1KHO 777: What Japanese Parenting Gets Right | Lisa Katayama, The Japanese Way of Parenting
4/23/202659 min
Lisa Katayama joins Ginny Yurich on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a thoughtful conversation about what Japanese culture can teach us about raising kids who are more capable, considerate, and at ease in the world. Ginny and Lisa talk through independence, cleanliness, sleep, food, nature, and the kind of daily expectations that shape children over time. What makes this conversation so strong is that it does not romanticize anything. Lisa shares the beauty of a culture that teaches kids to care for others from the beginning, while also being honest about the pressure that can place on mothers. It is the kind of episode that makes you step back, rethink what feels “normal,” and wonder whether some of the things we assume are necessary might not be. Grab your copy of The Japanese Way of Parenting here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Lisa Katayama· Guest0:15
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Speaker 00:16
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Ginny Yurich· Host0:29
Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Errige. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and I've really been looking to this conversation. This, uh, is gonna be about the Japanese way of parenting, which is so intriguing. There's a book coming out, it'll be out by the time you hear this, called The Japanese Way of Parenting: What it Taught Me About Raising Mostly Calm, Caring, and Capable Kids. Author Lisa Katayama is here. Lisa, welcome.
Lisa Katayama· Guest0:54
Thank you so much for having me.
Ginny Yurich· Host0:57
I took so many notes on this book, and I have to tell you, we just went to Japan.
Lisa Katayama· Guest1:01
Oh, amazing.
Ginny Yurich· Host1:03
Yeah, about a month ago. So our oldest son is a senior this year, and I'm a, I'm a little bit more of a homebody. Like, I get a little nervous to travel, but for probably five or six years he's been talking about really wanting to visit Japan. It was, like, his top thing, and we happened to have a small break in our schedule and found some cheaper flights, and we came.
Lisa Katayama· Guest1:22
Oh.
Ginny Yurich· Host1:22
And so I read your book, and I got to see a lot of it in person, and it was just such a cool thing, Lisa. Like, like,