The World Taught by Children

The World Taught by Children: A Family Sociologist with Her Son and Cat
Yoshimi Kataoka

186 mm x 130 mm
152 pages
JPY 1,400
ISBN 9784790717218
Pub date: October 2018

Thinking carefully about random questions in our daily lives, we can see the society created by adults and the problems inherent in it. Why not start walking toward a society where both adults and children can live unconstrained?

Points of Appeal

1) Visualize the silent pressure that parents, children, families and schools should be like
2) Hints for creating an open society where plurality is the norm

Table of Contents
I  In Family Life

1. Early bed, early rise, breakfast: What is the educational capability of home? 
2. Homemade taste: Strengthening the family bond 
3. Family rules: A democratic family 
4. Child disease: Take care of caretakers, too 
5. Family travels: The story dubbed “family” 
6. Single-mother families: The form of a parent’s love 

II  In School Life 

7. The Society called class: Children who don’t clash 
8. Homework for elementary school students: Passive training 
9. Essay “My Dream”: Manufactured dreams 
10. Club activities: The lost elements of play 
11. Athletic meet: Tear-jerking unity
12. Hometown education: Rural and urban children 

III  In Community Life 

13. Children’s club: The reality of raising children in local communities 
14. Shopping with children: Major malls vs. regional malls 
15. Parks: Something lost for safety 
16. Another family’s child: Care with partial favor 
17. The stray cat issue and children: A world with various beings 
18. Public spaces and children: Child-banning zones?

Recommended
“What you need is perseverance to accept differences from others, rather than continuing to read the atmosphere. Here are hints for creating an open society!”―Makoto Yuasa, social activist　

Author Information
Yoshimi Kataoka: Born in 1970. A resident of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture since 2001, she is a Professor at the Faculty of Law and Literature of Shimane University, focusing her research on how people manage their families.