Parents Around Town
Marion Belliard Where are you from? France. How old is your daughter? Taissa is 11…
Browsing: Parenting
To Be or Not to Be? The Dual Citizen Conundrum
With so many foreigners and Chinese getting married and having children in China, understanding the…
Little White Lies
As a child – reasonably well-behaved child, I might add – my parents would…
Self-esteem: The (Inverse) Power of Praise
New York Magazine has an interesting article about the problems with over-bolstering your kid’s self…
Come and Play: Sesame Street Turns 40
My childhood fixation with Sesame Street has extended well into my adult years, especially now…
Moms Around Town
Guo Yu Hong Where are you from? Anhui province. How old is your daughter? 14…
Time Stands Still
I’ve been here more than two years now, so you’d think, wouldn’t you, that I’d…
Bullying Blues: what parents and schools can do to combat bullying
It’s an unfortunate fact that bullying persists in the majority of schools. There are recorded…
A Real Mouthful
"Kids are like cats one day and dogs the next" (“猫一天，狗一天”) is a popular saying…
Body After Baby: Experts dish on how to get your pre-pregnancy body back
After giving birth, new mothers often feel physically exhausted, run-down, and weak. Jodi Noffsinger Hwang…