The ninth episode of the drama series " Taigan no Kaji ~Kore ga, Watashi no Ikiru Michi~" (TBS, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Mikako Tabe , aired on May 27th. There was a scene in which unmarried single mother Hakusan Haruka (Oda Risa) is asked by a stranger to fold up her baby stroller, which became a hot topic on social media.
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One day, Haruka (Oda Risa), who has a three-month-old son, was pushing a stroller with a blank look on her face. When she went to the bus stop, a stranger warned her, "This bus is going to be crowded, so you should fold up your stroller."
Haruka quickly picks up her son to fold up the stroller, but the son starts crying and the man looks at her with annoyance. Haruka leaves the scene.
While the way people look at parents with small children is a societal issue, on social media it has become a hot topic, with comments such as, "When you're already overwhelmed with childcare and then you're told to 'you have to fold up your stroller,' it's a mental breakdown," "If you keep hearing things like that, it's no wonder mothers go ill," "There are people like the old man at the bus stop who are cold to people with babies in strollers," "Fold up your stroller, old man," "You have to fold up your stroller, or look like you're annoyed when a baby cries, and people like that drive them into a corner with attitudes and actions that they aren't even aware of..." and "Those cold looks when a child cries. That's what's ruining the world."
