Famille Lancien comments

As a person who worked with Patrick from the outset and later enrolled her own children at TIS, it's worth every penny.

As a foreigner (I've lived in Japan over half my life and I'm 44) who started my family in Japan...I loved it, where else could I let them ride the train to school or play in the park and not need to be a helicopter parent? We were on a train from Tokyo to Kyushu by 5 pm on Sunday the 13th..hours after the initial explosion. Why...we have young children. We went on to return to our home country with one suitcase and are just now getting our apartments etc sorted out because my husband had to return for work. The children are our future..why risk their health any further than the current environment does? I suppose some would say we are fortunate...my husband is risking his life by working there and we are living in the US. The separation is by no means easy, but we are the adults in this situation and it's our responsibility to give our kids a fighting chance in life so we have to step up. Believe me...I miss the nanny, housekeeper, ease of the trains, supermarkets that bag and deliver...etc but to keep my kids safe I can do it all myself too!