Lifestyle Apr 11, 2021
Here's how to say 'sorry' to your kids
by Jessica Grose
Here’s expert advice for coming back from saying things you regret, how to empathize with your kids and how to cut down on snapping when it’s possible.
National / Media | Japan Pulse Nov 28, 2020
Is ‘Demon Slayer’ too violent for children?
by Kaori Shoji
Some children claim they're afraid to sleep after watching record-breaking anime in theaters.
Our Lives Aug 24, 2020
A simple 'How are you doing?' can be a lifeline for stressed-out parents
by H.J. Milon
Geoff Morris provides a place for parents in Osaka to entertain their kids while having a nice healthy venting session.
Food & Drink Aug 22, 2020
This ‘dashi sensei’ helps parents get comfortable making broth from scratch
by J. J. O'Donoghue
Mika Kumahara teaches parents how to make simple, all-natural dashi broth they can feed their children.
Books Jul 25, 2020
Reading time isn’t quiet time with ‘My Moon, Your Moon’
by Patrick St. Michel
Aishah Levine and Nick Ashley’s bilingual book encourages parents to strike up conversations with kids while reading to build self-confidence.
Community Jul 7, 2020
Swedish ambassador to Japan offers hints on making the best of paternity leave
by Junko Horiuchi
Pereric Hoegberg wants Japanese fathers to take a more active role in parenting.
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jul 5, 2020
Let your little farmers loose at this luxe agriculture-tourism resort in Nasu
by Danielle Demetriou
Do you — and the kids — need a break from the city? A few days in Risonare Nasu’s Agri-Garden will set everyone to rights.
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Mar 23, 2020
Teens can sharpen their cooking skills with Japanese recipes
by Jason Jenkins
When older kids become a little reluctant to hang out with the parents, enticing them out with food often works, and what better way than with a cooking class, where everyone can eat the results of an educational day out.
Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Aug 21, 2019
The odd blunder is OK at your local dad-to-be class
by Patrick St. Michel
Future fathers in Japan get lessons in caring for a baby at their local ward or city office. Yes, pregnancy suits are involved.
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Aug 18, 2019
Activities to keep the kids animated
by Danielle Demetriou
Have a young budding animation director on your hands? "The Science Behind Pixar" exhibition takes kids (and so-inclined adults) through the process from modeling and rigging to simulation and rendering.
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jul 14, 2019
H.C. Andersen Park: Once upon a time, in a land not so far away
by Jason Jenkins
Take the kids on a fairy-tale trip to H.C. Andersen Park in Chiba Prefecture, where Denmark's most celebrated writer lives on in playgrounds, workshops and recreations of Danish village life.
Lifestyle | CHILD'S PLAY Jun 16, 2019
Mashiko: Pots of fun for kids and parents
by Danielle Demetriou
Young children and ceramics are not an obvious mix — the former having an alarming tendency to break the latter the second they come into contact with one another. But there is one situation when combining the two works like magic: children's pottery classes.