Family Relationships in Japan

Father used to have highest status in Japanese family, but thesedays many children do not admire their father. The reason what can be thought is that father usually work outside home and they tend not be at home much. Actually my father came back from work after I slept. Well my mother kept awake untill my father came back. In addition, there are many Japanese children who do not know what their father’s job is. They know what kind of job their father do, but not the detail. More and more mother are working outside home, but still mother tend to spend more time with children than father. So, mother usually know more about their children and children usually rely on their mother.
The biggest difference I feel about Japanese family and American family is skinship between family members. American family naturally kiss or hug each other but Japanese family, cannot say never, but almost never kiss or hug. Eventhough we love our family, we usually do not express it by kissing or hugging.