Why are Japanese kids more disciplined than American kids?

Who says they are? That is a huge generalization. Yes, we've all seen the memes about Japanese students cleaning their classrooms, and helping to serve lunch. These are good things, to be sure. read more

When it comes to studying past elementary school age many Japanese kids are very disciplined, but their schedule is also filled to the brim, and very rigid. They don’t have the ability to change clubs at school, and meetings and practices are mandatory, and often take up a huge amount of time, depending on the club (particularly band/orchestra, and sports). read more

Basically Japanese are usually polite and disciplined, I think. It may due to childhood education. The education teaches us "Be a good child". It usually means teaching "Cooperation each other" is more important than "Individual claims". This could generate many non-claim Japanese. This is a problem in the education of Japan. read more

While Japanese children generally develop self-regulation skills sooner, American children develop self-recognition skills earlier on. That is, American children realize their emotions, thoughts, and selves are different from others in the world, sooner than Japanese children do (The Mirror Test is an example of this). read more