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Ever since we saw Disney's Frozen last month, the soundtrack has been playing non-stop in our home.

When I think about how I'm NOT teaching my children Vietnamese, it's like a broken record playing in my head. I just need to find more resources for teaching my kids Vietnamese.

Over the weekend, I met Tini Dinh, founder of VietKidsDC. Frustrated with the lack of options when it comes to exposing young children to the Vietnamese language, she started teaching classes herself.  Tini is multilingual. She speaks fluent English, Mandarin, and, of …

Tuesday night I dragged myself out of bed. Partly because I wasn’t feeling sleepy and because I had not done my 20 minutes a day to work on my new life list item: learning to read and write Vietnamese. Since I told …

Sometimes life with a three-year-old makes me want to pull my hair out. Or go take a long nap. Most of the time, I’m constantly amazed and entertained by Jaxson’s antics. Three-year-olds are funny! In case you didn’t already know. I love …

I confess that I’ve been pretty loose about speaking Vietnamese to the kids. I don’t really have a plan anymore. I make the effort when I remember. I guess I’m just more comfortable speaking English. As you know, Jaxson and I have …