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“Just” a Mom
Lulu Cheng Lulu Cheng

“Just” a Mom

When Ella was about 3 years old, I started to often hear her say,

“Daddy has work, so Mommy can...”

or the slightly more hurtful version –

“Mommy doesn’t work, so we can...”

🔶The transition from working professional to stay-at-home mom is already a lot. Add in viewing the world from your growing child’s eyes, and that’s a whole other story.

🔶Any other moms out there being sent into self-reflection mode as you find yourself straddling your strong desire to be a stay-at-home mom for your family and personally missing having a sense of an out-out-the-house purpose? Read Lulu’s story here.

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Lacey’s Story

Lacey’s Story

An introduction

🔸Background in education

🔸Generations of American assimilation taking precedence over the continuation of the Chinese language

🔸Traveling to China for the first time

🔸Language hopes for our daughter for the future

🔸What’s to come in Lacey’s blog posts

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Who is Lulu?

Who is Lulu?

Wondering about any of the following about Lulu?

🔸Lulu’s loss of the Chinese language during childhood & through her education

🔸Hopes for her own children to speak Chinese fluently

🔸Languge challenges that arose for Ella & Lukie along the way & what Lulu did to help them with language acquisition

🔸Power of high-quality Chinese books

🔸The need for Chinese books with pinyin

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