Family Life

Question A When do children usually leave home?
I think it depens on their situations. Generally speaking in Japan, 18-year-old people tend to leave home basically. Because many high school students go their each ways after their graduation. Some people go to school from their house. but other people go out their hometown and live in different places which they have never been to. Also, the same could to be said of people who take work as new employees. I think 18 years old to be one turning point. (New school, New daily life and New situation)


Question B How many people live in your home?
There are five people in my family. My father, mother two younger sisters and two lovely dogs.


Question C Do you have a head of the family?
Yes, I do. My father wears the pants in my family. He has a power of decision in our family basically.


Question D Who dose the housework?
I think many mothers do housework wholly. Also, there is an old practice in Japan. "Doing housework is women's duty." It is very strong custom from ancient days. But the custom changed so that the world changed. These days many men tend to do housework. Women in Japan may need the man who can do housework so I think that that kind of women increase from now on.


Question E Who runs the family?
Ithink that both mother and father. Because two power is stronger than one power. I think supporting each other is the best way to live happy.


Question F How many rooms do you have to sleep in?
We have each rooms to sleep in except my father. He slept with his wife in their bedroom before. But now he moved to living room. I don't know why he sleeps in there. Perhaps there are big TV and his own computer.