PART 1: So, one of my friends informed me a few days ago that my ex-bf (significantly younger, lives abroad) pushed a poetry book online (visibly under the gay poetry category), and that the guy on the cover looked 'an awful lot like' me. They send him on his task but he stops to pray for his family and his architect father.
At the other extreme was the boy whose parents had him late in life and had spoiled him. His home was filled with scribbles on the wall and torn shoji screens, meaning he was more than a handful on a daily basis.
My fave was the brat who went home, ate, played with the dog and then brought a thimble of orange juice back to the workers, which was his assigned task. The shows are very brief, from 10-20 minutes but the resiliency of the kids might bring a tear to your eyes. There are tons of safeguards in place, including visible cameramen but most of the kids seem relatively oblivious to it (with the exception of the two friends from Tokyo who keep asking why thee are so many cameras). A simple concept that would be the unimaginable in the States, it's premise is putting very young kids (2 and up) into the world to run their first errands for their family. Netflix simply bought this long running (30 years) show from Japan's Nippon TV but it is a delight.
