THE JAPANESE WAY OF PARENTING

In this fascinating half-memoir, half-parenting guide, Lisa Katayama shares her quest to raise her kids using Japanese parenting principles which combine unconditional love with unwavering rules.

Lisa Katayama's PARENTING THE JAPANESE WAY brings the principles of Japanese parenting to everyone, emphasizing unconditional love, community, and harmony with nature, to nurture children who are well-behaved, respectful, and creative.

Japan is well known for its culture of respect, technological innovations, delicious food, peaceful vibes, and deep connection to nature. The source code to all of it is the way the Japanese view childhood - as a time of rigorous training for societal participation, where they learn from the start that are just one part of a larger whole. Katayama takes readers along with her as she travels back and forth from her motherland of Tokyo to the East Bay of California to expose her two American-Japanese kids to the Japanese way of parenting. Readers will be inspired to take some of her insights - the importance of routine and ritual or the benefits of simplified spaces, or the power in making everyday things cute - and adopt them into their own parenting, no matter where they live.

Lisa Katayama was born and raised in Tokyo. She was the author of a popular Japan blog called TokyoMango, which had half a million views a month and was nominated for several web awards, and is also the author of two books. Katayama was one of Forbes Japan's Top Women to Watch in 2018. A former tech and culture journalist for outlets such as Wired, Popular Science, and The New York Times Magazine, she is currently the Chief Trust Officer at Digital Garage, a Japanese tech company. She lives in Oakland, CA with her family.