Are children able to run errands and become independent by the age of 2? In Japan kids are running errands, taking the train to school and doing chores around the house at the age of 2. Now you might be wondering why? Japanese families do this to train kids so they can become more reliable, making them independent/able to do things on their own. Japanese parents give their children a shot to run errands on a show called Hajimete no Otsukai on Netflix. We need our future adults to be independent. I started to do chores by the age of 7-10. The chores I did was not anything out of the ordinary. I folded my laundry, Washed the dishes and put it into the dishwasher, took the dishes out of the dishwasher, cleaned my room, put my folded laundry away, throw out the garbage, sometimes help make dinner/lunch/breakfast and feed a cat (Not anymore.).I think that all children should be able to get a shot to becoming independent. It is a great skill to learn and can be benefited on heavily. I started to use transit by myself when I was 12. I had to go to school by myself because my parents were working. I decided to catch the bus since it was free for 12 and under. It was a nice experience, going on a bus by myself. Now i am able to use the bus properly and get off at the stop I need. This generation is becoming more reliant on technology and parents. If parents and technology vanished from earth, many children and teenagers would struggle to provide for themselves. I am not necessarily saying that children need to become independent by the age of 2 nor Japanese parents are preparing for this (All technology and parents vanishing is highly unlikely, more so impossible.) but its a good example on where we are at. Recent studies has shown that the older generation (Baby boomers born in 1946-1964 and Gen X born in 1965-1980) is more independent and studious than our current generation right now (Generation alpha born from 2010 and going on.).Technology is shortening our attention span. When we are not interested in a video we just swipe away. Therefor We have no patience to watch through the whole video. Technology/ social media is over loading our brain with information so we start to forget important things and replacing it with useless information about a video you saw on Youtube Shorts on a Sunday afternoon. We tend to get lazy when we have our phones next to us. When you want to become independent we have to prioritize first. Kids in Japan need to stay focused to complete the jobs they were assigned. Like the grocery shopping task or taking the sky train home from school. Once these independent children get older they can provide for themselves and get a small picture on their future lifestyle and survive in the near future. A reason why some parents are afraid to let their children walk home is because of other people around them. We may be able to trust children but sometimes there are some dangerous people around your child. In your area it may be dangerous for your child to be walking to school. Like kidnappings. Japanese kids are able to walk to school and do grocery shopping is because of the people looking out for the kid. Japanese kids are able to ask somebody for guidance and will most likely get the directions they need. The Japanese citizens are looking out for the children by themselves. Japan has a very low crime rate. To sum up all the things being said, being independent means you need permission from parents, if it is safe to do so and if YOU want to be doing things on your own from now on.
My sources: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220218-are-younger-generations-truly-weaker-than-older-ones
Thank you for reading my paragraph on Independent children.
