As I was getting ready for work this morning, I happened to overhear a TV program focusing on a residential treatment facility for adolescents with problems such as juvenile delinquency (Tagawa Fureai Gijuku). The boy who was the focus of the program was having difficulty adjusting to the life there. He participated in few activities and rarely interacted with his peers. Adults patiently interacted with him, while providing him with various opportunities to participate in activities and assume roles in the group. Slowly, he began to adjust. I was not watching the TV program carefully on this busy morning, but at the very end my attention was drawn when a representative of the facility used the specific terms, “Ibasho” and “mimamori.” He emphasized that children need their Ibasho, a place in which they feel that adults care about them. For children to achieve their Ibasho, adults’ consistent mimamori is critical. Adults must not give up on them. I thought, “Wow, this view perfectly matches that of adults at the Children’s Academy!”