View Single Post
(#24 (permalink))
Old
dogsbody70 (Offline)
Busier Than Shinjuku Station
 
Posts: 1,919
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: South coast England
11-20-2010, 01:14 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin4hire View Post
I think Japan just needs to shrink.

150 million people on a bunch of islands that small?

In the short term it will hurt economically.

In the long term it will benefit environmentally.

many of the comments remind me of us in the UK. couples having to work to survive. It is not easy at all and child care is extremely expensive.

there used to be AU PAIRs that were paid a set amount to live with a family and look after the children whilst parents were working. Mydaughter had several AU Pairs when the children were young--- still remaining friends with those girls even now.

I believe that the worry is that there will not be enough young people to care for the older generations---


I used to hear that Japanese families were very close and the gr parents lived with their families all together.
Reply With Quote