ABSTRACT
Japanese child-rearing philosophy coincides with FroebeFs view that children are naturally good and that one must be concerned with both the body and the mind. In discussing the ramifications of Japanese sleeping arrangments, W. P. Caudill & D. W. Plath state: “Japanese place great emphasis on collaterally not only in the family but in many spheres of activity. In Japanese society, amaeru is acceptable because parental dependency is fostered and the behavior pattern is even instituted into its social structure. In midwestem Japanese American families during the postwar years many fathers were university students and mothers were primary homemakers but often both parents worked part or full-time in order to support their young children. The chapter investigates the level of awareness on the part of midwestem Sansei and Yonsei of the Japanese concept, amae. Several Nisei participants interpreted the support given by Japanese American families to its members as being positive family values that were universal and not necessarily Japanese.
