One Family’s Search for Hockey in China Has Finally Yielded Fruit
Many Saturday mornings this year, we have risen before dawn and loaded our car with…
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Everything Old Becomes New Again: Sometimes the Old Ways Are the Best Ways
Almost nine years ago, when finances and geography combined to preclude enrollment of my children…
Alternate Routes: Remembering the Man Who is More than Just Our Driver
From then and continuing to today, I was so grateful for the happy accident that…
Parenting: Sharenting, Expecting the Eventual Conundrum of Every Mommyblogger
I began blogging over a decade ago, when my now-teen son Myles was a baby. It…
Admit One – How Beijing students can stand apart from the rest of college applicants
[Editor’s Note: To meet schools featured in the School Choice Guide, register for the free…
Grandmothers Always Know Best
Mothers of small babies worldwide, I’m sure, are used to receiving unsolicited advice about parenting.…
Alternate Routes: Vegheads
I enjoy telling the story of how my husband, Randy, became a vegetarian. It is…
Alternate Routes: Please and Xie Xie – Cultural misunderstandings over gratitude
A few years ago while visiting the US, I walked into a fraught lunchtime scene:…
Alternate Routes: Christmas Crowds – Peace on earth, but maybe not everywhere
Nearly every year since we moved to China, we have gone back to the United…
Alternate Routes: Oktoberfest – Celebrating German culture in Beijing
As September turns to October in Beijing, Myles and Brigid look forward to their favorite…