Category Archives: Conversations with a Child
The Air, My Friend
A young child’s inquiries to her father, the column by Jimi Liao, translated by me… “Daddy, what does it mean when we have used up our literary talents? And what does it mean that we can master every trade?” Because … Continue reading
Freedom for Security, a Worthwhile Trade?
What this ADULT had, learned from the conversation with his own young daughter, translated… All children are, philosophers, and, often, they’d, blurted out a question, which caused us all, to get stuck in our thought processes. Yesterday, as I was … Continue reading
The Issue of Not Having Anybody to Play with of the Only Children
The pros and cons noof being an only child, translated… Mimi Chou is the only one in her class without any siblings. In Hualien, it is truly rare, to be an only child, as I’d gone lecturing at the schools … Continue reading
The Pixies in My Mind
A child’s active imagination, initiated, with a cartoon from Disney, translated… After watching “Inside Out”, my son often imagined that there are, pixies inside his mind, and from time to time, he’d told us, which one was, in control of … Continue reading
Posted in Child Development, Childhood Innocence, Conversations with a Child, Experiences of Life, Philosophies of Life, Positives of Life, Properties of Life, the Learning Process, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
Tagged Raising an Emotionally Expressive Child, Teaching Young Children about Their Various Emotional Experiences
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Tell Me I’m Your Favorite!
Tell me I’m your favorite, even if you love us all equally, mom! Translated… My three-year-old son fell seriously ill, and the children when sick, became especially fragile. In the early morning, he’d burst out crying, and I can’t quiet … Continue reading
My Heart is Not Yet Opened for Business
A child, using figurative language, to express how he’d felt, speaking in riddles here, translated… My four-year-old son with his friend, squatted a corner at the park, and they’d started roleplaying the game of ice cream vendor; as the two … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Perspectives, Beliefs, Childhood Innocence, Conversations with a Child, Experiences of Life, Interactions of Parents & Childlren, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
Tagged the Personal Space of a Child, When Children Get into a Fight with Others
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An Old Soul, on Parent-Child Interactions
From the observation of a mother, on her child, translated… Back then, I’d thought, that an old soul lived in my daughter’s body. Especially around bedtime, when she’d, begged me to tell her about the global community, the civil wars … Continue reading
Posted in Child Development, Childhood Innocence, Conversations with a Child, Experiences of Life, Family Relations, Interactions of Parents & Childlren, Lessons of Life, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, The Passages in Life, Values of Life
Tagged a Child Who's Very Mature for Her Age, a Child's Personality, an Old Soul
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Life, the Obstacle Course 