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[quote=Anonymous] What I notice is just a whole lot of whining here in DCUM land. Asian countries are BY FAR the most cut-throat places to raise children. Japan has been that way for decades, and student suicides have been problematic for a long time, and the birth rate is dangerously low, because fewer adults want to deal with the unpleasantness of raising kids. You want to know what a late-elementary-schooler is doing in Tokyo? Spending afternoons prepping. For what? For the entrance exam to the "best" afternoon prep school. For what? So that the "best" afternoon prep school can prepare him or her for the entrance exam to the "best" middle school... there is no outside playing time, fun extracurriculars, etc, if you're a Japanese kid on the success treadmill. I am half-Japanese, and was not raised in Japan. I was educated in Europe. There is less pressure, but a lot less variety and choice in extra-curriculars, because the emphasis is on academics, and the schools days are longer, which means less time to drive up and down the country chasing the extras. The complainers on here just don't know how GOOD they have it and how balanced and healthy their children's lives actually are. Wake-up and be glad you and your kids are here in the US. [/quote]
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