Category Archives: Family

Talking and Conversing Like An American

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tim

When I took my daughter to Taiwan when she was four years old, there was one aspect about our relationship that always surprised my relatives. It was the way I talked to my daughter and always asked her opinion on … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Lifestyles, Observations | 25 Comments

How Asian American Parents Can Save Lives: Donate Cord Blood

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Jeff

Thuy Diem Tran noticed that wherever she scratched, she would instantly get a rash.  “One day I was shopping and tried on lip gloss, pressing my lips together, and the next day my lips were black with bruising.”  She was … Continue reading →

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My Top 10 Asian Dog Breeds

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Koji Steven Sakai

I love dogs. Probably more than people. Actually, I love my dog, Rabbit (that’s him in the above picture) much more than people. Let’s put it this way, if Rabbit was trapped in a fire and almost anyone else were … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Lifestyles | 18 Comments

South Korea Plans To Cut Saturday School

Posted on September 15, 2011 by tinabot

This summer, Sangim Han and Rose Kim reported on Bloomberg Businessweek that South Korea plans to cut Saturday school, something that’s common practice in most Asian countries. Han and Kim pointed out that although President Lee Myung Bak’s intent is … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Lifestyles | 3 Comments

Awareness of Ethnicity Based Stigma Starts Young

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Tim

Researchers from UCLA have determined that children as young as second graders recognize stigma based on their ethnicity, and feel more anxious based on the stigma they receive. I could have told you the same thing based on my experiences … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, Family | 16 Comments

A Nativist View on Immigration Reform

Posted on September 12, 2011 by akrypti

I’ve always been anti-immigration. When my car glides past the borders of Chinatown and I see the throngs of people, signs completely in a foreign language, people shouting with abandon, pushing and shoving, litter on the streets, flies swarming above … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Family, Observations | 44 Comments

Asians Behaving Badly: Edward Younghoon Shin Alledgedly Murders Business Partner & Blogs About It

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Moye

Welcome to another edition of Asians Behaving Badly and this time, we’re featuring Edward Younghoon Shin of Southern California. It’s a pretty grisly murder case, where Shin has been arrested last week for allegedly killing his business partner, Christopher Ryan … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Southern California, WTF | 3 Comments

When Strict Parenting Becomes An Educational Hindrance

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jeff

Every summer, I coach volleyball at a sports clinic at my children’s school. Over the years, I noticed a Vietnamese boy in Number One Son’s class who would attend the sports clinic but never played on any of the school … Continue reading →

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Chinese Mother Chains Mentally Ill Son For 23 Years

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Ben

I don’t know what to make of this story about a Chinese mother who has kept her mentally ill son chained up for 23 years. You really don’t think that anyone would ever do something like this, but basically the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles, WTF | Tagged , , , , , | 16 Comments

Decline of Marriage in Asia: Lonely vs. Lazy Hearts?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Guest Writer

By Brian The cover article, “The Flight From Marriage,” in the August 20th 2011 edition of The Economist is about the decline of marriage in Asia. Looking beyond the usual pontification that the magazine embarks on and past the slant … Continue reading →

Posted in Dating, Family, Lifestyles | 10 Comments

U.S. News’ Gold Medal High School List & Asian American Students

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Tim

U.S. News and World Report put out their “Gold Medal” list of the top 100 public high schools in the United States. As expected some of the real estate forums in the San Francisco Bay Area picked this up and … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family | 7 Comments

Why You Should Not Teach Your Child Chinese

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Tim

With the start of the new school year, the usual topics around which school to send your child, and the extra-curricular activities your child is attending become the common topics of conversation around the water cooler at work. For Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family | 34 Comments