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Category Archives: Family
Why You Should Not Teach Your Child Chinese
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
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SF Interim Mayor Ed Lee’s Family Ties to Chinatown
When I was growing up in Western Massachusetts, I remember my family befriended a Chinese family who moved into the area to open a family business. I learned one day that they were descendants of Confucius–in fact, something like the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Height Differentials Between Eastern and Western-born Asians
By Sheldon A few weeks ago, I blogged about The New Visibility of Asian Athletes and suggested that Asian parents should allow their children to deviate from studying and piano playing to develop their athleticism. Little did I know, shortly … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles
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Canadian Wongs Earn Their Own Coat of Arms
Sure, the last names of Chinese people might go back for centuries and have our names dictated by weird poems that no one remembers, but what we don’t have is one of those cool coat of arms like Europeans. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, WTF
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Asian American Senior Citizens Hit Hard By Recession
In a roller-coaster week for many American’s finances, there was even worse news for Asian American elders. We already knew that Asian Americans were hit harder by the recession, and a new study from the Greenlining Institute shows that seniors … Continue reading
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The Importance of Discussing Race in Parenting
Daddy in a Strange Land blogger Jason Sperber addresses the value of addressing issues about race and racism in parenting today: “…I know that having a biracial black man in the White House and mixed folks as a Hollywood trend … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Education, Family, Lifestyles
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Surviving Filipino Cotillion Season
“Where are you going?” I said to The Daughter. “I’m going to the video shoot.” “Okay. Wait, what?” I had told The Daughter that she wouldn’t be getting a Cotillion for herself (we would rather spend the money for college), … Continue reading
“Family Restaurant” Reality Series Features Quon Family
Coming soon to WE tv (and the U.S. market) is a new unscripted show, Family Restaurant, which features the Quon family and their daily trials and tribulations behind running their family-owned restaurant, the Lingnan. The restaurant, located in Edmonton, Alberta, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, TV
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Ode to the Chinese male and Lady Laowais Can Have “Yellow Fever,” Too
By Monica Tan Yesterday while in Beijing’s expat district Sanlitun, I proposed a theory to my hairdresser. The reason why there were disproportionately so few Chinese men with foreign women couples is that the same distinguishing features about Asian people … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Family, Lifestyles
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Back to School Shopping, Asian American Style [SPONSORED POST]
Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own. … Continue reading
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Chinese Couple Sells Kids For Video Games
According to ABC News Radio, a Chinese couple has been arrested for selling their two children for video games: “In 2009, Li Lin and Li Juan welcomed their second child, a baby girl, and came up with the idea to … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Family, Lifestyles, Video Games, WTF
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DUDE WTF ASIA: Social Darwinist Chinese Dad
Yay. More WTF news from China gone viral. This time, it’s: “Tiger dad” cheers for kids’ brutal fight. A little girl beats the crap out of a little boy and not only does the girl’s father record the whole fight and post … Continue reading
Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Family, Lifestyles, WTF
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