I was born as a first child in my family, I have two younger sisters & a brother the youngest. my both parents are also the first children of seven children of their families ... so that I was the first child in the entire relatives. my both parents of course grew up in the practice of old traditions although I am sure they were modern in their own generation. ... older generations in Japan have the particular expectations to children's behavior, and the expectation is even greater on the first child. like I said, my both parents were also the first children so they did know what the expectations were, and that was simply passed on me. ... the practice was simple, the oldest child in the family has to be in certain behavior, such as to be observing, caring, watching over younger & elderly people, obedience, etc, ... simply to be "a good girl". ... I was very reserved & quiet ... I don't have many pictures of myself smiling at all when I was home ... I remember I was shocked when I realized about it looking at my sisters & brother's photo albums, theirs were so different ...
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