Comments on: Darwin and Japan’s Lost Generation

By: koana

koana — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:35:06 +0000

WOW, it’s 2011/April 28……. 4yrs 14 days from last comment!!! And this story can be from anywhere/ anyplace in this world today!!! I know because I study such things!!!
The sickness of Humans are now being exposed at a rabit rate across the globe!!! But as vicki said this is not new it no longer being put under the rug!!!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:21:47 +0000

You know, several older Japanese friends have mentioned to me that it’s not so much an increase in child abuse as an increase in reporting. “In the old days, it happened a lot, but it was swept under the rug. No-one ever talked about it. And family matters were kept in the family.”

This morning I was in a hamburger shop in Osaka, and sat at a table next to a father and his (roughly) 14-year-old son. They did not say one word to each other. Not one word! The father read a comic, and the boy simply sat staring at his soda, for nearly an hour. It was as if they were strangers. It made me sad.

By: Richmond

Richmond — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:20:33 +0000

To be honest, Silver, much of what you are describing is happening everywhere. I was visiting America on a holiday a few months back and was shocked to see exactly the same scene as what you described in the sushi shop – only worse. The young kid was sitting at the table (it was a restaurant) watching a movie on his portable DVD player. Besides the fact that it was noisy, I was shocked that his family thought that watching a movie was more important than communicating at the dinner table – so important that they had to encourage him to watch TV even outside of their lounge room.

The number of whacky incidents in Japan is definitely on the rise but I think you see them in all corners of the world. Your comments about education, family structure etc are right on the ball and that worries me more – think about what the next generation of kids are gonna be like…