Progress Report
Child Care Commons：Building the System Requirements of Alternative Relatives for Our Parenting[3] Fostering Social Acceptance of Child Care Commons
Progress until FY2023
1. Outline of the project
In this research project, we investigate various potential criticisms and opinions from the general public about the possibilities of various child-rearing environments. Furthermore, based on the survey results, we will propose modifications to the system and build requirements for CCC to be accepted by society in general, ultimately aiming to gain a broad understanding of the benefits of CCC and to create an atmosphere of acceptance for voluntary choice of various forms of child-rearing.
2. Outcome so far
Task 5
- A: A Website that introduces the information on CCC
- Based on the brochure that we created in 2023, we established a website to introduce and explain our concept (https://childcarecommons.org/).
Based on the feedback from a group of test users, including experts, we have decided the areas that we need to be continuously revised.
- B: Extraction of requirements for social acceptance of CCC
- In FY2023, we conducted a survey involving approximately 1,000 individuals (test users) to gather insights on their attitudes and evaluations of the website, along with their demographic information. We are currently analyzing this data to develop working hypotheses on CCC and broader trends in third-party involvement in the childcare environment based on our findings as well as those from other research themes.
Analysis of survey data collected in FY2022 revealed generational differences in the overall concept and perception of family practices among our respondents. However, the acceptance of CCC itself appears to be generally high across all age groups.
3. Future plans
In the future, we will continue to publish our results and analyze in more detail the general trends in perceptions of CCC and the differences by user attributes. The hypotheses we have developed will be used in a large-scale survey to be conducted in FY2024 to collect data from a larger number of people and extract the requirements for social acceptability.