Blog Essay 2

I believe that kids are allowed to wander freely in Japan because of their parent’s trust in their neighbors. Also, the fellow blogger that you had mentioned spent his day with a young boy he had just met. This creates trust in one’s communities. Also, the article was revealing its pros and cons of taking kids to a sterilized playground. I believe that kids need to be exposed to “fresh air” to be “immune” to future diseases.

In the first picture, you mentioned in your text that the turtle would have been stepped on if the owner was not there. I don’t know if the owner was angry that the kids played with the turtle or not, since I cannot see his facial expression. But I do believe that the kids will not step on the turtle because one kid is petting him and the other kids are watching the turtle. It doesn’t seem they have an evil intent to their actions.

Also, in the picture below, a little girl is allowed to go near a deer. I have seen these deer in Nara, in front of Todaiji temple. They are not scary but hungry. These deer would follow anyone with food. When they want food from you they stand still and bow then raise their head hoping to receive food. But the deer doesn’t seem to be hurting this child since the child is facing the deer with her hands moving and the deer is just standing still. If a deer is not afraid of a child, and a child is not afraid of a deer, then both creatures will be safe from each other. It is fear that triggers us to act irrationally. And in these two photos, they seem to be amazed at the sight of animals, not fear.

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