JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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papasmurfinjapan
Community service for the kid, and make the parents pay compensation.
Let's face it though, you can try your best to raise your child to be a responsible young adult, but there comes a time in almost every kid's life when he will want to rebel, regardless of how well his parents have raised him. Unless the child has extremely strong moral convictions indoctrinated via (God forbid!) religion or uberparents, peer pressure is going to play some influence in the child's decisions.
The parents should definitely foot the bill when the child cannot pay up, but that doesn't mean they should automatically be labelled "bad parents".
Well, I hope no-one here thinks the parents should go to jail for a death their child caused unless there is an extremely strong case of parental negligence (keeping a loaded gun on the table which a 10yr old picks up and shoots his best friend with etc.).
Under most circumstances, if the child kills someone, he should be tried and sentenced according to the law.
Posted in: Should parents be prosecuted if their kids are caught throwing rocks at trains, cars or other other vehicles?
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papasmurfinjapan
I think the message being sent directly to your brain via an iphone implant or something rather than manually checking a phone for messages will become the norm within a decade or two. Technologically it can't be that far off.
Posted in: E-mail has just about replaced letters and faxes. What do you think will replace e-mail in the future?
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papasmurfinjapan
Obviously too few facts available to adequately rant and rave, but still, how terrible. Has it been established that the baby actually died AFTER being abandoned? Or was it a stillborn child and they dumped the body?
If they abandoned a helpless newborn child out in the freezing cold of Tottori, then perpetrator should be charged with infanticide. How murdering a child can be seen as an easier option than leaving the baby at an orphanage or hospital is beyond me.
Posted in: Newborn baby dies after being abandoned in Tottori
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papasmurfinjapan
Zenny11 Thanks for the IETF RFC 1855 info. I had no idea there were actual "rules". very interesting. Now perhaps I should study up before posting again here...
Posted in: Do you think that social networking will ever develop rules and etiquette ("netiquette") that most people will respect?
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papasmurfinjapan
Actually, I think you'll find many senmongakusei's with skills in IT, design and other specialist jobs have much better chances of finding jobs than those kids stuck in university for 4 years studying English literature.
Posted in: Job-hunting
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papasmurfinjapan
I wish them all the best in their efforts, I really do...
Posted in: Job-hunting
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papasmurfinjapan
So it would have been morally acceptable for Japan to keep Korea and Taiwan and most of SE Asia as "spoils of war" if they had won the war?
Posted in: Kan calls Medvedev's isle visit 'unforgivable outrage'
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papasmurfinjapan
I think uniforms in general are a good idea. I grew up in Australia, and had to wear a butt-ugly uniform. Japanese ones, by contrast, are quite stylish, though perhaps impractical. I also agree with Sarge's comment though. If they are going to wear a uniform, at least make the shoes part of the uniform too. White sneakers on a black uniform is just wrong.
My son is in kindergarten, and the only difference between his winter uniform and summer uniform is the hat and a cheap polyester cardigan. I think it's crazy that little kids are running round in shorts when it is -2 degrees outside... but I don't know, maybe that makes them stronger... I sure hope so.
Posted in: What do you think of school uniforms in Japan?
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papasmurfinjapan
Where's the Honda Cub??
Posted in: Jump on my bike
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papasmurfinjapan
Although I am all for increased safety in cars such as side airbags and stability control, some of this pre-crash technology worries me. Subaru's eyesight is one of them. They even having a commercial with a guy from Tokio in the car saying "wow, my foot's off the pedal and the car is still moving, and will stop automatically.". Now that's great I suppose if used properly, but for many people I think that translates as "I no longer need to be as attentive to the road as I used to be, because the car will do everything for me".
Posted in: Someday 'talking cars' may save lives
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papasmurfinjapan
Congratulations Japan. Good game, and great goal. And I say that as an Aussie.
Posted in: Asian champions
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papasmurfinjapan
Yeah but Japan's population is six times that of Australia... so all things considered, a much smaller percentage of Japanese are supporting soccer compared to Australians.
Posted in: Australians putting hopes on Asian Cup
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papasmurfinjapan
I didn't say it was a bad photo, but I would have cleaned it up in photoshop a bit before submitting it.
I'd probably try and wrap a gorilla grip tripod around something on the outside of the balcony (if there was something to grip) and get a shot from there too.
Posted in: Power of nature
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papasmurfinjapan
Amazing image, shame about the picture quality.
Posted in: Power of nature
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papasmurfinjapan
Exactly.
If you think your child cannot be reasoned with or is too young, then try distracting them, make them laugh, change their surroundings, buying an ice-cream and eating it together... there are plenty of ways to turn a grumpy kid into a happy one. The trick is finding what works for you. Hitting and rough handling to me seems to be the fall-back method for parents who don't know how to properly communicate with their kids.
Posted in: If you saw an adult hitting or roughly handling a child in public, would you intervene or just mind your business and assume it was a parent disciplining his/her child?
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papasmurfinjapan
@Zenny11
Any suggestions for dealing with misbehaving kids in public?
My son has had, and will continue to have his moments, but I've never felt the need to spank him. Reasoning with him always seems to work... maybe I'm just blessed with a good kid.
Although I have misgivings about it, I'm not 100% against spanking as a form of discipline as long as it is done responsibly. However, my memories of being spanked as a child are mostly of pain and fear, not remorse for anything I did wrong - "fear" and "pain" are not things I want my son to remember his dad by.
Posted in: If you saw an adult hitting or roughly handling a child in public, would you intervene or just mind your business and assume it was a parent disciplining his/her child?
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papasmurfinjapan
Next time your kid misbehaves, try a time-out. Remove the child from where he has been misbehaving, put him in a room with no distractions (such as toys etc), then leave him alone for a few minutes. After that you'd be surprised how open to reason a child becomes. Works like a charm on my 4yr old.
Posted in: If you saw an adult hitting or roughly handling a child in public, would you intervene or just mind your business and assume it was a parent disciplining his/her child?
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papasmurfinjapan
What is even more sickening is that it is ranked number 1 on Amazon's best seller list...
Posted in: Ichihashi's book goes on sale; says he hopes to give royalties to Hawker family
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papasmurfinjapan
This topic came up a few months ago, and here we go again... southsakai, Cleo and Zenny11 pretty much sum up my views. I'm not sure agree with the term "whoopass", as that implies excessive violence. (I'm not suggesting that Papigiulio is excessively violent, just that the term itself can be misinterpreted to mean excessive force).
Saying one agree with spanking a child for disciplinary purposes is problematic, because some parents use spanking with the intention of hurting the child as punishment. I think this is unacceptable. If there is an intention to cause physical harm to the child, whether it be by spanking or punching or pushing etc, then it is physical abuse.
However, slapping a child across the wrists with the intention not to hurt, but to make the child understand the severity of the situation they are in is in my books okay. You do not need to hurt a child to discipline him/her.
Now to the question, would I approach someone I though was using excessive force against a child? Like others have said, case by case, but I would never approach the perpetrator in a judgmental way. I would ask them kindly if everything is okay and try and calm them down. Berating them or looking down on them will not help the situation, and perhaps even make it worse for the child once they get home and out of the public eye.
Posted in: If you saw an adult hitting or roughly handling a child in public, would you intervene or just mind your business and assume it was a parent disciplining his/her child?
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papasmurfinjapan
When I read the title I was like, "wait a minute, Yamamba is back in fashion?" Glad it is not..
Every year around GW my mates and I get together for a 6hr hike over a mountain that finishes up at the Kirin Beer factory where we take a tour and get some free beer. ^o^
The women in the group are usually divided into two types - the type that come along with their designer handbags, and of course high heel shoes, and the type who come wearing so much professional gear, it is as though they are planning on climbing Mt. Fuji.
Posted in: Fashionable 'yama' girls take to the hills