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HapaMama

Asian Fusion Family and Food

A blog by Grace Hwang Lynch

On Being Hapa

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If you have mixed-race children, what do you do when forms require you to choose just ONE race?

Deep Thoughts…

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HapaMama is constantly surprised by the Big Ideas that come from her five year old…

You Want to Google What?

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HapaMama’s talking about kids and the Internet on BlogHer.com. Check out her post and add your thoughts about how young is too young to be using the web.

Good Boy, Pt. II

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Remember my post a few weeks back? Is Being a Good Boy Always a Good Thing? This week, HapaMama finds out that maybe her seven year old is just a regular kid, after all.

No Child Left Behind?

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No Child Left Behind? A letter arrives from the school district, forcing HapaMama to do some soul-searching about what’s right for her child.

Is Being a Good Boy Always a Good Thing?

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My son is a classic case of Jekyll and Hyde: the kid who is on best behavior at school… and just an ordinary, onery, ansty boy at home. Some parents would just breathe a sigh of relief here, and be happy that their kid doesn’t get in trouble in class. But no, not me.

Luck O’ the Irish

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My son has really gotten carried away with St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday I never really celebrated as a kid. What I remember most was the fear of getting pinched for not wearing green. Or the fear being harassed for wearing green while not Irish. Could this be a sign of his innate Irishness?