With Valentine's Day sneaking up on us, I thought it would be timely to talk about teaching kindness to young children. Our son is not going to win awards for being a kind soul. I can barely get him to model grace and courtesy consistently, and manners really matter...
Celebrating Lunar New Year as a second generation American is something I find tricky, especially because both my parents have passed away and my husband's family isn't of Chinese descent. Of course I want our son to understand why celebrating the lunar new year is...
I've written before about how our family spent 1000 hours outside in 2021, and until recently, we had minimal issues with following through. Indoor activities for toddlers usually means our typical play-based learning schedule, but when we miss outdoors time, or have...
Without daycare for 16 months, we were working parents homeschooling which came with a steep learning curve but immense rewards. After our daycare reopened, we realized that 1) our child was advanced in terms of educational standards expected in the 3K-K range, and 2)...
I reached my financial independence goal at the end of 2020, and did nothing more than follow JL Collins' advice to have a simple portfolio. Last year, my portfolio appreciated $240,000 which was gratifying to see since my total contributions were less than $70,000. I...
From the moment lockdowns came for New York in March 2020, we started incorporating outdoor time into our schedules. Toddlers have such short attention spans, and our then 2-year old was not going to sit home without intense parental involvement. It was so much easier...
Kim wants to live in a world where people have financial security and reasonable expectations for their children to achieve at least the same quality of life that they grew up with. She believes that every family needs to make smart decisions about the Big 3 – housing, education, and retirement – because making decisions in silos is a surefire recipe for missed opportunities.
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