A Happy New Year 2019
The symbol of this year is a boar in the Japanese calendar.This picture, “Uribo” is a mascot character of Kobe University. Parent and child of wild boar comes down from the RokkoMountain to the streets.
Although it is a very cute animal, its rushing power is very strong, so if you inadvertently approach it you may be charged with full power.Because boars are good at making children, they are prosperous progeny, brave animals.
To be an energetic and exciting year like a boar.
137. Children who do not release a smartphone. December 2018
Children raised with smartphone reading storied picture books are already elementary school students. A lot of children are receiving assistance of learning with smartphone teaching materials such as arithmetic and national languages.
In the survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in FY 2017, 16.0% of high school students and 12.4% of junior high school students are said to be dependent on the Internet, and the Internet age is gradually increasing.
More than half of the first grade girls in junior high school have a smartphone, and LINE (SNS) is an essential item for interaction with friends.
If you write it, it will be instantly transmitted to your opponent, and your reply will come back in less than a few seconds. Sometimes you hurt the other party in the way of use, and drive you into bullying. In Twitter and Instagram, we send out information not only to our friends but also to unspecified number of people, so we may encounter unexpected calamity.
It is important to tell the correct usage and risk of smartphone firmly at home and school before the child leaves the parents and begins SNS.
133. “What” and “Why” are the sources of creativity in the child’s mind. April 2018
After passing three years of age, as soon as children can speak the language well, they repeats “what” and “why”.
The heart that wonders “what”, “why” is the source of human creative power. No matter how advanced AI is, it is this creativity that human beings have an advantage.
Please answer to “what” and “why” that the child has thrown. The answer that has returned for the doubt will remain deep within the brain forever. If you have an answer difficult question, it is important to state clearly why you do not have an answer. This is also a great wealth for children.
The one that is most disadvantageous is “ignorance”. When neglect is repeated, children lose their desire for knowledge and become a lethargic adult.
To nurture a creatively human who can not defeat AI, it is to firmly face the question of the child.
132. Activities of teenagers are outstanding February 2018
Mr. Sota Fujii, 4th stage of Shogi, has won 29 Official Games in a row at the age of 15, and has received a lot of attention. As the winter Olympic Games are ahead of schedule, active participation of teens is also expected.
We are calling athletes and artists who became the world’s top teens in their teens as genius boys or genius girls. There are many second generation players, but many are children with ordinary parents, and the people of the world show interests about their parenting.
Many parents answered that in the interview with parents reflected on television, the chance of starting themselves has been the beginning of the initiative. Also, it is said that the individual himself tackled the practice and the parent just watched.
The secret of their success is probably because there was a genius of tenacity: “persevering, ability to pass through”. Also, I think that the power of parents who were brought up well so as to raise motivation is not picking up the bud that children started to grow.
131. How to cultivate a sensible heart December 2017
Our human brain is said to have two functions, “cognitive ability” and “non-cognitive ability”. Among them, “cognitive ability” can be measured by IQ (intellectual exponent) test and examination, and it is a standard of modern society that is so-called smart people or people with high academic ability. However, recently, in brain science, “unrecognized ability” (richness of sensibility) which can’t be measured by IQ has attracted attention.
Cognitive skills can be taught, but there is no textbook to nurture sensible rich minds. Non-cognitive abilities are not teaching, but children will learn naturally from their surroundings, such as family members, friends of nurseries, teachers, and others.
To foster a mind full of sensibility, always looking at eyes against a sign sent from a child, responding with a smile. And it is to praise firmly. That way, the child will be self-confident, will be a sensible rich adult.
130. It became autumn of appetite and taste October 2017
The hot summer is over, the morning and the evening is cool, it is easy to spend Autumn is coming. Children regain the appetite they had fallen in summer heat. To get tired of summer is to take a nutrition-rich foodstuff in good balance.
In autumn of Japan, seasonal vegetables, fish, fruits such as sweet potato, pumpkin, saury, chestnut, persimmon, pear, grape, apples are decorating the shop front. Japanese food culture is in a dish that cherishes the taste 
of nature. “Taste of autumn” is a good opportunity to make children familiar with the taste of nature.
There are five types of taste that people feel, sweet, umami, salty, sour and bitterness. Children talk about something with bitterness (taste of poison), acidity (taste of spoilage), they reflexively make a disgusting face from self-defense when they were born. Please be aware that there is a difference in the taste of adults and children.
But, when the surrounding adult eats deliciously, the child comes to feel it with confidence.