TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese boy burned down his home, killing his stepmother and two younger siblings, for fear his parents would find out he had lied about his score on an English test.
The 16-year-old, whose name has not been released, is thought to have set fire to the house in Nara, western Japan, and left his stepmother to die along with his 7-year-old brother and 5-year-old sister, domestic media reports said on Saturday.
The boy's parents had been due to attend a meeting with teachers about his exam results that same day, reports said. The teen-ager told police his father, a doctor, had put him under extreme pressure over his academic performance, Kyodo news agency said
Holy sh*****t. Something is seriously wrong with the parenting in Japan. And by that, I don't mean they put too much pressure on their kids. I mean that hardly any parenting actually takes place
Nana007 said:The question is, Are Japanese parents REALLY that strict about grades that a person would rather burn down his house killing his family, then get a scoulding.
CC1 said:No, this is not the question...the real question is: Are there really families out there that do such a poor job of parenting that their kids think burning the house down is acceptable behavior?
If they were, wouldn't this kind of news story be a lot more common?Nana007 said:Reported from Yahoo News
The question is, Are Japanese parents REALLY that strict about grades that a person would rather burn down his house killing his family, then get a scoulding.
Spot-on. Nationality has very if anything to do with this story; this kind of bad parenting and bad behavior happens the world over.No, this is not the question...the real question is: Are there really families out there that do such a poor job of parenting that their kids think burning the house down is acceptable behavior?
CC1 said:No, this is not the question...the real question is: Are there really families out there that do such a poor job of parenting that their kids think burning the house down is acceptable behavior?
I actually don't know how Japanese authorities handle domestic problems. That's a very good point. This kid was obviously very mentally confused and disorganized and obsessed with forgetting about the whole family despite having some relatively minor problems.kioshi said:That was the stupiddest thing to be done. Its smarter to get grounded or if the parents suck at parenting cuasing the kid to fear something bad was gonnna happen. Have that bad thing happen and if serious enough report it to the authorities they could solve it. The kid couldve goten his anger out that way.
How very true, students have little if any respect for authority figures and much of that blame should be laid at the feet of the parents and NOT the school's or the teachers.
You'll have to forgive me on this one, please. I get the paper delivered to my house each day, and I don't know (or at least for now, have not searched out) where to find it on line. I guess one could do a run using 'The Daily Yomiuri'--I don't know.I know this is older news, but when you post a news item, can you please post a link to where you quoted or referenced it from?
Thanks.
It's not that I don't trust you Mars Man! (or the OP), it's that if I want to refer the article to someone online I can give them the link, or if I want to write about it myself I have a source I can cite.I do hope, however, that most of those that do know of me and my way of dealing with things, would find enough room to trust me in my quotes.