shut-ins/hikikomori and NEET in Japan

I believe teenage suicide can be reduced — but only by staying with people long enough. We don’t do this work to fix people. I do it because sometimes, simply staying with someone — reducing fear at home, protecting dignity, and offering a small paid step back into life (growing apples, working at our cafe...) — is what keeps a young person alive. https://www.quietude.jp/en/home-english/