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Being a Super Parent While Addressing Childhood Trauma
You become a mom. Congratulations! I'm a mom too. Regardless of how many children you have, each child you have is different, including the labor, birth, you name it. Being a mom is awesome. However, when you've got unresolved childhood trauma, some days are a lot better than others. Can you relate?
By War_Respectfully4 years ago in Families
Memories of Peace
You know that feeling? Where a smell, or a taste... a sound even, takes you back to a time and place in your past? A wistful fondness in your remembrance to look back on. Nostalgia for your childhood, perhaps. A time when the sun shines, and there’s not a cloud in the sky. Where the ice cream truck sings its song for the masses listening out for its icy goodness.
By Samantha Madera4 years ago in Families
Foods aren't just foods
I, was never good at eating. Of course, that was before I met my wife. I grew up in a big family, where my family members would sit around a large table on every single day for dinner. I got reminded very often, to eat more of this, and more of that. And because of it, I always finished eating earlier than the rest of my family, with a stomach that was half empty, and another half filled with foods which I did not consider very delicious. My grandparents said that I got monophagia, and that would be bad for my health.
By Haitao Ran4 years ago in Families
Who Knew The Joy of My Ancestors Was Under The Shaved Ice?
Where my parents were born, it’s hot all year ‘round. You just get hot rain or hot sunshine. Maybe the occasional typhoon. Either way, they get to eat “summer” food any time of the year. They also eat dinner for breakfast pretty often, which I am still trying to convince my friends is better than breakfast for dinner. I’d choose adobo fried rice over a yogurt parfait any morning.
By Krista Guanlao Sison-Dunlavy4 years ago in Families
4 Questions You Get When Your Book Is Called “How to Deal With Asian Parents”
The title of the book assumes that it provides the reader with a clear solution to their problems. But with any self-help, personal development, or relationship advice book, the solution lies within us.
By Katharine Chan4 years ago in Families
What Summer is Supposed to Be
From as far back as I can remember, every week in the summer ended with a bbq. Neighbors would gather on their lawns, sitting on plastic striped fold-out chairs and the tailgates of trucks. Music would stream out of windows, and grills were set up on driveways. The remnants of the day's heat vanished as the sky turned orange and purple.
By Elyse Pennington4 years ago in Families
