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Dim Sum Fan and Wish Your Kids to Dren, Either Born Or Growing up Also Appreciate This Style and Taste Here, Will Be Tcks SISTER PUBLICATION THIRD CULTURE KIDS A LIFETIME GLOBAL JOURNEY Follow Us on WeChat Now Advertising Hotline 400 820 8428 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2017 图书在版编目(CIP)数据 城市家庭心理健康 : 英文 /《城市家系列丛书》编 委会编. -- 昆明 : 云南科技出版社, 2017.8 (城市家系列丛书) ISBN 978-7-5587-0821-3 Ⅰ. ①城⋯ Ⅱ. ①城⋯ Ⅲ. ①心理健康-研究-英文 Ⅳ. ①R395.6 中国版本图书馆CIP数据核字(2017)第223145号 责任编辑: 吴 琼 曾 芫 责任印刷: 翟 苑 责任校对: 叶水金 Chief Editor Frances Chen 陈满满 Production Manager Ivy Zhang 张怡然 Designers Aries Ji 季燕 Joan Dai 戴吉莹 Contributors Amanda Abel, Betty Richardson, Dominic Ngai, Erica Martin, Hannah Zheng, Iris Chen, Kendra Perkins, Leonard Stanley, Natalie Foxwell, Nate Balfanz, Shirani Alfreds, Tongfei Zhang Operations Shanghai (Head Office) 上海和舟广告有限公司 上海市蒙自路169号智造局2号楼305-306室 邮政编码:200023 Room 305-306, Building 2, No.169 Mengzi Lu, Shanghai 200023 电话:021-8023 2199 传真:021-8023 2190 Guangzhou 广告代理: 上海和舟广告有限公司广州分公司 电话:020-8358 6125, 传真:020-8357 3859-800 Shenzhen 广告代理: 上海和舟广告有限公司广州分公司 电话:0755-8623 3220, 传真:0755-8623 3219 Beijing 广告代理: 上海和舟广告有限公司 电话: 010-8447 7002 传真: 010-8447 6455 CEO Leo Zhou 周立浩 Sales Manager Doris Dong 董雯 BD Manager Tina Zhou 周杨 Sales & Advertising Jessica Ying Linda Chen 陈璟琳 Celia Chen 陈琳 Leah Li 李佳颖 Niki Tang 唐纳 Jessie Zhu 朱丽萍 Eric Song 宋亮亮 Head of Communication Ned Kelly BD & Marketing George Xu 徐林峰 Leah Li 李佳颖 Peggy Zhu 朱幸 Operations Manager Penny Li 李彦洁 HR/Admin Sharon Sun 孙咏超 Distribution Zac Wang 王蓉铮 General enquiries and switchboard (021) 8023 2199 [email protected] Editorial (021) 8023 2199*5802 [email protected] Distribution (021) 8023 2199*2802 [email protected] Marketing/Subscription (021) 8023 2199*2806 [email protected] Advertising (021) 8023 2199*7802 [email protected] online.thatsmags.com shanghai.urban-family.com Advertising Hotline: 400 820 8428 云南出版集团公司 云南科技出版社有限责任公司出版发行 (云南省昆明市环城西路609号云南新闻出版大楼2302室) 上海书刊印刷有限公司 开本: 889mm x1194mm 1/16 印张: 3.5 字数: 28千字 2017年9月第1版 2017年9月第1次印刷 邮 购: that's & URBANATOMY 上海市蒙自路169号智造局2号楼305-306 邮 编: 200023 电 话: +86 21 8023 2199 定价: 10.00 元 CONTENTS 6 Urban Blurbs Shanghai News in Short LIFE & WELLBEING 8 Our Favorite Things 12 Saying Our Final Goodbyes How to Support Children in Processing the Death of a Loved One 14 Time to Say Nighty-night The Most In-Style Sleepwear For Your Kids 16 Readers’ Picks The Best Milk Carton Brands and Diaper Brands, According to Our Readers 8 COVER StorY 18 Third Culture Kid A Brief Look at TCKs’ Life in Shanghai and the Status Quo of their Community LEARNING 28 Wind of Change – Early Childhood Education Male Educators, the Digital Age, High Price, and Other Significant Changes that Have Taken Place in the Realm of ECE 28 18 4 www.urban-family.com EDITOR'S NOTE or most expat families in this will provide you with some Shanghai, the term Third useful information as a parent to F Culture Kid (TCK) is not better ride the wind of change in new. The ‘third culture’ refers to the ECE. combination of the culture where a You might wonder what we have in TCK’s parents originated, and the store for the Food & Fun section culture where the family currently (p38). You are in luck if you’re a reside. In fact, all expatriate chil- Dim Sum fan and wish your kids to dren, either born or growing up also appreciate this style and taste here, will be TCKs. Different cultur- of cuisine. We have done our - homework, and presented you with es can sometimes make the life of al influences and multiple languag a list of family friendly authentic TCKs more complicated, but also Cantonese restaurants and must try richer than the usual with many dishes! amazing opportunities. Turning the page to the In this issue’s cover story (p18), we Entertainment section (p44), we tackle the challenges that TCKs and review Ghibli’s latest animation The their families face, and learn about Red Turtle (p46), an exquisite, their ups and downs along the way. wordless wonder that reminds us Mom blogger Shirani Alfreds talks superb animation does not always to her family friends and tells us need CGI technology, nor a star- what it’s like raising Third Culture studded cast in order to be a 46 Kids in Shanghai. We also hear from success. We also have two family acculturation expert Amanda fascinating children’s books to Abel on the status quo of TCKs, and recommend in our On the Page talk to a few ‘Adult TCKs’ to seek column (p47). their personal points of view. To Finally, on a timely festive note, Leonard Stanley reveals his secrets famous TCKs to give you a snippet finish, we round up a number of of how to properly celebrate on the fun side of the cover story. Halloween, Shanghai style. Meanwhile on the education front, All this, for your autumn season’s we can’t help but notice a certain Urban Family. sector that is drawing more and 38 more attention from society and Till next time. FOOD & FUN parents - Early Childhood Education (ECE). In the Learning 38 Dim Sum, and Dim Sum More A Delicious list of Family Friendly Authentic professionals to provide insights section (p28), we invite five ECE Cantonese Restaurants into the changes that have taken 42 Family Friendly Restaurant Review place in the last decade, such as the Geneva increasing number of male Frances Chen educators, higher day-care and pre- Editor-in-Chief school fees and the younger ENTERTAINMENT electronic-user groups. Hopefully 44 Boogie on down at Bodylab Oksana Zhang on Developing Community WIN WIN WIN through Dance and Rhythmic Gymnastics Every week we are giving away prizes and 46 The Red Turtle tickets to some of the best events and Ghibli’s Latest Wordless Wonder venues around town. To keep in the loop, scan our QR code for Urban Family Shanghai or sign up to our newsletter at www.urban- family.com/shanghai. www.urban-family.com 5 URBAN BLURBS NUMBER 18 CCTV news recently looked into the quality of milk powder from China and abroad. The results showed that apart from Aptamil and Nutrilon, 18 imported milk powder brands failed the Chinese Mobike Theme Park safety test, while all domestic brands passed. When tested against China regulations, Meiji and ICREO milk powders are reported to Opens in Shanghai contain lower vitamin K1, while Enfamil and Similac contain more iron than recommended. Next time you decide to buy imported infant milk powder formula from abroad, you may want to take district. The children’s playground was built from 1,000 abandoned In early September, China’s first Mobike theme park opened in Putuo these results into consideration. Mobikes that were sterilized and recycled into slides and swings. Over the past few months we’ve seen a lot of shared items- umbrellas, batteries and even sleep capsules - perhaps we can be pleased the bikes have been given a new lease of sustainable life. > Mobike Theme Park, Zhenru Jie, Putuo District 普陀区真如镇街道 HAO Many parents want to inspire and motivate their children to read and enjoy BUHAO all forms of literature, but An unexpected relocation has forced Shanghai Redleaf one mom has taken it a step further. An imaginative mom from International Women and Children’s Hospital to vacate its home Shenyang, in China’s Liaoning Province, was inspired to help her young on Huaihai Lu. Since September 6, the international facility is son understand ancient Chinese poetry and created more than 100 running its pediatric out-patient and in-patient services, and OB/ drawings. Recently, her amazing illustrations have been shared by GYN department inside the American-Sino hospital at 155 thousands on WeChat. Totally overwhelmed by the response, Zhu said, “I am just a mom who loves my child very much and likes to make Songyuan Lu. Services for out-patients are on the fourth floor and posted on its website that relevant government licenses and in-patients on the ninth floor. Redleaf also noted in a statement attempts to let him learn in a more efficient way.” permits for maternal and infant health have been obtained. 6 www.urban-family.com British Primary Schools to Welcome Chinese Textbooks According to the New York Times, the UK will introduce the complete set of Shanghai mathematics textbooks into selected British primary schools from January 2018. British students have been performing poorly on the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) test, which scores 15 year old students from World Car Free Day more than 60 countries in On September 22, the pre-opening team of Shanghai Marriott mathematics, science and reading. In Hotel Kangqiao celebrated World Car Free Day by biking along 2015, British students ranked Century Park to support low carbon transportation. It was a number 27 while Shanghai students fantastic effort to raise public awareness of sustainable led global results; that’s when transportation solutions in our city. Located near Zhangjiang Shanghai mathematics caught their Hi-Tech Park and Shanghai Disney Resort, Shanghai Marriott attention. Time will tell if replicating Hotel Kangqiao is scheduled to open at the end of 2017. the Chinese method can create the same success for the British. www.urban-family.com 7 LIFE & WELLBEING OUR FAVORITE... Our Favorite Things The Swanson Family Edited by Frances Chen aving known each other since elementary school near Pittsburgh in the United States, Tom and Mo would never have guessed their H lives would take them to China. Nonetheless, having spent almost a year and a half in Shanghai, the city is now a second home for the couple and their three boys, Owen (age 6), Mason (age 4) and Will (age 3). Here are some of their favorite things in Shanghai.
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