@nicobon_my: This isn’t just a foreigner issue, Japanese moms struggle too. Japan offers child allowances but the system hasn’t changed. To get daycare, you must prove a “need for childcare.” Working or job-seeking counts, but priority goes to those already employed and spots are limited. In big cities like Tokyo, it becomes a catch-22: you need a job for daycare, and daycare to keep a job. Guess why there are so many housewives in Japan ? Now we know why. #japan #japanlife #lifeinjapan #mom #parenting

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Janaka Ariel🌙 :
Please don’t believe ppl saying “it’s the same in the US” cause no it isn’t. You don’t need proof of a job to send your child to preschool. You don’t need a bank account to get a cellphone.
2026-02-24 11:35:52
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kiyoni_kurama
kiyoni_kurama :
so is that partly why wives and grandparents are encouraged to stay at home while the husband goes out to work? Free daycare for the kids?
2026-02-23 12:44:34
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lexykayy
lexykayy13🪶🧡🆘🇺🇸 :
They do this to moms in America as well. Here, it’s to remove women from the work force, allow men not to take responsibility for their families and to take the financial power away from women and their child. Financial scarcity affects families for generations after the original parents, it’s the plan.
2026-02-23 15:57:01
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kaisudaa
kaisudaa :
Japan isnt country everyone can survive and this also reason for too many homeless people. Foregins and womans are often looked down and labeled with tags that not pleasant. Too many law that are circled and stuck to old habits. Anyway, my grandpa ( he was Japanese) told me often to never be part of Japan citizens.
2026-02-26 14:08:51
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okayokaybutreally
Isabella :
Same in the USA. School starts before work or vice versa. Some schools don’t have before or after school programs and so the parent has to have a part time job or have someone else pick up their kid.
2026-02-23 14:54:49
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jalccc
jo :
just genuinely out of curiosity, do most people not already have a job before they decide to give birth? it’s so hard to live on one income now
2026-02-25 15:25:34
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reachout2mom
reachout2mom :
It’s really not the same in the US and every state’s benefits that mothers and families can apply to is different between states. In Florida, through DCF you can apply for ELC which heavily discounts daycare or even makes it free depending on where you lie on tax bracket- you don’t need to prove you have a job but after a while you will be encouraged to start looking as ELC starts running out after a while for your child.
2026-04-20 18:16:20
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korimayy
korimayy :
so it's America?
2026-02-24 02:13:00
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sites.uk1
Stella :
I have a solution
2026-02-25 07:56:51
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tete_thebraceface
Tete_thebraceface :
They most definitely do this in the US. We had just moved to Orlando and I haven’t had a job yet they denied me basically saying if I don’t get work then he can stay home with me
2026-02-25 04:36:11
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loveinjapan88
Light@Japan :
thanks for sharing...it's not easy raising a child
2026-02-23 12:11:44
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azabuwisteria
azabuwisteria :
I wasn’t working so obviously hoikuen wasn’t an option but it was also so hard to find a yochien (obviously different things but same need). I ended up getting into an international school preschool, which was helpful but super expensive.
2026-02-23 22:51:06
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arig4041
AriG :
if you live near a military base you could apply on usajobs. you'd basically be a contracted employee but the pay would be good. they have regular jobs like working at a vet's office or reception
2026-03-14 01:45:06
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auraticks
AuraTicks :
do both parents need a job or is one okay?
2026-02-25 10:06:13
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qui_mundum_vincit
𝓗𝓪𝔂𝔀𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓙𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓶𝓮 :
Damn. What does the Unemployed do? Does this not violate the Declaration of Human Rights whereas a child has the right to education or what's up cause this sounds like a horrible practice.
2026-02-23 20:06:32
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guyg0351
Guyg :
bureaucracy is always an issue
2026-02-24 04:56:48
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mobilesuitwaifu
Erica :
That's only for hoikuen. Parents can send their child to yochien when they turn 3. And depending on the district, hoikuens will accept kids with non working parents if space is available
2026-02-23 20:41:12
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adventuresof_three
Kerri Trinket :
is the new system going to make things easier for you?
2026-02-23 10:50:22
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llamax1774
Llamax1774 :
It's similar in the US. I was trying to get my kids in preschool so I could get a job when we were homeless. But the preschool program for people in my situation required I already have at least a part time job. I had no one to even watch my kids for interviews.
2026-02-23 20:04:22
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shoutabout_it
dondiva4264 :
Thank you for your honesty
2026-02-24 16:37:53
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ddeadin
Deadin :
In America you need your Dr that gave birth to you, so they know you are real
2026-02-24 00:58:24
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user1237407688102
GenX-Broke-N-Tired :
I don’t see what the problem is. There county is designed to support its citizens before and above everyone else’s seems like a smart choice.
2026-02-23 21:18:27
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deesawyersinger
deann.michaud ( Dee Sawyer) :
You could babysit.
2026-03-30 22:59:19
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a7minhoao32
gracegarnycardyan :
How did TikTok know I literally JUST went through the catch-22 of getting a bank account + Japanese phone number 😭 Luckily we set up the bank account under someone else’s phone number, got my new Japanese phone number, and then changed the bank phone number but it was such a scary loop to be in for a second there
2026-04-19 00:04:56
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flowbychika
Flow By Ćhika :
So do you just homeschool?
2026-05-30 08:32:15
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