What to Do If Your Children Speak Better Mandarin Than You
I always thought there would be some way of making my child pay me back…
Browsing: Culture
A Combination of “Big C” and “Small C”
Living in Beijing, especially as a homeschooling family, we often feel like we could be…
Just Be Thankful Men Don’t Write It
One of the great joys of pregnancy is sharing the details of the changes going…
Lost in Translation: Learning Chinese Phrases
When I sent my child to a Chinese school, I didn’t realise how…
5 Things I Learned About Education from Taking 42 High Schoolers to China
Lillie Marshall is an American teacher who lives in Boston, US. She is a Teach…
Daddy Duty
There’s nothing like a change in family routines to shake things up a bit. I…
Why Is Everything So Random?
At first, I thought it was an Australian phrase – I must have initially noticed…
Unconnected
During recent travels I did something that I probably haven’t done in 20 years –…
Lost in Translation: Raising a Bilingual Child
Bringing up a child in a foreign land has many advantages. To me, the major…
Northern Australia: Nature at its (Mostly) Best
I love nature…from afar. And by that, I mostly mean the wild creatures within it.…