School refusal and future anxiety. 4 articles to help you return to the starting point as a parent | Issue 11 NEXT2035 Weekly Picks!

Hello, this is the NEXT2035 editorial department.

This time, we have picked out 4 articles from 【Joint Magazine】 "Parental Power and Child Power to Create the Future" that we want many parents to read right now.

The more you think about your child, the more you might have moments of anxiety, wondering,
"Is it okay to keep going like this?" don't you?

✅ School refusal - Should we support them after it happens?
✅ Or should we rethink the learning environment itself to prevent school refusal in the first place?
✅ Where does necessary consideration end and spoiling begin?

There are many hesitations in parenting that don't have immediate answers.
The articles we are introducing this time face these "parental wavering" and "difficulty of judgment" head-on.

Pick Up ①

Should we provide care after school refusal occurs, or should we focus on the diversity of learning to prevent it?

Sakai Elementary School Protecting Parents' Association

Beyond just thinking about support after school refusal,
what kind of learning spaces and options can we prepare before the child "can no longer go"?

This article throws that question straight at us.
It makes us think about not just the idea of supporting children who don't fit into school after the fact, but moving toward a society where diverse ways of learning are accepted from the start. It is an article that makes you think about how systems, schools, communities, and parents can get involved to protect a place where children can feel safe.

Pick Up ②

To myself, who was overwhelmed with anxiety about my child's future

keiko | Supporter for thinking and sharing for moms of children with developmental differences and orthostatic dysregulation

Precisely because you care about your child, you can feel crushed by
anxiety about the unknown. This is an article I want those who have had such experiences to read.

Instead of trying to solve things by adding something, it's about gradually letting go of the thoughts and tension you are holding onto too tightly. That shift in perspective leads not only to the child's well-being but also to calming the parent's own heart.
It is content that will make you breathe a little deeper after reading it.

Pick Up ③

Moving back and forth between selfishness and consideration

TSUMIKI

"How far should I accept?"
There is no clear correct answer to this question that we encounter repeatedly in parenting. That is precisely why we hesitate, waver, and sometimes come to a standstill.

This article carefully looks at the reality that you cannot easily draw a line between selfishness and consideration.
The desire to cherish the child's feelings and the wish for them to grow up in society.
It is content that quietly stands by parents who continue to think while holding both of those things.

Pick Up 4

For those tired of thinking, "I have to raise them properly"

By Ponta | The Singing Engineer

What we can see from the perspective of parenting in the Edo period is that
we in the modern day may be carrying too much weight without even realizing it.

School non-attendance, anxiety about the future, the boundary between consideration and discipline.
When you become a parent, you really worry about so many things.

However, after thinking so deeply, the final conclusion we reach is surely the wish,
“If they are alive and healthy, that’s all that matters!” Furthermore, if the child themselves can feel “I enjoy being alive,” that is surely something to be grateful for above all else. This is an article that gently allows us to return to that important starting point.

Editor's Note

While the four articles introduced this time have different themes,
I felt that they all connect to the questions of “How do I protect my child?” and “How should a parent engage with them?”

Wanting to find a better environment,
wanting to help them increase what they can do,
and wanting to avoid making mistakes—
I believe these all stem from the fact that you care so deeply for your child.

But after thinking about so many things, the place we want to return to in the end
might be a very simple wish.

That they are healthy and alive.
If possible,
that in their daily lives, your child themselves feels that “I enjoy being alive.”

That alone is already precious enough!
That alone is already 100 points!

These were four articles that reminded us once again of that starting point of parenting.
I hope this reaches everyone who faces their children while feeling shaken every day.

Thank you for reading until the end.

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