Category Archives: Japan

Nursery Schools: Part II (Finally)

Posted on March 15, 2014 by MThomas

As I posted some time ago, we were fortunate that my oldest daughter was able to enter a city-approved nursery school. We were even more fortunate to have first choice on a new housing plot that wasn’t even technically on … Continue reading →

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Usagi and the Bear

Posted on February 23, 2014 by MThomas

Since my daughter was a baby, she’s been obsessed with rabbits (usagi, in Japanese). We first had a stuffed sheep doll for her, but she quickly became enamoured of a musical pink bunny whose cord she could pull to start … Continue reading →

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Paternity Leave: A few thoughts after the fact

Posted on December 30, 2013 by MThomas

I haven’t written on this blog in two years for a very good reason: I didn’t take a child care leave for my second child. From April 2010 to March 2011 I took a one year of child care leave … Continue reading →

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