The Present Condition and the Subjects on Parenting Programs in the USA and JAPAN

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to take a general view of parenting program in the USA and Japan.

First of all, the contents of current parenting programs were classified into two categories. The first was for the parents and the second was for the teens. We described these two parenting programs comparing Japan and the USA.

In the USA the trend of parenting programs for parents was based on the multi area-parenting model, and had been developed and tailored to become very individual. Japanese parenting programs for parents have rapidly developed through the agency, and also became individual.

In the USA the trend of parenting programs for teens had developed as crisis intervention. And after all it has been developed as humanity. On the other hand, the parenting programs for the teens in Japan had been carried out in the homemaking course education since after World War II.

Finally, we pointed out 4 core issues for developing the future parenting programs, 1) the target of the programs, 2) the needs measurement, 3) combination of theory and practice, 4) the effect evaluation.