What is your memory with your family in childhood? Around 30 years ago, children would often help to do housework, but now, children don’t do that. The time to spend with parents is important for children. Now, Japanese style of childcare is gradually changing. There are some differences as the number of working mothers, children’s after school activities, parents being less strict show ways. These changes are some problems. However, the Japanese sleeping style is the same, it’s part of Japanese culture. Some problems should be got better, but cultural style should be taken over. Parents make an effort to take care of children and hope their happiness.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...