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Parenting Tips
I raise two kids, 7 and 4. Things are going good in parenting, so let me share some tips. Time to time, I take them trash picking in the neighborhood. A trash bag and a pair of kitchen tongs. There are many ways to feel good, do good, you all. Visiting shrine is not mandatory. Something valuable for the mother Earth is very virtuous act. Agree?
By Seema Patel2 months ago in Families
Don't Teach Your Child to Be "Clever" Too Early
At a dinner party in my third year after graduation, I overheard two people arguing. "I tell my son: if the kid at the next desk steals your little red flower, you go straight to the teacher. No, actually, teach him to steal hers back. Otherwise, how's he going to survive in the real world?"
By Jin2 months ago in Families
Why Do Some People Never Panic?
Before thirty, I judged people by their skills. After thirty, I judge them by whether they panic. Third house on the west side of the compound, the Zheng family. The Zheng boy kicked a ball and smashed a neighbor's flowerpot. His mother took a pack of cigarettes to apologize. When she came back, she didn't scold him. She opened the pack, pulled one out, and handed it to him. "You broke it. You go apologize. I'll stand at the door with you."
By Jin2 months ago in Families
Why Remote Work Has Made Furnished Rentals the New Standard for Corporate Travel
The way people work has changed permanently, and the accommodations built to support that work have not kept up. For decades, corporate travel meant proximity to an office, a place to sleep between meetings, and a business center in the lobby for anything else. That model assumed the office was the destination and the hotel was simply where you recovered from the day. Remote and hybrid work dismantled that assumption entirely. When the work follows the traveler rather than waiting at a fixed address, the accommodation has to do a completely different job, and most hotels were never built for it.
By Dan Woodland2 months ago in Families
86 Thumbs Up
My dad sent me his first WeChat message last March. It wasn't text. It was a three‑second voice clip. I tapped it. All I heard was breathing, and after two seconds, he said: "Did you get it?" Then nothing.
By Jin2 months ago in Families
Digital Ghosts: Why Do Social Media Platforms Let Deceased Profiles Live On?
It always hits a little hard when that familiar notification pops up on your screen. A reminder that it is time to celebrate someone's birthday—except the person being celebrated is no longer with us. For anyone who has lost a friend, family member, or acquaintance, the automated reminders from social media platforms can feel like a sudden, painful gut punch.
By zenGaze2 months ago in Families
The Honest Truth I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Age 5 Their grief was never yours to carry. You were a child trying to understand why people disappeared, why hearts broke, why home didn’t always feel safe. It was never your job to become the emotional caretaker for the adults around you. They were supposed to notice your tears. They were supposed to ask if you were okay.
By Emily Burkard2 months ago in Families
My Parents Have One Son to Be Proud Of, and It's Not Me
At this point, I have written many times about how I have screwed up my life over and over, and how I am still now at a point of desperation and trying to climb up hill battles to fix myself and my life. Well, I have an older brother who, of course, has made his fair share of mistakes as well. However, unlike me, he generally does everything he is meant to do and then goes beyond that a little further.
By Timothy A Rowland2 months ago in Families
The Number That Ate the Child: What We Actually Measure When We Measure “Giftedness”
The first time I sensed something was off about “identifying giftedness” was while designing a set of figural reasoning items for a gifted‑child screening. The task asked children to pick, from six options, “the most creative combination of shapes.” We had defined creativity for scoring purposes as the degree to which an option broke the implied symmetry of the item stem while maintaining a sense of visual balance. One child chose the answer we had keyed as the most creative. In the post‑test interview, I asked him why. He said, “Because it looks like my mom’s eyebrows when she’s angry.”
By Jin2 months ago in Families
I Was a Failure As a New Mom
At thirty-eight, I finally carried a baby to term. After three miscarriages, my dream came true. I owe it to some incredible physicians and to prayerful women. I held my baby in my arms the day I delivered via C-section, and I was in awe. It’s an amazing thing to hold a human being in your arms who grew inside you. I still can’t wrap my head around the concept. New Mom.
By Alexandra Grant2 months ago in Families
The Ultimate Guide to What Belongs in Your Fire Safe Box
For many homeowners, buying a fireproof safe box is a task that lingers on the "to-do" list for years. It’s easy to view it as an unnecessary expense for a "what if" scenario that may never happen. However, as Becky Mansfield notes, the perspective often shifts once children enter the picture. The desire to protect one’s family from the chaos of a potential disaster transforms the safe from a luxury item into a responsible necessity.
By Mark Lim 3 months ago in Families
Seven Minutes to Tie a Shoe, Six Days to Die: The Gene Therapy Trial That Took Everything
On the seventh morning, the numbers on the pulse oximeter were dropping. Six years old. Base editing. Adeno-associated viral vector. Her immune system did not recognize the shell of that vector, took it for an enemy, and attacked itself along with it. On the seventh day, she died of an immune response.
By Jin3 months ago in Families