
Are Japanese toddlers as independent as Netflix's Old Enough portrays them?
CNN
The wildly popular TV series suggests Japanese kids are more independent than their American peers. Not everyone is convinced.
"Izakayas (informal bars that serve alcohol and snacks) are busy establishments," he said. "There's very little room for mistakes."
Ishii, the eldest of two boys, would often go to the market in the mornings to buy rice, vegetables and eel, then take the bus to pick up the restaurant linen from a laundromat a couple of blocks away. It was hard work and "a huge amount of responsibility," he said, and "very overwhelming at the start."

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