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Yeah there's something a bit fringe about ""The behavior of children towards their parents is perhaps the most common example of amae, but it has been suggested that child-rearing practices in the Western world seek to stop this kind of dependence in children, while it continues into adulthood in close relationships in Japan.[1]""   It almost seems to imply that Japanese peopel remain dependent throughout their entire lives, as if Japan isn't a functioning First World nation. -  

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