this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2025
1156 points (96.2% liked)

Comic Strips

14126 readers
2425 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same.

Japan doesn't have babysitters. It suuuuuucks.

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait there are no babysitters in Japan? I was only there for a year as a very much childless young adult, but for some reason I assumed there would be babysitters. Thinking back, I don't think I ever knew someone who babysat unless it was an older sibling looking after younger siblings. Heck, I don't even know the Japanese word for it. Wow, for some reason I really thought that was only a modern American problem.

[–] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Nope, there's only a few on-call childcare services and they're very expensive and booked way out in advance. You also have to do interviews with the care provider.