Hiroyuki Hata

a young kid walking down the sidewalk

Netflix’s ‘Old Enough!’ reality TV show sends very young kids on errands by themselves

Lifestyle

To an American audience, toddlers crossing the road to go to the supermarket unsupervised or helping with household chores would be considered alarming or negligent. But in Japan, children as young as 6 can be seen taking the train or walking to school. And it’s not viewed as something unusual.