This study is to explore the establishing movement of day nursery for children(Hoikusho Zukuri Undo) in Japan.
After World War Ⅱ, the new Japanese government promulgated the Child Welfare Law. Day nursery are child welfare institutions based on the...
This study is to explore the establishing movement of day nursery for children(Hoikusho Zukuri Undo) in Japan.
After World War Ⅱ, the new Japanese government promulgated the Child Welfare Law. Day nursery are child welfare institutions based on the Child Welfare Law enacted in 1947. They aim to take care of babies and children who do not have sufficient care in their home. They accommndate children six of age, and operate eight hours a day.
The number of large families is decreasing, and that of nuclear family is increasing. In big cities, the sudden rise of land prices makes it difficult for young couples to live near of prices. It makes hours to go the office because they live in the suburbs, where they can get hours at lower prices. Mothers have received more education and they seek public life and professions. Because their husbands' incomes are enough, they keep working after childbirth.
As American New Dealers moved off the national political scene, the expansion of day nursery care flopped for about ten years between 1955 and 1965. During this period, the national government tried several times to redefine the categories of support, proposing th reduce national support from 80% to 50%(1957), and delayed actual payments to centers for many months(1953-54).
The new middle class young working mother organized Working Mothers' Organization(Hataraku Haha no Kai) in 1954 ay Tokyo. And then big cities as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagona, Aichi structures New Town at sururban. The establishing movement of day nursery for children(Hoikusho Zukuri Undo) orgnized 1956 Tokyo Do Mitaka Hoikusho in 1956, Tokyo Do Katsusika Ku Aoto danchi Hoikusho in 1958, Osaka Bu Hirakata Kouri danchi Hoikusho in 1961, Nisiyodogawa Ku Dekizima Hoikusho in 1963