What You Should Do to Counter Negativity When Teaching Your Child to be Bilingual When I decided to teach the oldest child a second language from such a young age, I was met with some opposition and doubts from several parties. And yet, I knew that I wanted her to be bilingual primarily because I [...]
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How I Taught My Child a Second Language
How I Taught My Child a Second Language Four years ago, I made the decision to teach my oldest child a second language. She was just six months old then. I made this decision based on two things: First, I had grown up bilingual and I wanted her to be the same. And second, knowing [...]
3 Reasons Why You Should Teach Your Kids a Second Language
3 Reasons Why You Should Teach Your Kids a Second Language I grew up speaking two languages: English and Korean. I spoke English with my dad and Korean with my mom. I spoke English everywhere else, having grown up in an English speaking country. The reason that I grew up in a bilingual household is [...]
6 Epic Things You Should Do To Have The Best Halloween in 2020
6 Epic Things You Should Do to Have the Best Halloween in 2020 2020 has been a wild, rollercoaster of a ride. It started out innocently enough, but things got crazy super fast as we were all forced into the safety of our homes under the threat of Covid. Most of us couldn't wait for [...]
3 Reasons Why You Should Play Candy Land With Your Kids
3 Reasons Why You Should Play Candy Land With Your Kids (This post contains Amazon Affiliate Links. As an Amazon Associate, I may earn a small commission on any purchases made through those links, at no extra cost to you.). Picture this: It is Wednesday afternoon. Your kids are home from school. The smell of [...]
Toy Review: Baby Einstein Discovering Music Activity Table
(This blog post contains Amazon Affiliate Links. As an Amazon Associate, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.). It is a well known fact by ... well, me ... that I don't normally condone battery operated toys. Noise-makers is what I call them. I believe that most battery operated toys [...]
The Five Best Essentials for Newborn Baby
My baby at 1 month old, sitting in his boppy (Note: There are Amazon affiliate links in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from qualifying purchases) Four years ago, I published a blog post about what I thought was absolutely essential for a newborn baby. Two kids later, I wanted to [...]
The Meaning of Motherhood
What does it mean to be a mom? When do you officially become a mom? Is it during the process of giving birth? Or does it happen before the birth during those nine pivotal months of growing a human being inside you? Or, do you become a mom even before the pregnancy at the moment [...]
