In this episode, I reflect on two parenting moments: one full of guilt, the other… a little pat on the shoulder.

Sometimes, just showing up is all our kids need.

This is a 3-minute Cantonese episode with no English subtitles.

🎧Full audio episode on www.cantonese4parents.com

And YouTube 🔎CantoAh

📹 Video episode with English subtitles on Spotify 🔎The Parenting Out Loud

"I felt a lot of pressure" because I was so worried, I kept asking her more questions.

😔I told myself I just wanted to understand… but really, I was trying to make my anxiety go away.

“I can’t take away her opportunity to grow her capacity to learn how to solve a problem…”

💬That’s the internal dialogue I’ve been having. It’s so tempting to simply teach her what to do, to save her from the frustration of getting it wrong.

❤️But I know deep down that those moments of struggle, those messy little mistakes, are where real growth happens.

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🎧Full audio episode on www.cantonese4parents.com

And YouTube 🔎CantoAh

📹 Video episode with English subtitles on Spotify 🔎The Parenting Out Loud

1/ 🎉 i've got a new name For my channel! Why the change?
2/🎥 New positive parenting videos from Oakland Public Library. Ep 6 is about digital safety. Our kids are growing up in a digital world; let’s make sure they’re ready for it.

10-min Cantonese video with English subtitles

https://youtu.be/3y5cU4zccKU?si=n_kcVFQR0-93MIwC

What I did better than before

One of the real situations we face as our kids begin to gain more independence. In this 5-minute episode, we explore questions that rarely hears out loud.

0:25 The Story

0:55 Response from our IG friends

1:16 Why I’m Sharing This

1:52 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Saying “Yes or No"

2:25 Setting a Clear Family Rule

3:20'What to Say to Parent-Friend

Have any boundary-setting tips of your own? Share them with us in the comments

Related IG post:

- Questions to Ask Yourself Before Saying “Yes or No"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKo8Z5xs98w/?igsh=MXhxZHNkdjNhZXpqYw==

- Safety Strategy: Teaching your child a secret passphrase

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAOIHe2P4Vv/?igsh=MTQ3eXI1ZjZjNjIxMQ==

Sharing with you a real-life story of discrimination: being singled out in a store because of how we look and explore how to turn it into a meaningful conversation with our kids. No English subtitles in this episode.

0:32 The story behind what happened

1:16 Why sharing this?

2:20 Explore how to turn it into a meaningful conversation with our kids.

Related IG post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaYcq_vnmv/?igsh=aWswajEyYmR4Zmx2

Sharing with you a real-life story of discrimination: being singled out in a store because of how we look and explore how to turn it into a meaningful conversation with our kids. No English subtitles in this episode.

0:32 The story behind what happened

1:16 Why sharing this?

2:09 Friends’ responses (screen-visual)

2:20 Explore how to turn it into a meaningful conversation with our kids.

Related IG post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaYcq_vnmv/?igsh=aWswajEyYmR4Zmx2

Today, I came across two interesting Threads that really stayed with me. 

Story 1: A brave 8-year-old got his poem published in a magazine but only to receive some unexpectedly harsh feedback. How do we support our kids when their creative work is criticized?

https://www.threads.com/@ggg_ip/post/DKPcurdRIXp?xmt=AQF0XIhgt2-L7BLujb5y1UZ9O5PlAbB4SjDmhWHF92geCA

Story 2: A post from a dad sharing what it really feels like to carry the invisible weight of providing for a family.

https://www.threads.com/@aquicktwist/post/DKRnCt0Sw0c?xmt=AQF0jGLd_MTnIfrol1i81prv9hejlje4GaTDqKm6Lx4Uaw

Super easy craft to make: all you need is a piece of paper and scissors (plus some colour pencils to make it pretty)!

When kids are overwhelmed with big feelings, their brains are kind of like a shaken glitter jar 🫙 everything’s swirling around, and nothing feels clear.

In this 2-min episode, I’ll show you how to make a simple glitter jar and the script you can use to talk about this.

It’s not about just telling kids to calm down. It’s about helping them want to pause so they can understand what’s going on inside them. This calm-down tool is great for both parents and children to practice emotional awareness together 🫶🏻

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