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育儿放弃：被困住的母亲与被忽视的女儿
(japan) Sugiyama Haru
On December 10, 2000, a girl died in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A pair of young parents put their three-year-old daughter, Mana, in a cardboard box for nearly 20 days. During this period, Mana barely ate anything and eventually starved to death. At this time, they still had a one-and-a-half-year-old son, and their mother, Yami, was still pregnant. This case shocked the entire Japanese society. Haru Sugiyama is a documentary writer and the mother of a boy. She spent three and a half years interviewing parents and their families involved, child protection organizations, hospitals and other parties involved, and collecting court trial materials. Finally, she restored the full picture of the case in detail and objectively, revealing the deep personal and social reasons behind it. She also raised questions: Why is it always the mother who is accused and convicted? This book is a documentary work focusing on the social phenomenon of "parenting abandonment" in Japan. Mana's death is by no means a special case. It is a concentrated reflection of the living conditions of three generations of women and a tragedy caused by the parenting environment in modern society. In this book, you'll read about everything a girl may encounter when she becomes a mother. It also reflects the most real and secret pain in the heart of every daughter and every mother in a society with structural gender inequality.
On December 10, 2000, a girl died in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A pair of young parents put their three-year-old daughter, Mana, in a cardboard box for nearly 20 days. During this period, Mana barely ate anything and eventually starved to death. At this time, they still had a one-and-a-half-year-old son, and their mother, Yami, was still pregnant. This case shocked the entire Japanese society. Haru Sugiyama is a documentary writer and the mother of a boy. She spent three and a half years interviewing parents and their families involved, child protection organizations, hospitals and other parties involved, and collecting court trial materials. Finally, she restored the full picture of the case in detail and objectively, revealing the deep personal and social reasons behind it. She also raised questions: Why is it always the mother who is accused and convicted? This book is a documentary work focusing on the social phenomenon of "parenting abandonment" in Japan. Mana's death is by no means a special case. It is a concentrated reflection of the living conditions of three generations of women and a tragedy caused by the parenting environment in modern society. In this book, you'll read about everything a girl may encounter when she becomes a mother. It also reflects the most real and secret pain in the heart of every daughter and every mother in a society with structural gender inequality.