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> Several of the examples in the article hinted at familial estrangement, which makes things much worse.

Yes as somebody from a Taiwanese family that also really stuck out from the article. The daughter in Tokyo only seeing the father once a year? Seems like there are deeper problems there.

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Lol.. I see my mom like once every 3 years and my Dad maybe once year. This is in America. With work and kids and living in different states and countries it financially impossible to get everyone together. I hardly saw my grandparents too so it’s not abnormal necessarily.

Maybe the culture of extremely long work hours alienated the father from his family?

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