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There’s a TV show in Japanthat has run for over 30 years.The premise: a parent sendstheir two or three-year-old childon an errand. Alone.To the store. To buy tofu.Across actual streets.A camera crew follows secretly,hidden, never helping,as a tiny human in a backpackcompletes a task most countrieswouldn’t let a child attempt.The kid cries. The kid forgets.The kid gets distracted by a dog.And then the kid comes home,holding the tofu, glowing.It’s the most-watched thingof its kind in the country.Americans who discover itcannot believe it’s legal.In Japan, we cannot believeit’s remarkable.





