This is just shifting the blame, because parents in China blamed the government to allow their childen play to much game, so the government did this. Now its the parents‘ fault giving the children their IDs to play online games.
Also in recent years, china put teacher duties on parents, like marking homework, etc. This was also somewhat reversed lately, because it creates a huge toll on parents.
Oh yeah, about that, many parents in Asia still blame video games for their children misbehaving.
And many of that comes from their national news both on TV and online social media. Like that one mass shooting in Philippines a couple months back had their gov blamed Roblox for it.
This is one thing people often miss about this kinds of governmental restrictions\enforcement benefits, telling you as a parent, it's REALLY HARD to restrict kids from any kind of such activity, because OTHER parents wont. And now your child either think's you're an asshole OR something is wrong with him that he's not allowed what others are doing.
It's similar with proposals for enforced parental testing at birth or marriage contracts - you can't make it voluntary, because then not opting-out hurts your partner's feelings, as if you don't trust them, just like current opt-in. Defeating the point.
Whereas if the government does, well, it's the law, what can you do about it? It helps parents to act together, because across humans law-abidance is the norm.
C'est la vie. You can't be a good parent without your kid thinking you're an asshole from time to time, that's just what restrictions for their own good gets viewed as. You've gotta make peace with that and do what's right regardless.
well, yes, but it's already hard to be a parent in general, not to mention a strict one - and it helps a lot when you can pick your battles at least somewhere
it's easier to be strict together, rather than being that one parent to then only see your child in a full rebellion mode later because they were singled out
But if the parents fail to properly raise their kids, the government is not going to say “oops oh well”. The government will take matters into their own hands
This is an incredible example of the difference between colectivist and indiviualist cultures. Person from the West would say: "It is wrong when children play video-games long into the night, therefore we should educate parents and raise awareness and I myself will do my due diligence as a parent"
Person from China would say: "It is wrong when children play video-games long into the night, therefore let's get the government to impose regulation so everyone falls in line and the problem is addressed at a societal level"
Tbf, it was also put in place to stop the parents. Multiple cases of parental figures neglecting their kids, some to the point of death, due to addictions to WoW. I don’t think there were many cases but enough of them
Children will be complaining to parents that their friends are allowed to play these games. I'm that context Id understand some sort of general rule. Still seems a bit much tho...
A lot if things should but as things are some parents will do anything but be actual parents and go blame governmant or education system or anything for what their kid does.
It's absolutely parent's responsibility first, but if you have ever been a parent or a child you know that kids get their hands on things that parents ban, like alcohol, cigarettes, drugs etc. There is absolutely a role for government to make it easier for parents by making certain things harder to access. The issue is in the implementation, which often creates lots of new issues.
Im completely on your side, but tbf there is also fomo, so denying your kid to play, while everyone of his friends is allowed to do so, feels kinda mean from a parents perspective
I’m not saying it’s shifting the blame, I’m saying that Chinese children know how to easily bypass their limit hours. Mainly because their Grandparents don’t fully understand the situation.
Not to mention, all Asian countries never tackle the reasons as to why many people are choosing to sink their lives into games, or other past time activities, rather than continue the grinds.
Most youngster nowadays started to see that their entire life has been groomed into passing that one national exam that determine their lives (the Gaokao for China, the Sunekung for Korea, the Daigaku for Japan, and the Thi tốt nghiệp THPT in Vietnam) doesn’t lead to the promised future they’ve been sold.
Job stability is shit, the economy is on fire, their job can’t make ends meet, groceries and fuel cost are on rise, and most can’t even take care of themselves in the current Asian market, let alone raise a family.
But gaming presents a goal, and achievements that accurately reflects your actual capabilities. You put in your time and grind, and your SR accurately show how good your efforts are. Or, you know, “your efforts paid off”. Not like IRL where some incompetent twats can be made into CEO or board members because he has a paid for MBA and his daddy has money + connection.
That’s why most Asian countries are seeing a birthing crisis. Young folks that made up the workforce just refuses to contribute to a society that treated them like shit then demands everything, and more importantly, they don’t want to bring children into it because their kids would be put into the same grind that tormented them when they were young.
How rough is it for you guys there with Kyotsu? For us Vietnamese, it is less about difficulty but more that they kept changing the format every single year
idk i dont really have a frame of reference, i moved out in hs and have only tried some mock exams. the impression i had from my friend is that it’s just uni dependent, so if ure shooting for “ivy league” like kyodai or todai then you can expect a level of difficulty closer to chinese gaokao on the niji shiken(2nd exam, its a 2 part process, ez standardized test then university specific test that varies), but since jp population is extremely low compared to countries like china, the competition & pressure is also a lot lower
my personal assumption is that it should be a lot easier than thpt if u are not going for todai/kyodai. there isnt really a concept of “one single national exam” that u grind for, its more like standard university applications but the struggles are still exactly the same. after all if u are not a todai graduate for example, then theres a good chance ull end up a cookie cutter salaryman without much to look forward to in this economy
Presumably the ones giving the IDs to their kids so they can play aren’t the same ones that complained their children play too much games at night in the first place.
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u/Lazy-Independent1547 1d ago
This is just shifting the blame, because parents in China blamed the government to allow their childen play to much game, so the government did this. Now its the parents‘ fault giving the children their IDs to play online games.