Disclaimer: This post is not to blame nor absolve parents. It’s purely to promote understanding. It comes from the perspective of Asian Australian families, but this might not apply to every Asian family and could apply to non-Asian families. Enhancing Minds recognises that every culture…

Disclaimer: This post is not to blame nor absolve parents. It’s purely for promoting understanding. It comes from the perspective of Asian Australian families, but this might not apply to every Asian family and could apply to non-Asian families. We recognise that every culture has…

For most of my childhood and teens, I was confused about my ethnic and cultural background. I constantly questioned who I was, who my people were, and where I really belonged. My Mum was born in Vietnam, Dad in Cambodia, I was born in Sydney…

For a lot of my life, I’ve felt embarrassed and ashamed about my culture. My parents told me I’m Chinese but primary-school me would argue “but you came from Vietnam and we eat heaps of Vietnamese food”. High-school me would criticise Asians in general and…

Author: Anonymous My Mum, who’s in her 60’s, has asked for help with a number of things during this lockdown. Sometimes the requests seem reasonable to me but the last thing that bugged me was when she asked me to help her come up with…

Author: Anonymous Let me start with a story. I had just moved out of home for the first time in my adult life and my parents came over to visit unannounced. I was happy to see them and excitedly poured them a cup of tea…