Reading, Writing and… Rutabaga? Why teaching kids about healthy eating should be part of education.
Lunch Wars Book Review and My Own School Food Journey
Why Does School Start So Early?
It’s hard to believe the kids are back in class, when it feels like summer
Grandfather Counts
Learning Chinese is as easy as one, two, three — or yi, er, san — in Grandfather Counts, this week’s HapaMama Summer Reading pick.
Language, Culture and the Search for Summer Camps
“What camps are your kids doing this summer?”
It’s the question that comes up during any mom conversation at this time of year. As soon as the Christmas decorations come down, the brochures start arriving in the mail
Paper Cranes for Japan
In Japanese culture, origami paper cranes symbolize hope and wishes granted. Legend has it that if a person folds one thousand cranes, their wishes would be fulfilled.
A Mama’s view of the offensive UCLA video
My earliest memory of racism occured when I was only about four years old. I was sitting on a slide at a park in the Midwestern town where my parents were graduate students. My mother and father must have been across a field at the picnic tables, when a group of young men — probably in their teens or twenties — came by and made “ching chong” noises at me.
International Women’s Day
Did you know March 8 is International Women’s Day? The event has been celebrated for more than 100 years to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.
Growing Up Asian In America Contest
My Kindergartener brought home a flyer for the Growing Up Asian in America contest.
Oh, sweet! You can win up to $27,000 in scholarship money… just by writing an essay about being Asian! Where do I sign up?