After spending 3 weeks apart with my husband and kids who took extra vacation at our Swedish summer house while I worked, I couldn’t help but notice the awkward distance and language deterioration of our kids in Japanese. I thus did a quick review of good parenting for kids aged 5 and 8, and tried to regain the gap quickly. The most important aspect is really about maxing on parent-kid(s) interaction, whether for anything and also for the language. I hope there are some good tips from revisiting this basic topic!