Pronounced kyoheekuumama, its a japanese term for a mother who relentlessly pushes her children for academic excellence. Japanese clans, japanese families, japanese family law, fujiwara clan, kikuchi clan, kyoiku mama, matsudaira clan, nanbu clan, satake clan, date clan. Postrock paper scissors is a twiceaweek podcast about postrock and all things tangentially related. The same production team produced a sequence of 22 godzilla. This is called the kyoiku mama syndromethe mother invested in her childrens progress.
The original godzilla film was produced in 1954 and released in november that year, only nine years after the end of the pacific war. By whom as relentlessly driving her child to study, to the detriment of the childs social and physical development, and emotional wellbeing. The kyoiku mama is a stereotyped figure in modern japanese society portrayed as a mother who relentlessly drives her child to study, to the detriment of the childs social and physical development, and emotional wellbeing. Published by books llc, united states 2010 isbn 10. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. Now where few families have more than two children, parents can afford to be indulgent and the education mothers kyoiku mama push their children hard to get into the best schools do not. Not that academic excellence is a bad thing to pursue, but all work and no play makes jack a dull, joyless creature. A novel and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Contemporary japanese women are often presented as devoted fulltime wives and mothers. At the extreme, they are stereotyped as education mothers kyoiku mama, completely dedicated to the academic success of their children. About the book contemporary japanese women are often presented as devoted fulltime wives and mothers. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Various views and criticisms exist in regard to these terms.