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Masumi Kuwata (58), a former Yomiuri Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who now serves as Chief Baseball Officer at Oisix, appeared on Bunka Broadcasting’s “Ikushima Hiroshi’s Sunday at 9” on August 30 and revealed that he never once laid a hand on his son while raising him. His son, TV personality Matt (32), played baseball in elementary school at Kuwata’s encouragement, but switched to the brass band club in middle school and went on to pursue a career in music. On 5ch, opinions were split: some praised the non-corporal-punishment approach to parenting, while others pointed to Matt’s unconventional career path and asked, “did that upbringing really work out?”
Masumi Kuwata: “I’ve Never Once Laid a Hand on My Own Son Either” — His Parenting Philosophy Is Simple: “What I Tell Him Is…”
Oisix Chief Baseball Officer Masumi Kuwata (58), who played for the Giants and the Pirates among other teams, made a guest appearance on Bunka Broadcasting’s “Ikushima Hiroshi’s Sunday at 9” (Sundays, 9:00 a.m.) on the 30th, where he opened up about his feelings as a father toward his son, TV personality Matt (32).
Matt played baseball in elementary school at his father’s encouragement, but in middle school he joined the brass band club and kept up his music activities all the way through university.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Ikushima Hiroshi and Shinnosuke Abe
He gets treated like a bit of an oddball, but his son turned out successful too — so maybe there is demand for it?
The point is: raise a kid normally, and you end up with Matt.
The real reason Kuwata quit his coaching job wasn't that he couldn't develop pitchers — it was really his clash with Abe, wasn't it?
Who'd want to move out of Kuwata's house lol. Especially when he actually gets along with his parents.
Doesn't count for much if you're smacking people around out in public lol. The people getting hit are somebody's kids too.
Once the grandkids show up, that's when you know the parenting was a success.
Background and Points of Debate
Kuwata rose to national fame as one half of the “KK Combo” with Kazuhiro Kiyohara during his days at PL Gakuen, a baseball powerhouse known for its strict, hierarchical discipline. In Japanese schools and sports clubs, the shift away from corporal punishment became a major social issue following the 2012 suicide of a student in the Osaka Municipal Sakuranomiya High School basketball club, which was linked to abusive coaching — and Kuwata’s remarks appear to be an extension of that ongoing conversation. Notably, the thread’s discussion split less around approval or disapproval of non-violent parenting itself, and more along two separate axes: debate over home education philosophy, and judgments about Kuwata personally, tangled up with his departure from his Yomiuri coaching post and views on the coaching culture at his alma mater.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Baseball] Masumi Kuwata: “I’ve Never Once Laid a Hand on My Own Son Either” — His Parenting Philosophy Is Simple: “What I Tell Him Is…”.”
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