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There are some cultural differences between Japanese and American individual lifestyles. Examples are Americans promote self-expression, while Japanese promote self-restrain. Americans like speaking up one’s emotions, such as happy, sad, while Japanese usually hide their emotions. Americans answer questions clearly using “Yes, or No”, while Japanese usually not answer the question in directly way when in the “no” situation. The priority of Americans is self-interest, while the priority of Japanese is the harmony with others.

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Every parent wants be a good parent, but become a good parent is not easy…

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Bad education is even worse than no education. If parents use a wrong approach to educate kids…

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To some extent, EQ is more important than IQ. How to help children manage their emotion and improve their EQ(Emotional Quotient)?

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My 15-year-old son asked me this question several months ago; I think I did not give him a good answer. Today I heard that one of my friends got divorced because the husband and the wife have different opinions on this topic and decided to pursue different directions.

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