December 2019

The World Taught by Children—
A Family Sociologist with Her Son and Catby Yoshimi Kataoka (family sociologist)

The World Taught by Children—A Family Sociologist
with Her Son and Cat, the third publication in theFuture of Children series, is now on sale. This essay
is written by Yoshimi Kataoka, a leading
researcher in family management.
• As seen in the “early bed, early rise, and breakfast” movement, theeducational capabilities of families has been emphasized in recent years.
But can children’s lifestyle habits be established solely at home?
• Many single-mother households suffer from economic difficulties,
compounded by the pressure of becoming a “normal” family. Is there no
relief for these mothers’ suffering?
• Schools encourage every student to “get along and agree with others.”
But doesn’t this force excessive homogeneity onto everyone?

• Education on hometowns is flourishing, mainly in rural areas. Will thelocal issues faced by these areas be solved by discovering anddisseminating the advantages of hometowns?

• When children cry in public places, their parents receive hard stares. Are
children not welcome in public spaces? What is “public” in the first place?

Thinking carefully about these 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?
Social activist Makoto Yuasa recommends this book:“What you need is perseverance to accept differences fromothers, rather than continuing to read the atmosphere.
Here are hints for creating an open society!”

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.

The World Taught by Children—A Family Sociologist withHer Son and Cat

Base price: 1,400 yen (excluding tax)
Published on October 26, 2018
Format: Duodecimo, paperback,152 pages
ISBN: 978-4-7907-1721-8

Contents
I In My 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 Safety16: 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?

The Future of Children series

Format: Duodecimo

Books on sale
Sweet Childcare—A Father Playing an Active Role in Housework
by Mitsuharu Sagawa (writer)

Growing Up in a Mountainous Kindergarten

by Taro Yamashita (Kitashirakawa Kindergarten principal)

The World Taught by Children—A Family Sociologist with Her Son and Cat
by Yoshimi Kataoka (family sociologist)

Books to be published

Play to Nurture Children’s Minds

by Yukiyo Matsuzaki (child culturologist)
Mothers’ Supporter by Kyoko Takaishi (clinical psychologist)
When the Child Meets the Language by Ko Nagata (poet)
Books That Raised Me by Kyoko Nakajima (writer)In the Field of Cuddling Up to Children
by Saho Terao (musician and writer)

Supporting Framework for Children’s Happinessby Yo Yamada (scholar of social welfare)https://sekaishisosha.jp/

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