How is Japan in such a big pickle with the population shrinking. If an economy is based on a kids being born so they grow and sustain the aging population, how did Japan, a country known for their meticulous approach to everything, got themselves in this situation. For sure they must have seen it coming 20-30 years ago.
What went wrong? If they got it worn, how do we have it right? With the government not providing any kind of meaningful incentives for families to have kids, when will the 24th hour come for the rest of us?
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Japanese Woman don’t want to be full time moms which is what is expected of them. Japanese Men don’t want to be dads, they just want to grind at work have a wife and kids and be present in the shadows.
There is no room for compromise. With those being the extreme expectation for each sex, thus no kids.
I rarely saw my dad growing up. Hence I make it a point to be home and help with dinner. Then just survive the chaos with my also working spouse.
I swear it would be so much easier if I just grinder away at work for 12 plus hours and came home and did nothing. But then what’s the point of a family if I don’t actually spend time with them.
This would obviously mean my wife couldn’t be a professional and would have to take the whole house / child duties. Which she would not want to do. So we compromised both holding back our careers in exchange for our kids. The Japanese don’t want to do that.
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