Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is drawing heavy fire for suggesting the government could help parents to acquire professional skills or an academic degree during child care leave.
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We will give full support to people who are willing to get retraining during child care leave and other circumstances.
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Aly Rustom
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is drawing heavy fire for suggesting the government could help parents to acquire professional skills or an academic degree during child care leave.
I'm no fan of any LDP member and Kishida is no different, BUT why is he under fire for that? If he indeed plans to do that its a very good idea.
Pokus Hokus
Has he ever spend time with a baby ? It’s hard to get anything done if you have to care for a newborn. You can count yourself lucky if you get more than a few hours of sleep.
And again it shows how out of touch Kishida is with reality.
Most people who go on child care leave do it to spend time with their kid and not to acquire an additional degree.
TrevorPeace
How? Specifically? Just another out-of-touch misogynistic platitude.
Strangerland
The statement doesn't refer to women, it refers to people, so how is it misogynistic?
Sven Asai
Yes, very good, that’s one of the necessary and possible ways to do it. When does that campaign start? Where can I send my invoices to, if I have to pay for skilling up courses, lectures, books, other materials and commuting? Full support means full and for everyone , not only partly and for a few hand selected people, right?
SDCA
While I believe a version of reskilling through the midst of our careers will become necessary as our lives have been extending steadily with less people having fatigue as they age, this is definitely not the way to approach it. During the period of childcare leave, you simply do not have the time, money, nor stress to cope with studying. To acquire an actual skill takes time, not just by taking a boot camp course and saying you are now qualified. Money is an issue with a newborn to now care for, they are expensive and you just reduced some of your pay to take care of the baby. Kishida needs to first think about how to create an environment where it will be easier to raise a child before he thinks about making it harder than it already is.
kaimycahl
Ok! I get it retraining during child care leave, but what about the elderly is this his way of saying other circumstances? You have both extremes here, young and the old that need care!
We will give full support to people who are willing to get retraining during child care leave and other circumstances.
Aly Rustom
That was brilliant!!