Features of the secondary parent-child relationship and adolescent development at the young men's house (neyako) in Toshijima Island, Mie Prefecture

在三重县的利岛，有一个叫neyako的年轻人之家。在离开初中之前，年轻人的父母要求Neya-oya父母为他们的孩子在社区生活促进社会教育。这些年轻人不仅与他们的亲生父母密切相关，而且与第二代父母（Neya-oya）也有密切关系。在家里吃过晚饭后，年轻人几乎每个星期六晚上都聚集在年轻人之家（neyako）。他们学习宝贵的道德价值观，关于人与人之间的关系以及对社区中其他人的尊重。此外，他们获得有用的建议，他们的职业生涯的可能性，以及如何处理异性。本研究旨在澄清的特点，第二次亲子关系和青少年发展在neyako使用参与者观察法和访谈法。结果表明：（1）在渔民家庭中，一个年轻人在父亲的渔船上工作，并向父亲学习渔业技术。(2)因为指导和学习都是建立在师徒关系的基础上，父亲可以对儿子采取更强硬的立场。(3)Neya-oya父母，通常比他真正的父亲更接近年轻人的年龄，可以理解年轻人对父亲的矛盾感情。因此，Neya-oya的父母充当了年轻人和他父亲之间的调解人。这些结果是从支持青年发展的传统社会制度的角度考虑的。

There are young men's houses called neyako in Toshijima Island, Mie Prefecture. Before leaving junior high school, the young men's parents ask Neya-oya parents to promote social education for their children to live in the community. The young men are closely related to not only their true parents but also the secondary parents (Neya-oya). After eating supper at home, the young people get together in the young men's house (neyako) almost every Saturday night At the neyako, social training is given to the young men by the Neya-oya parents. They learn precious moral values, about human relations with and respect for others in the community. Moreover they obtain useful advice on their career possibilities, and how to deal with the opposite sex.The present study aims to clarify features of the secondary parent-child relationship and adolescent development at the neyako using a participant-observer methodology and the interview method. The following results were obtained : (1) In a fisherman's family, a young man works on his father's fishing boat and learns fishery technology from him. (2) Because the guidance and learning is all based on the master-apprentice relationship, the father can take a stronger position against his son. (3) Neya-oya parents, who are usually nearer the young man's age than his true father can understand the young person's ambivalent feelings to his father At the same time, Neya-oya parents make the young man understand his father's feelings to his son. As a result, Neya-oya parents serve as a mediator between the young man and his father. These results were considered from the viewpoint of a traditional social system that supports youth development.