CES 2012
This was my second time attending CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. For the most part, this year’s show felt like “here is what you saw last year, but now all these devices can talk to each other… and they’re slimmer and faster!” Convergence was a big buzz word this year (figuring out how [...]
L’âne a diné: Watching My Son Learn French
Yesterday Emmett read his first sentence in French. It was “l’âne a diné.” Ok so “the donkey ate dinner” may not mean much to you, but it was a huge moment for me. I was proud and excited that he’s reading in a second language and reminded how important is to keep the teaching fun [...]
International Day at Emmett’s School
On Friday night my family went to International Night at my son’s school – this was sort of a glorified potluck dinner for the whole school with dishes from all over the world and a music performance. Because we live in Battery Park City (at the tip of Manhattan) which has a very international population [...]
Julia’s Response to Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mom”
A recent Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” has generated a significant amount of buzz and controversy lately (if you haven’t heard of it, you must not have talked to anyone over the age of four in the last two weeks. Go make a date with a girlfriend!). Mother and writer Amy [...]
Remarks at 2011 CES by Cisco’s John Chambers, GE’s Jeffrey Immelt and Xerox’s Ursula Burns
The Consumer Electronic Tradeshow gave me a great chance to meet other mommy entrepreneurs in the Mommy Tech Summit**, and to hear the provocative remarks of Fortune 500 Chief Executive Officers of Cisco, Xerox and GE on a keynote panel. Of all the issues they could have spoken about, they wanted to address the need [...]
Blogging Live From the Consumer Electronics Tradeshow (CES) in Vegas
I am at the Consumer Electronics Tradeshow in Las Vegas where millions of new gadgets and high tech toys are on display – everything from digital systems that allow you to control your home equipment remotely, new 3D versions of cameras and games, to the “TV Hat” which allows you to watch your favorite shows [...]
Kristof asks, “Primero Hay Que Aprender Español. Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen.” Why not both?
Nicholas Kristof was already one of my favorite New York Times journalists*, so I was thrilled to see him taking up the topic of foreign language teaching to kids in his recent column “Primero Hay Que Aprender Espanol, Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen” (translation: First learn Spanish, then study Chinese). If you missed it, Kristof makes [...]
5 Tips for Managing TV Time During the Holidays
It’s the holidays! That means fun things like family, treats, presents. But for many of us, it’s also darker, shorter, colder days. If you are like me, you might be asking yourself, “How are we going to keep the kids busy all day when they can’t play outside?” Then it’s school vacation! What to do? [...]
Contest: Little Pim + SpanglishBaby = A Trilingual Adventure!
A couple of months ago I had the privilege of meeting some amazing multilingual bloggers at a special lunch I hosted for BlogHer conference attendees. One of those bloggers was Roxana Soto; she runs the website SpanglishBaby with her business partner, Ana Flores. When they suggested that SpanglishBaby and Little Pim partner up to help [...]
Getting To The Other Side of "No"
Every book you read about teaching your child a second language will tell you its totally normal that your child will go through phases where he or she does NOT want to speak, hear or have anything to do with the language you are introducing. That doesn’t make it any easier when it happens! My [...]
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