Kid Fights in Japan

[SwordKing]

Even though I got the idea for this topic while watching "One Piece", it applies to Japanese culture in general, which is why I put it here.

It appears to me that Japanese parents take a rathered relaxed view towards children fighting. Like their usual reaction is "Eh, it was just a children's fight. Nobody was seriously hurt and they'll forget all about it tomorrow."

Meanwhile, American parents have an almost zero tolerance policy for such incidents. My parents did anyway.

Any other thoughts on this?

[Greg]

Doesn't it depend on the people? Any kid fights (two kids seriously beating on each other) I've seen over there, the parents threw shit-fits and both sides tore into their kids like a bat outta hell. Then again their are parents who just don't care I'm sure. Ultimately for the majority, it prolly comes down to how much face you'd save within the community. If it was your neighbor, the older and more established person would likely place blame on the newer member of the community. Again that's generally speaking. There's no way to place them all under a single title.