Cup Noodles in a Pile of Used Diapers! Women Who Left Their Children in an Infant Care Facilities Have Higher Risk of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault!
Nonfiction writer Kota Ishii delves into the reality of the "young homeless," young people who have lost their homes!
At first, Kazuha had planned to raise a baby boy on her own. However, she had been living in a dormitory and had not developed many lifestyle habits before raising her child. The house quickly became like a garbage dump.
In addition, she had a substantial credit card debt, so she was at a financial standstill. When the public health nurse visited the house, Kazuha was in a pile of used diapers and was feeding her 0-year-old child cup noodle softened with water.
The public health nurse feared that she was not only incapable of taking care of her child, but was also suffering from mental illness, and suggested that she should either enter an institution or leave her child with him. Kazuha said.
I don’t know what to do anymore, so I want to leave my child with you.”
The father had just finished an operation and wanted Kazuha’s help. Taking this situation into consideration, the child was placed in an infant home.
As this case shows, women with mental illness or disease are at high risk of being cheated by men, and their problems can snowball with childbirth. At that time, if they have not learned the lifestyle in their lives so far, raising a child, which is already a difficult task, becomes even more difficult.
Who is supporting these women and how? How do they change as a result?
In Part 2, we will consider the specifics of this question.
Part 2: Women in the Maternal and Child Living Support Program: “Neglected and Lost” Childhoods
Interview, text, and photography： Kota Ishii
Born in Tokyo in 1977. Nonfiction writer. He has reported and written about culture, history, and medicine in Japan and abroad. His books include "Absolute Poverty," "The Body," "The House of 'Demons'," "43 Killing Intent," "Let's Talk about Real Poverty," "Social Map of Disparity and Division," and "Reporto: Who Kills the Japanese Language?
