childcare

For children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder), are free schools and liberalism really the right answer? What parents can do before a child, having confused "freedom" with "neglect," ends up stuck in a "cast sheep" state. A parenting approach that gently guides a child with strong fixations toward independence, as if giving them a soft massage.

"It's good for a baby's development to play with food, so let them do it freely ♡"

You've probably heard this at a public health nurse's home visit, in a parenting book, or in an online article.

When our child first started baby food, the visiting public health nurse told us exactly the same thing.

My wife believed it, and decided to warmly watch over our child, even as they mashed food into a mess or played instead of eating for ages. (^^)

But as someone...

"They'll get bored eventually" no longer holds true! What is the black-hole-level pull of today's digital world, from Roblox to short videos? A disrupted daily rhythm may be caused not by your child's personality but by "brain hacking"... An empathetic column that puts worried parents' honest feelings into words.

How Gaming Disrupts Daily Rhythms

In recent years, more households have two working parents or a single parent, and parents' lives have become busier. At the same time, digital content such as video games has advanced and children have become more absorbed in it, making it harder for parents to manage their children's mealtimes properly and maintain regular eating habits.

In particular, once a child gets absorbed in a game, they often cannot pull away, and I often see families whose daily rhythms are...

Overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of psychotherapy that eases mental stress by working on cognition (how you perceive reality and see things), which affects your mood (emotions) and behavior.

For example, suppose you are a woman and you hear secondhand that a man, Mr. A, dislikes you. It is not uncommon to fall into extreme negative thinking, such as "Mr. B and Mr. C must feel the same way," even though no one actually said so. As a result, your spirits sink and you lose...