You have filled a million pages of paper work. You have passed nerve-wrecking assessments from your country to prove that you are “fit” to be adoptive parents. You have received approved documents from the countryContinue reading
Category: Being Bi-cultural
[No Drama Discipline] In Action (In Cantonese)
As you all know, I have my international adoption families in mind with a lot of my blog posts. On the other hand, I was professionally trained in the United States. Therefore, whenever I learnedContinue reading
Christmas Scents and My Bi-cultural Brain
Have you ever asked the question why apple cider smells like Christmas to you? (Maybe it doesn’t.) It is not JUST the apple cider. I am also talking about balsam and cedar, cinnamon and peppermint.Continue reading
What Kind of Parents Does Your Child Need?
Take a deep breath! This is not another entry to shame you as a parent. I just left a conference and the theme this year is Back to the Basics. They quoted a really simple,Continue reading
Empower Your Child To Live as A Sojourner
{This post is particularly written with the international/ interracial adoption families in mind, it might be more applicable for those who are adopting/ adopted older children}. You might be thinking to yourself, “Wait? What? RaisingContinue reading
7 Ways to Celebrate the Moon Festival in America
One of the best ways to raise bilingual and bicultural children is to introduce them to the important festivals of the country. If you have a bi-cultural/ multicultural family like mine, there are many thingsContinue reading