by Woo Yen Yen | Dec 15, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
How I got my American born daughter to learn Chinese – Part 2 How am I going to get my daughter to learn Chinese in New York? In a previous post, I had talked about how hard it was for me to find suitable Chinese teaching and learning solutions for so my daughter...
by Woo Yen Yen | Dec 15, 2021 | Bilingual, Blog, Education, Yen Yen
Desperate Search for Solutions to Help My Kid Learn Chinese When we were living in New York, I found myself looking for learn Chinese materials for my daughter (nicknamed ‘YB’, short for ‘Yakuza Baby’, because she was born while we were...
by Yen Yen | Dec 10, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
How to Raise Kids With Empathy As I was stressing in front of my computer over an app update that went wrong the other day, my 12-year-old quietly brought me a cup of tea with some honey and flower petals. I didn’t notice it at first, but when I did, my heart was...
by Yen Yen | Nov 18, 2021 | Blog, Education
Workplace Diversity: The Dim Sum Warriors Experience Benefits of Workplace Diversity At lunch today, I learned that in Taiwan, someone who is stingy, fusses over little things and is cheap can be described as “小氣吧啦 (Xiǎoqì ba la)”. I also learned that this...
by Yen Yen | Nov 4, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
5 Positive Tips to Improve Communication with Children How parents and kids can communicate better On 9 October 2021—to celebrate Children’s Day in Singapore—we held a special webinar with BigV SG titled “Better Communication for Parents and...
by Colin Goh | Oct 4, 2021 | Education, Parenting, Yen Yen
Parent-Child Communication Tips from Education and Psychology Professors My daughter is now 12, and recently, several of her friends’ parents are reporting a new pattern of behavior that’s stressing them out. They’re finding that their children seem to be...
