a shout-out to working mothers.
Unconscious bias is an “unconscious belief” that we hold unknowingly. It lurks in every aspect of our daily lives, including at work and at home. We interviewed Ms. Rie Yamaguchi, who took childcare leave twice while working for a company and has since left the company to support working mothers and fathers as a post-childcare […]
Worried about loss of income after taking childcare leave?<br>Benefits and exemptions cover about 80% of take-home pay before absence from work.
Did you know? Financial Assistance During Parental Leave When taking childcare leave, one of the main concerns is money. Some may worry that their income will decrease and their family finances will become more difficult…. In this issue, Kenji Kaneko, a financial planner, explains the benefits during childcare leave and the treatment of social insurance […]
Special Project] Gather around! Gather around!<br>Let’s do it willingly Housework and childcare
In an effort to change the mindset of society to think of “childcare leave” not as a period of time off from work but as a period of time to nurture children, who are a treasure of society, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government solicited applications for the nickname of “childcare leave” and selected “Ikugyo” from […]
Special project for the childcare industry<br>A four-frame comic strip about the “unconscious assumptions” based on gender that lurk in various aspects of child-rearing.
As a special project for child-rearing, we have created a cartoon of five episodes hidden in various aspects of child-rearing, such as changing diapers, making lunch boxes, and so on. Once you realize your “beliefs,” your future could change! Table of Contents 1. whose job is it to change diapers? 2. who is in charge […]
Knowing is good! Make your life easier! Childcare Techniques for Everyone<br>~Lifehacks [Childcare] ~.
You want to be more efficient in both housework and parenting! It doesn’t hurt to know the techniques to make interactions with children that don’t go as smoothly as you’d like! So, here are some techniques and little tricks = life hacks that moms and dads are actually using. This time, we’ll be looking at […]
The “postpartum father “childcare” business” is launched!<br>Explains the key points of the system revision in an easy-to-understand manner!
The Child Care and Family Care Leave Law has been revised to allow for more flexible “childcare,” including the creation of a “postpartum father “childcare work” program starting in October 2022. In this issue, Mr. Kenji Kaneko, a financial planner, will give an overview of the system and explain the key points of the legal […]
What is maternity leave really like? We asked some senior fathers!
Share the joys and worries of childcare! Let’s make a dad friend!
