They are cleaning school themselves it is the best part of this documentary.

@EnigmazGuide

3 жыл бұрын

We asian clean our classroom.... At first it was stupid now im graduated i miss the times i can hang out and spend time with my friends while cleaning

@potassium6810

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a normal thing in asia i guess (I'm not sure in private schools)

@shenshen5968

3 жыл бұрын

here in Philippines students are the one who cleans the classroom. No Janitors.

@BeYourFlippinSelf

3 жыл бұрын

@@potassium6810 in private school too.. especially in elementary, depends which school maybe.

@camilamendes2733

3 жыл бұрын

@@potassium6810 I study in a private school and we also clean our room. We tend to have a friendly competition with the other sections about who has the cleanest classroom lol

just a generation ago kids did everything alone

@Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97

6 жыл бұрын

Andrea Coconut America is more dangerous than before.

@davidb5205

6 жыл бұрын

Amanda Hernandez - According to FBI crime stats on violent crimes, America is much safer now than it was in the 1980's. Homicide rates peaked in the 80s and have dropped since the 90s.

@queenbulova5682

6 жыл бұрын

Andrea Coconut ikr

@kayladunaway7101

6 жыл бұрын

I think, like everything, there needs to be a balance. Let a child do everything alone as soon a possible, and there can be some problems - problems with control, depression, lack of communication and respect between parent and child. And the same goes for doing everything for a child for as long as possible - lack of responsibility, poor time management skills, extreme dependence, ect. The child as an individual also needs to be taken into account. The age at which one might be comfortable doing a particular task alone can vary widely, with some needing a guiding push in the right direction.

@JackFN_VR64

6 жыл бұрын

I started to walk to school and home when I was 8 years old at a time when my country was on the brink of civil war. haha.

I used to take the subway to elementary school when I lived in Tokyo. Now I go to work while watching over other people's children who take the subway to school. Just like strangers used to watch over me when I was an elementary school student.

@georgesotiriou7051

6 күн бұрын

I have come to realize you guys are simply better than us

"Is that strange?.." "NoOOo" That was so cute lol

@fuzzyschwartz

2 ай бұрын

It seemed really edited, because he didn't understand the questions in English.

@uhgina

2 ай бұрын

@@fuzzyschwartz idk what ur talking about because i commented that five years ago ☠️

@sHiNcHaN12850

5 күн бұрын

​@@uhgina daym 😅😅😂

the kid is so freaking cute!!!!!

@soozyrandall7551

7 жыл бұрын

OK

@legalizebuckets594

5 жыл бұрын

Pervert LOL

@gumandkacyn

5 жыл бұрын

@@legalizebuckets594 your mind is pervert... so you

@jasfizarezany1098

5 жыл бұрын

Comel sangat(Kawaii)😁😀

@wendel3577

4 жыл бұрын

FBI OPEN UP.

This is amazing! Japan makes it safe for their children. It is a nation that lives like a village. They take care of each other.

@chadchampion6773

3 жыл бұрын

They also all look like each other, speak the same language, and share a dominant culture. It's amazing what effects a homogenous society produces.

@inventor4279

3 жыл бұрын

safER, not completely safe

@glenndelossantos8431

3 жыл бұрын

It takes a village to raise a child.

@mountainous_port

3 жыл бұрын

If a country only has one kind of people. They think the same and move the same. America is too mixed up. The mess of multiculturalism.

@inventor4279

3 жыл бұрын

@@mountainous_port you might wanna stop before you say anything to wild my guy

I married Japanese and I'm glad that our daughter will grow up in a country like this. I'm ready to give her as much independence as she can handle :) I grew up with very overprotective grandparents and I still remember my childhood frustration with lack of freedom.

@kamakia-z1y

3 жыл бұрын

Lena what can parents do. sure I want kid to go on their own but bad people are lining up the streets.

@katepausig8562

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamakia-z1y Where do you live? Majority of the Western world is actually safe probably safer than the past. Your child has a higher chance of being kidnapped, raped, and/or abused by someone they know than some stranger.

@kamakia-z1y

3 жыл бұрын

@@katepausig8562 my child is ten. I have a difficulty sending her to shopping center 1km away to buy milk on her own. May be I would have been okay if I was in a village setting. but am in a city.

@kpoptrash4085

3 жыл бұрын

@@katepausig8562 I live in chicago so my child would never go to school alone unless I move to a safer city

@Tawseef-ee1yj

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamakia-z1y I don't think you need to send her to school alone. It's better safe than sorry .

I grew up in NYC in the 70s, and I walked to school alone starting at age 7. After Etan Patz was snatched, everything changed.

@xanamarion6714

4 жыл бұрын

May have been save back then but today the world is messed up

@evraalexandrite3770

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh etan patz? I think i have to Google this

@jaysheriffe6292

3 жыл бұрын

​@@xanamarion6714 is the world really more messed up today? or has the age of information illuminated how messed up the world actually was all along? or could it be that the speed and amount at which information can be transfered has created a false sense that the world is more messed up than it actually is. A kid goes missing in germany it takes me seconds to hear about it on a different continent. I dont know the answer for sure and the answer will differ depending on where is the world we are, but i just wanted to give food for thought.

@megansalt

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaysheriffe6292 poverty has increased in the last decades in the US. the wealthy have become wealthier

@calebstapelmann

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaysheriffe6292 I found that to be a highly intelligent and insightful comment, thank you.

america has problems.....big problems.

@williamhoang5308

7 жыл бұрын

Guy Forget yes indeed

@latintiger

7 жыл бұрын

i agreed i live in NYC and it's not safe here

@markplott4820

7 жыл бұрын

***** every New Yorker that is NOT a criminal, should be issued a firearm.

@latintiger

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Plott agreed especially women. just past month there news about ppl attacking elderly and they showed videos of it, its like where is this world coming to? humans suppose to the dominant creature and yet we don't know how to make lives better for each other

@markplott4820

7 жыл бұрын

***** the Human is self distructive , we will eventually kill everyone to the Last Man and Last woman, we are Doomed.

1:04 he looks adorable around the crowd lol

@queenbulova5682

6 жыл бұрын

Jizzy Buns and he seems to be mentally mature more than the average 7 year old.

@FBI-mf3mb

3 жыл бұрын

Good timing 👍👊

@planetxtraa

3 жыл бұрын

@@queenbulova5682 average american 7 year old, you mean.

@mexicanofino9616

3 жыл бұрын

not 🤣🤣🤣

I did this too as a child in China. When I moved to the US I suddenly loss my freedom to move, I had to be shuttled everywhere.

@Elijasn

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@josem3466

3 жыл бұрын

Rice man I also walked about 20 everyday to sch.knocked off and got home with no worries.maybe that’s y the USA has too many sick people.people are raised to ride cabs and buses they dnt walk enough

@-gingersnowball-9838

3 жыл бұрын

You are.... You know what I will say

@jadewang7287

3 жыл бұрын

That’s why I didn’t understand why Americans took “grounded” as a punishment when I went there in an exchange program at the age of 13. Who could stop me from leaving the house?

@fandomencounter1672

3 жыл бұрын

It’s more dangerous here, it sucks but that’s how it is

2:23 ,she didn’t even let him finish his sentence about going to an American school ,that tells you how bad it is ..

@reveluvlp1714

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda sad american kids have deal with that well the rest of asian is not safe too but at least there no gun I think covid 19 it’s something I need rn 🥺💖

Not just in Japan. Mostly in Asia. In malaysia, thailand and indonesia also have this kind of teaching. But just different crime rates. Malaysia might be little safer than Thailand & Indonesia but not even better than Japan. I do go to school by my own when I'm turned 8years.

@NSS7

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, im from Malaysia. I do walk to school and then ride bicycle when i get older.

@umaruhimouto3740

5 жыл бұрын

And In veitnam too

@mspetiteerlis

5 жыл бұрын

Naa... I’m Indonesian living in spore. My mom in law ( Malaysian ) still not happy I let my son (14 years old) travel to school by himself.

@kumpulanvidiohiburan9801

5 жыл бұрын

The distance from school to the house isnt that far.

@dark321100

4 жыл бұрын

u forget philippines :)

If you're American and you can visit only 1 country, I think many would recommend JAPAN for its novelty, its architecture, its festivals, its geography, its people...👘🚅🗼⛩

@Nexxarian

6 жыл бұрын

I would like to have a vacation house someday there. Lol... like that might happen. Oh well.

@kinglouisproduct

6 жыл бұрын

And hentai

@yilong76

6 жыл бұрын

Let's not ruin Japan by motivating Americans to visit it....

@rodolfo7077

6 жыл бұрын

You forgot food and beer

@renxob123

6 жыл бұрын

Pls dont

0:45 his voice is so matured for a 1st grader

@remesin11

3 жыл бұрын

asian genes

@roseliealfaro5042

3 жыл бұрын

@@remesin11 True

I walked to school from aged 5, in 1970 England. Sadly, times aren’t quite so safe

That's one reason why Japan is my favorite in Asia snd South Korea.you will just love their people and culture.

@dupondavignon869

6 жыл бұрын

+Gabbie MarC : not really. I see several reason for this politics : - Parents spend less time with their children, so they can be more productive for economy - Japan has demography problems, and needs more natality. So, making young more independant will make them mature earlier, making them have sexual relations consequently. All this is not for the benefit of individuals, at least in its goals, and is for the collectivity. All this without saying the real goals, apparently.

@Pluto102

6 жыл бұрын

from which country are you from?

@haehyukreal37

6 жыл бұрын

Gabbie MarC south korea??? really?? i dont think so

@AaA-qi6qm

6 жыл бұрын

South koreans are racist.

@haehyukreal37

6 жыл бұрын

Aa A finally someone said it

Singapore is safe as well. Most kids here go to school by themselves as there are no weirdos lurking around the streets.

@mnf2139

6 жыл бұрын

halifi sarif True!

@wangchongnong1067

6 жыл бұрын

halifi sarif My grandparents and parents don't trust me to walk to school alone cause I am a girl. Add the ducking fact that I am a Singaporean.

@Mayrita77

3 жыл бұрын

Blackpilled Saint Yeah you didn’t know that India has the highest rate for raping?

@starryskyhighway9628

3 жыл бұрын

Singaporean might be but im not guarantee about foreigners...maybe foreigners are the one who will kidnap the children

@miyako1909

3 жыл бұрын

@Felicia Golding Even if it is the most racially diverse country in Asia, there is the fact that most people there are still Asians with similar way of life and personal values so there isn't many conflicts like the bad history between blacks and whites in the US. Also, Singapore is really small.

I’ve been in Japan for 30 yrs.& really loved the way they educate people the way they raising kids. And I think they are the #1 well mannered & disciplined country all over the world. Thank you Japan for being so good🙏❤️❤️❤️

@luluflowers9277

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for loving us!! It's ab asset for us to have such nice person like you in our community ☺❤🙏🙏🙏

@ItsMe-ic1gb

9 ай бұрын

been living here for 15. I have no idea what you are talking about. The kids are rude and bullying little brats who think the world owes them everything.

@luluflowers9277

9 ай бұрын

@@ItsMe-ic1gb There are bullying anywhere in the world, even in the animal's world and kids' immaturity is not unusual, too. Why do you still live there for 15 years?? Where are you from and don't you think about going back to your country??

This is no exaggeration. Walking alone to their school by themselves is a norm in Japan. There have been some terrible crimes in the past (hardly any gun related crimes) but not stopped the culture. In my town, there even are kind volunteers of local retired generations to watch the kids' safety at big crossings on the way and back!

@phantranhoang343

Ай бұрын

There was a case of a retired volunteer kidnapped, raped and killed a elementary school girl. He chose that girl because she was vietnamese and he thought he would get away with it because police would not care about vietnamese.

Hes so cute!

@InspireMe819

4 жыл бұрын

who? the old guy reporter?

@Mayrita77

3 жыл бұрын

TheBagBalm The guy is so cute too lol and also the kid😆

In Finland kids living with more than 6km from the school get a free ride on a special school bus, some get a private taxi paid by the government (the taxi picks up several kids who live away from the bus route). So if the kid lives 5,9 km away they might need to walk for over an hour. Some parents choose to take their kids to school by their own car but I knew many who walked or cycled in the 2nd grade etc.

@vertie2090

7 жыл бұрын

I'm Finnish but I didn't know that. Always used to ride a bike everywhere by myself.

@Bozewani

6 жыл бұрын

the liklehood of Finnish children being abducted ont eh streets of tampere Espoo Helsinki or oulu is so remote it's unbelievable

@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20

6 жыл бұрын

As a Finn, I went to to school by myself always starting from the 1st grade. But for me the distance wasn't long.

@aliismunadi2055

5 жыл бұрын

I read that Finland is the best country for education and also the happiest country in the world. My question, what is the different between Finland and Japan, especially in education?

@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20

5 жыл бұрын

+Ali Ismunadi I guess it might be that in Asian countries discipline and order are valued very high and Asian cultures are also more hierarchic. In Finnish school, there is not much competition between students and schools. Majority of the population goes to public school, and all do same kind of public school up to 9th grade. After that Finnish students will choose if they want to go to high school, or to a vocational school to study a profession. After high school / vocational school, can go to university or college / university of applied sciences, that are free for Finnish citizens. Idea is that, whatever route you choose in school, still almost all doors would be open in the future to do something else. How you do in school as a kid, does not need to absolutely determine your rest of life. :) The first important tests are near 9th grade, when choosing where to go after elementary school.

I have just arrived from Japan yesterday. Having visited Tokyo and Osaka for 8 days. I have witnessed this first hand, seeing children even younger than 7yrs old walking to school with all their bags and water jugs. Walking to school all by themselves, others walking in group of 3s. All little kids.

@alukuhito

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what country you're from. That was the norm for me as a kid in Canada too, and Canada is right next to the USA.

@novrinkov0053

Ай бұрын

​@@alukuhito In Japan, not only do children go to school, but when they get home, a few children will go out and play even in the dark. It's a much different level of safety than what you talk about in the old West.

@alukuhito

Ай бұрын

@@novrinkov0053 I don't know what you're trying to say. I live in Japan and think it's relatively safe for children in Japan. I've seen lots of young kids ride the trains by themselves in central Tokyo. You don't have to convince me that it's safer here than in Western countries. I was just mentioning that when I was a kid in Canada (long time ago), things were different then than now (in the West).

I spent the last five weeks in Tokyo and Kyoto and let me tell you I have never felt so safe in a country/city before. I was walking around as a young woman with both headphones in, and shopping bags in hand with zero bother! Their train/metro system is so incredibly easy and impressive that we simply cannot compete.

Nothing she said here is inaccurate. She's just laying down the truth.

@friedfrog5447

6 жыл бұрын

everything you said was wrong and facts back it up

@PakkiNakki

6 жыл бұрын

Nice fAcTs there "Anamo South"

@Prec1sion-Aim

4 жыл бұрын

@Blackpilled Saint ur racist

@Yumu-bx4hg

3 жыл бұрын

What I’m Japanese living US, and i agree her 100%. Living 20years and I never had to use gun.

I trully admire japanese culture. Their kids are so smart and polite.

Japan's culture is very wonderful, I wish I was born there. It hit me hard when the reporter mentions that the community watches out for the children, as if they all were the parents of the children, which isnt a rule but rather a cultural thing.

@dylanhoward7668

3 жыл бұрын

Its a culture that works too hard, and is expected to have too much responsabilities. Thats why they scored poorly in the World Happiness Report.

@downthispath6538

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's an Asian thing. Here in the Philippines, kids are encouraged to play outside after school in the afternoon, and because everyone knows everyone in a given neighborhood, it becomes an unspoken responsibility of the whole community to look out after the children when they're outside. I remember a foreign toursit vlogger who saw groups of children playing in the streets when he visited before covid, and he was wondering where the kids' parents are, why they're outside alone etc. He was framing it as the country being poor and unsafe that parents don't take good care of the kids. So the comments educated him that neighborhood kids are the whole neighborhood's responsibility, and here, as a community, we all look out for each other.

His English is very good for being only 7 years old! Japanese infrastructure is so efficient and safe, it's exemplary.

@jaycee330

3 жыл бұрын

Er.... Japanese school education in English is spotty at best. I think it's because his mother speaks English is the reason he speaks it well.

@subhankarbaral9236

2 жыл бұрын

English education in Japan is not that great. I think since his mother visited US at some point and has good command over English is the reason behind his fluency. In fact, 96% Japanese can't speak any other language other than Japanese.

@user-mr3sg6eh4d

2 ай бұрын

流石に96%は盛り過ぎ😂 今は80%ぐらいです

JAPANESE society is very understanding and mature regarding needs and safety of children.I hope the world learns from them this good thing.

Japan outfits their kids in the CUTEST little uniforms! The little shorts and the tassels. I can't take it! 😭😭

2:06 You always see that in Ghibli movies and anime, now I know it's based on real life :P

@woozihae

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I do it like that too lmaoo

I love Japanese people. What a very nice country

It's basically an unwritten rule that you leave the children alone (unless they ask for help). We saw 5 year olds navigating Tokyo Station alone while we were getting lost and disoriented. I have never felt more safe than when I was in Japan. The people are polite and the cities are extraordinarily clean.

In the US some nosy neighbor would report the parents to CPS.

imagine living in a world where it's safe to walk alone as a child. i vividly remember almost getting kidnapped when i was eight.

That's just amazing, I'm 16 and I can't even go to the store alone bc my parents are scared of me getting kidnapped and so do I.

Japan is really very good in starting discipline and independence of their citizens at a very young age. I absolutely love Japan ❤️

To the adored child, send them on journeys. Wow. Beautiful.

It should be like that everywhere. Our children should be everybody’s responsibility to take care of

That's got to be the cutest uniform I have ever seen of a gradeschooler.

In Japan, yes! In the rest of the world, big NO!

@marinae4672

7 жыл бұрын

The only country in the world where this is a bit NO are the USA. And England is on it's way there.

@msjanegrey

7 жыл бұрын

+Graff Fhe in Germany you tend to take the bike.

@soozyrandall7551

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, seconding Germany and Netherlands. I started at age 4, but transportation - especially in rural areas - is much more straightforward. You just walk, go on your bike or take a single bus route and you'll be there.

@tyttiMK

7 жыл бұрын

In Finland, too, from the first grade kids go to school alone.

@hope_and_serenity

7 жыл бұрын

nah my parents were born in Jamaica and my dad had to walk miles to get to school at a young age.

I lived in Kamakura and my kindergarten was in Hayama. From home, I took a bus to Kamakura train station and boarded the Yokosuka line to the next station Zushi and got on the bus to Hayama where my Kingergarten was located, all by myself. Some of my classmates; 4 or 5 year old kids were doing the same. One day I jumped on a train going the opposite direction which I still do sometimes. I want to go back to those days!!!

@wilburwood8261

7 ай бұрын

Kugenuma, Enoshima and Shichirigahama rocks too!

Japanese Kids walk to school solo Westerners : omg how did they do that Philippines : *nothing new here*

@theshriekinghominin1760

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on the family I guess. But my uncle wouldn't even let his children walk to school alone that is only 1 block away from the house. I also remember still being driven to school in highschool.

@insideAdirtyMind

3 жыл бұрын

I am from Germany, it is totally normal to go to school alone

@bimo176

3 жыл бұрын

I guess it's safe for boys. But I don't think so with girls.

@lovelymayi

3 жыл бұрын

@@bimo176 As a girl who walks to school at a very young age, that depends because I have not encountered any accidents or so as I walk or ride to school.

@bimo176

3 жыл бұрын

@@lovelymayi well. It depends naman. Depende kung madami adik sa lugar.

It depends on a country not because they are Japanese. I salute those parents who raise their children with trust and to the government who makes their country safe!

Japan is actually such a safe country. I would kill to live in Japan just so I can actually feel safe walking by myself just for going to the store.

@RayRaySD941

6 жыл бұрын

tart purin typical weeb comment

@brownfitterman8567

6 жыл бұрын

tart purin Japan is safe because they don't let people like you in the country

@SillyKWilly

6 жыл бұрын

I actually visited Japan. Walked around during the night and I felt completely safe. Completely different from night time in New York, but of course there are dangerous areas in Japan, so always be mindful.

@fallout8541

5 жыл бұрын

You won’t make it in if you’re a criminal.

@michaelballard4916

5 жыл бұрын

I'm going there in may but it will be a long flight, at around 18 hours

It’s wonderful how safe it is in Japan. Kids are perfectly safe to travel alone and the adults always keep a close eye on them as well. I wish the rest of the world can be more like this

japan is another planet which i want and wishto visit one day

It must be nice to live in place that you don’t have to worry walking alone and taking a train alone

as I observed, Japanese kids are not lazy, I've taught Japanese many times, they share their routines... that was great ' !

WoW!!! I love Japan. It is a civilized society

My elementary was literally across the street from my house and I wasnt allowed to walk alone 😕

@shenshen5968

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotmerah6713 their school is just infront of their house

@putinsgaytwin4272

3 жыл бұрын

I live in a town in Ireland. It’s super safe here. I’m a teenage girl and I have never felt scared while alone at night. I was in other countries where I’ve felt uncomfortable so I know it’s not just me being stupid. Anyways a lot of us take public transport to school and it’s very common to talk to people on our buses in my town. Although a guy I knew cycled to school and got hit by a car so I think it’s safer to take a bus or walk.

@sadmimashahrin6769

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotmerah6713 literally is more of a colloquial thing to emphasize on something.

Not only that their culture is expects children to be independent, they're also instilled with being helpful. In fact, they teach the kids to help out tourists who look like needs some any sort of assistance. This is why when you're lost in Japan the best person to ask for directions are kids in uniforms.

Also it's cool that Japan community makes an alarm so people would know that kids are about to be on the streets so they'll be careful with them. Also there are people who help them if they don't know where to go which I believe that happens for a beginner.

Japanese have respect for themselves and people show them respect wherever they go. They deserve it. They are discrete, not boastful and do not force their ideas onto anyone.

To describe Japan through one word is "Discipline" They are what Humanity should be, they are on the edge of perfection of Human kind

Growing up Filipino this has always been a norm in our country, unless you come from a Rich family where you get your own service, going to school back and forth with classmates is such a precious childhood memory

@athena3445

3 жыл бұрын

low crime rate? 😉

@yanyanVloqs

3 жыл бұрын

@@athena3445 provincial areas

@athena3445

3 жыл бұрын

ah ganun ba? 🤔lagi yun din kuwento ng mga magulang ko sa panahon nila sa probinsiya... hindi katulad ngayon, marami na raw nagbago. 🥺

@downthispath6538

2 жыл бұрын

@@athena3445 hm, idk. It depends. I attended high school in Manila but I'm from Muntinlupa. So at age 11 I would commute for 2 hours every morning, 2 hours every afternoon, everyday. Depends on the parents and the area, I guess. My school in Manila was in Malate.

@joshuavirata

Жыл бұрын

I go to school by myself by the time i was already second grade. Well living in a subdivision and the school distance being walkable helped alot. I think its just a matter of safety concern.

That is some good sweeping LOL -_-

@Pluto102

6 жыл бұрын

zoji rushi lmaoo

@kirstyhill1493

6 жыл бұрын

zoji rushi Hun why u judging

@PrioBak

6 жыл бұрын

one more thing i've never see 7yo sweeping on the public sidewalk

@RensMyBreak

6 жыл бұрын

At least it's fun

@zam023

6 жыл бұрын

It their home's sidewalk. Japan's homes, especially in cities do not have lawns. Their door opens up straight to the sidewalk. So it is commonly understood that the sidewalk is shared by the community and each household will look after its own, in order to keep the whole neighbourhood clean.

Builds character so you don't grow up being terrified of your own shadow!

Thats why i want to live in Japan just so i can have friends to walk to school with

Im Filipino & all of us kids walk to school alone back then....the only difference with these kids is that they're wise enough to commute on their own..i find that amazing

Cant wait for the day I visit Japan. I love that my parents taught me to be independent and trusted me enough to let me walk to school by myself when I turned 10. One time a police officer pulled over and asked me where I was going. I told her school. She looked at me like I was crazy and then asked me why my parents would let me walk to school by myself. I told her my mom had to be at work by 6am, and my, dad who worked third, shift didnt get home in time to see me off to school so I always got up on time and got myself ready for school by myself. She was shocked. Soon after, I would always see the officer pulled over by park as if to watch over me as I made my way to school. Even though this was the inner city, I never felt unsafe. In today's world that would be considered neglect and my parents would be in big trouble. But it was definitely a much safer time back then.

Amazing! His uniform is so cute too especially his hat. Love Japan ❤️

Cute kid, great reporter, and supereducational. This just made my day.

I used to go to school alone too, my school was on the other side of the town from where I lived, it was scary at first but then I enjoyed it more and more. After school I would wander around the town and visit relatives. It was fun

wow I want to live in Japan. What a harmonious place they have.

*letting kids go to school alone* Japan: “Ahh thats too cute.” America: “NO! You can’t do that here!” Balkan: “If he dies, he dies.”

45 year old from Istanbul here. I used to take the traın to school every day by myself when I was a kid. World has changed a lot though

Having visited Japan a few times, I am amazed at how disciplined & organised it is. Crime is unheard of. Seven year olds commuting to school all alone gives the perfect picture.

@wilburwood8261

7 ай бұрын

kind of socially forced to being disciplined & organized at all times can be stressful to some. One of the reasons of high suicide rates here.

in my country it's almost the same from the age of 6-8 you let your kid learn to be in dependent and from the age of 8-10 most thing on foot or bike will be done independent greetings from The Netherlands

That's why I Loved Japan. The people there are very respectable and full of good values.

This kid is lucky. Im 19 and my parents used to drop me off at school and now college...

in the 80s early 90s here in europe, it was normal for children to go alone far from their house, nowadays you rarely see kids playing on the streets in front of their house.

I started walking to school in 2nd grade by myself till high school. And that’s because all three schools were two- five blocks away from my house and the other schools. And because my neighborhood was a very good and safe place. When I’d get out of school, I would go to my old school and see my old teachers again. And the fire department were also located behind my house.

Wow... congrats Japan! Love lots from the Philippines...

Really appreciate this as children would learn if they do things at their own 👌

The school bags which they are carrying is so nice….

This is why i really love japan ,

I love the culture [and safety] of Japan. In a lot of European countries children learn to be independent at a young age too.

In Vancouver 🇨🇦 , zombies 💉 are everywhere, so I still drive my kids to school at 16 years old…

This first grader is more independent than my seventh grade classmates

I'm 26 and my mom still gives me flack for riding the trains alone :P

@mychaelacameron2123

6 жыл бұрын

do you by chance live in america?

A Japanese tradition called "first errand" where they send their kids, as young as 3, for an errand like buying eggs in the supermarket. Its to teach kids that they can depend on adults when they are in need of help.

@luluflowers9277

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's really cute :) I did a lot when I was little, too.

That kid is super cute 😍 and I like how narrow he keeps his eyes while still not shut.

I'm 26 years old and I was born and raised in Portugal. I always lived in a suburban area, and it was always relatively safe. I started going to school on my own or with schoolmates when I went to 4th grade.

Japanese kids are shockingly more mature than kids in other countries.. WOW

I walked alone. Grade 2 and 3: 1/10th of a mile to bus stop. Grade 4 and 5 1/5 of a mile to school. Grade 6-8: 0.5 mile Grade 9-12: 1 mile. Those walks were great. Now, this was largely through suburban neighborhoods. If I had to walk down a no-shoulder road with cars screaming past it would have been different, but I would have found a way around that. America's neighborhoods become, over time, filled up with fences. Foot and bike paths and greenbelts must be built in and protected.

He is so cute and his mom is stunning

I've walked to my schools from primary (5 years-old, 15min walk) to highschool. And grateful for that. Some highschool students from my time walk more than an hour to the point of stopping, but it's a different story.

he looks so cuuute❤❤❤❤😭😭

I'm in the 🇵🇭. I grew up preparing my uniform, taking a bath, eating by myself and going to school on my own at the age of 5(1st grader). I remember that time when I need to cross a highway(really dangerous/ prone to accident road) but always remember what my mum told me to ask for an adult to cross you by. I remember my friends waiting on the other side excited to ride a jeepney with me. Then go back home with them. I don't feel fear before more on excitement. Geezz tbh my mum trusted me a ton for her to let me go on my own until now.

i live in london and i let my child go to school by her self , she is 10 i belive u can leave any where in world and think positive. kids need to learn to be strong i keep positive and let my child exprince life too

This happens everywhere in Asia. Nothing new. I started commuting to school at the age of 8 in the Philippines. I was taking 2-3 public transport just to get to school.

@jumpmomongaable

5 жыл бұрын

I think it’s rare among developed countries bc poor nation people come in and make countries unsafe. Japan is very developed but very strict to immigrations.

@eat-myshorts

3 жыл бұрын

grade one palang ako hehe hindi ako sumasakay sa hapon naglalakad na lang ako makabili lang nang pang isnack 😂

@heardpatterned

3 жыл бұрын

@@jumpmomongaable lmao😭 it be y'all own people who does some weird stuff

@charlynmalaga7136

3 жыл бұрын

truee age ko na 5 nag lalakad n ako papasuk 🤣 tinitipid ko na baon ko pra may pangkain hahaha mababait kc ang asian

@downthispath6538

2 жыл бұрын

@@jumpmomongaable wait holdup.... in "poor nations", parents let their kids walk to school and be independent at a young age. But in developed countries it's unsafe because of... the poor people from poor nations?? The logic doesn't check out lmao.

That explains all the anime where you have 10 year olds going around town by themselves and then go to save the world after school.

I've seen little kids go to school on my public transport by themselves plenty of times while I was on my way to school. I watched them just in case anything happened (and I think everyone else was kind of doing the same) but they knew their stop and where to go from there so it is a thing for some students who have parents that work. These were 6 and 7 year olds as well so it really just depends on the situation. That said there are a lot of sickos out there so it's also scary to send babies alone like this.

We got to school on our own back in the 70's. After school we'd intentionally walk the opposite direction from home and went downtown. Rode the elevators in the buildings, got some comic books, sat outside the record store for awhile then caught a city bus home and still be home before our parents. 3rd grade thru 6th - then when we moved to the burbs. I had a hard time with the school crossing guards telling me where and when I could cross the street. They were pansies here in the burbs and the school work load was much lighter. This was the beginning of the decline of mature children in America as I viewed it and the dumbing down.

日本では「小さな頃から1人で何もかも出来るように教育する」ことが親の愛情だと考えられています。 親に頼らず自分で学校に行き、自分で買い物をして、自分で掃除をする。 大人になって困らないように、子供の頃から自立心を育てることが子供にできる最大の愛情だと。 でも安全な国だからこそ出来ることかもしれません。 犯罪率の高い国ではどうしても親が子供へ過保護になることも仕方ないのかも。 私は日本に生まれて本当に幸せだと思います。

This is the good activities for Japanese Parents, they always take care to all their child. I like Japan

meanwhile I'm 15 and I can't go anywhere alone

I grew up walking to school. Love it coz I get to talk to my friends while walking

Korean kids, Japanese kids, Chinese kids I love them they are so cute