概要

Navigating the long and tricky process of teaching your kids Chinese is one of the biggest challenges we face as bilingual parents. In this episode, a bilingual mom and blogger, Sunny Horstmann, shares that she has had to re-learn Chinese to teach her child. In addition, during her 5-year journey, she has discovered that knowing how many chinese characters is not the most important part in this journey. So what is the most important part? Listen to this episode to find out.

Sunny’s blog, Spot of Sunshine, provides a great deal of useful bilingual parenting resources. Her IG also has many simple parenting tips that are easy to follow.

Gentle parenting phrases from Sunny's IG:

- Saying sorry to our kids
- Comforting a Child in Mandarin Chinese
- Comforting an emotional child in Mandarin Chinese Part 2
- 3 Questions to ask your child to get to know them more
- Calming down an emotional child in Mandarin Chinese
- Talking About Emotions in Mandarin Chinese with Kids
- Gentle Parenting Phrases in Mandarin Chinese
- More Words of Affirmation in Mandarin Chinese!

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