
Are Japanese toddlers as independent as Netflix's Old Enough portrays them?
CNN
The wildly popular TV series suggests Japanese kids are more independent than their American peers. Not everyone is convinced.
"Izakayas (informal bars that serve alcohol and snacks) are busy establishments," he said. "There's very little room for mistakes."
Ishii, the eldest of two boys, would often go to the market in the mornings to buy rice, vegetables and eel, then take the bus to pick up the restaurant linen from a laundromat a couple of blocks away. It was hard work and "a huge amount of responsibility," he said, and "very overwhelming at the start."

More photos from Epstein’s estate released by House Democrats as deadline to release DOJ files looms
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Thursday — the latest in a series of intermittent disclosures that have fueled significant political intrigue in recent weeks about who may have been associated with the convicted sex offender.












