Library encounter… and how I learned about my son’s love for librarians

I took my four-year-old son to the International Youth Day celebration at the Cebu City Hall Grounds last Saturday. We were there for an hour and then I ran out of money. There’s a BPI building nearby which houses a museum and a library and which, to my memory, has an …

Active Parenting and why it’s not the nanny’s job to “parent”

SINGAPORE – It’s a strange thing to come “home” without the mutant smell. It’s our third day here in Singapore, a trip taken for a couple of reasons one of which is because Jeff and I are celebrating our birthdays. We’re born on the same birth month. This is a …

Not Guilty: Leaving the husband and the kids for work

Xiamen – Ground temperature was at 35 degrees Celsius when the bullet train arrived here after nearly two hours of travel from its neighboring city of Fuzhou. I was exhausted. This eight-day trip to China is defined by interviews with government officials from different ministries with very little time to …

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