Part 28: (Interview) Taiyo Sugiura: Family Bonding and Children’s Growth Nurtured in the Kitchen
Actor Taiyo Sugiura, known as a loving wife and devoted father, married Nozomi Tsuji in 2007, has won the Ikumen of the Year award many times, is now a father of four, and gives talk shows on housework and childrearing throughout Japan. He has also taken advantage of his cooking skills to appear on cooking […]
No.25: (Interview) Poet Kimu: “Give Shape to Your Memories. How to create a one-of-a-kind memory album”
As the performance of smartphones and compact cameras has improved, anyone can now easily take pictures. However, there are probably many people who have stored their photos on their devices without developing them. We asked Kimu, a poet and president of Iroha Publishing who runs “Album Kitchen,” a recipe site for handmade albums, about the […]
Vol. 21: (Interview) Yukiko Nonomura: Thanks for your help and each other’s help. Let’s nurture a feeling of understanding others.
In doing household chores with our partners, we often feel dissatisfied due to differences in our values and the environment in which we were raised. Are we asking too much of our partner or are we too concerned about it? I believe that many people spend their daily lives with this kind of confusion. In […]
Part 20: (Interview) Takeshi Tsuruno: “I want to share my excitement with children through camping
Tsuyoshi Tsuruno is raising two boys and three girls, and in February of this year, he began studying childcare by correspondence in order to obtain a childcare license. We interviewed Mr. Tsuruno, who has many hobbies and values outdoor experiences and the excitement he gains from nature, about how he relates to his family through […]
Part 16: (Interview) Leveraging Resources and Forming “Team Our House
How to promote men’s participation in housework and childcare? How to design the future of the family? The Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted the “TOKYO Conference for Women to Shine – Changing Workplaces! Change the consciousness! ～When we asked Ms. Kaori Hayashida, representative of Wanda Life LLP, who served as moderator at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government-sponsored “Papa’s Style: […]
Part 14: (Interview) Learning words and expanding interest through reading to children
Reading picture books to children is a fun time for both parents and children, but what does it mean for children’s development? We asked Shoko Nozawa, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo’s Center for Developmental Childcare Practice and Policy Studies, who specializes in developmental psychology and childcare studies and has conducted research […]
Part 10: (Interview) Learn about changing parenting norms and fill in the gaps!
When working with grandparents to raise children, you may be confused by the differences in their methods. This is due to the fact that what was considered common sense when grandparents were raising their children has changed in response to new research findings. So what has changed? We spoke with Yasumi Morito, a pediatrician […]
Part 9: (Interview) Send Your Kids Out to the Community if You Want to Raise Them Strong
What effect does growing up involved with the community have on a child’s development? We spoke with Kenichiro Watanabe, a professor at Nihon Fukushi University and author of numerous books on community child-rearing support. It is a human characteristic that non-parents raise children. Before considering the importance of community child care, it is important […]
