Parenting 3G-CBC – The Catch Star Girl Blog

Now, how should the kid address his elders (non-relatives)?

NPY says I’m not raised particularly well. I say he’s not very Chinese. I think they are similar-level insults amongst

(written for my journal on 14 May 2018) Me: Before the kid came along, was I saying I would speak

I’m writing again because things change so quickly – and at the 33-month mark exactly, no less! When kiddo was

So much more talking as he absorbs like a sponge words. I swear he hasn’t heard them many times and

Another one! We all know the French version: Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines,

So, there’s this nursery song I am not familiar with from my own childhood – the Finger Family. It’s a

The issue of raising little E bilingual – rephrase that as, getting as much Chinese into him as possible –

There are three parts to this rant. You have been warned. What to call E’s grandmother What to call your

It is plain to see – and utterly adorable to me – that little E’s favourite consonants are “B” and

When I was a regular at Baby Storytimes at the library – such a great resource! – in 2016, I