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Joseph LamCo-Founder and CEO of Parents Are Human
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Letters and essays about getting closer to the people who raised us.
How to Host a Bring-Your-Own-Parents (BYOP) Dinner
What if we invited our friends to dinner and asked them to bring their parents so we can all meet? Here's how to host a BYOP dinner, with texts you...
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30 Reflections From Healing a Broken Relationship With My Parents
For the last few years, the most important priority in my life has been healing the broken relationship I had with my immigrant parents for more than a decade. I...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 4: Language accessibility is SO important
Dear friend, Sending you lots of love & a big virtual hug. 🫂 There’s a lot going on in the world right now so it’s ok if you’re feeling drained,...
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Essay
Saying a Long Goodbye to My Parents
When sudden loss strikes her family in Taiwan, a daughter realizes it’s not too early to start talking about death with her parents. This article was originally published on the...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 18: Three different ways to play
Dearest friend, I wanted to start off this week with a tremendous, heartfelt thank you. This week, we are celebrating our community, which has grown to 10k followers on Instagram....
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 17: The intergenerational village dream
Dear friend, It hasn't been an easy week. I hope you've been taking good care of yourself. Please remember that it's ok to cancel meetings, move things around, and set...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 16: This is what you'll never know
Dear friend, I'll keep this week short because I've been at a conference these last few days. I'm physically exhausted but spiritually exhilarated! I'm excited to share that Parents Are...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 15: Three ways you can heal
Dear friend, From my personal journey of rebuilding my relationship with my parents, and from talking to countless others about their healing journeys, there seem to be three distinct ways...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 14: A Mother's Day Love Letter
Dear friend, On Mother's Day in 2020, I wrote a letter to my mom that changed the course of our relationship forever. This was a letter more than a decade...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 13: Behind-the-scenes at Parents Are Human
Dear friend, It's been a busy few weeks here at the Parents Are Human HQ. I thought I'd share some behind-the-scenes updates with you! 1.🕴 We Did Our First Trade...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 12: What I bought my parents to help them improve their posture
Dear friend, It started when we noticed my dad spending hours every day slumped sideways looking at his computer. The issue was that his computer was far too low on...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 11: Photo dump from Mama Lam's birthday
Dear friend, I took my mom out on a few adventures to celebrate her birthday this past week and I wanted to share some of those precious moments with you....
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 10: Calculate how many more times you'll get to see your parents
Dear friend, This short article by Tim Urban called The Tail End is worth re-reading often. The takeaway? This reminder: We don't have that much time left with our loved...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 9: My mom pretended to want a dog when she was heartbroken
Dear friend, It's been delightful seeing how many of you enjoyed the Dogs Are Human 🐶 deck we launched yesterday for April Fools' Day. If you haven’t had time to...
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Announcing our newest 🐾 paw-duct: Dogs Are Human
Hi wonderful hooman, For the last two years, Parents Are Human has been helping thousands of families worldwide connect deeply. We couldn’t be more excited to be continuing our mission,...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 8: My Mama's Llama
Dear friend, Growing up, it was not easy for me to receive gifts from my parents. My mom or dad would buy something out of the ordinary to surprise me,...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 7: Photos from celebrating my dad's 70th birthday
Dear friend, I love my dad so much and couldn't be happier that we were able to spend some extended quality time together this past week for his 70th birthday....
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 6: Hug your parents for no reason, you won't regret it
Dear friend, I almost never hugged my parents growing up. It only happened if I was leaving home for a long time or on a special occasion. A workshop challenged...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 5: Personal development programs that are worth it
Dear friend, I was quite skeptical about personal development programs before I went to my first one. I only went because I trusted the people in my life who recommended...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 3: Letting go of the story that my parents are not good with technology
Dear friend, I used to get annoyed every time my parents would struggle with technology. It was incredibly unfair to them. Our tensions typically began when my dad is struggling...
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The question about love that changed my life ❤️🔥
Dear friend, Did you know February is the month of love? It's not just about romantic love, but also about fostering self-love and nurturing relationships with friends, family, and everyone—love...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 2: Behind every great athlete is an extraordinary parent
Dear friend, What a monumental week for Asian Americans. Seeing Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen, and Eileen Gu win gold at the Winter Olympics really hit home for me on multiple...
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Dear Mom & Dad
👵👴 Dear Mom & Dad 1: My parents love working out now 🤯
Dear friend, I'm so excited to be sharing more of my journey with you this year. Look out for an email from me every weekend called Dear Mom & Dad,...
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How to Start a Parent Project Pod
This article was originally published on Medium on November 12, 2020.Written by: Kimberly Han My relationship with my family has been a REALLY challenging one. My dad and I hadn’t...
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The Tech Tools I Use to Record and Preserve My Parents’ Stories
"Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.” For most of my life, I was too busy worrying about myself to...
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On My Birthday, I Interviewed My Parents: What Was It Like To Raise Me?
When I was growing up, I didn't realize that I was also watching my mom and dad grow up. I spent most of my life focusing on their imperfections instead...
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On AAPI Violence
Trigger Warning: Physical Assault, Violence I was physically assaulted while riding the Caltrain in June 2016. I’ve only told a few people about this incident. In light of recent events,...
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Parents Are Gifts (Handpicked Gift Suggestions)
As the holidays are coming up, my partner Tong-Tong Li & I wanted to share a passion project very near and dear to our hearts: Parents Are Gifts 🎁It's a...
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Rebuilding My Relationship With My Parents Through Weekly Peer Coaching
Four humans committed to showing up for our parents Hi friend! 👋 I want to introduce you to the next chapter of rebuilding my relationship with my parents, which has...
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A List of Core Beliefs: This is who I am in 25 bullets
The views I choose to hold about myself, others, and the world I just turned 25. I feel like the luckiest person to be in love with the life I...
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Dear Mom: I will never yell at you again for giving me too much food
A letter to my mom to honor her love language I didn’t always have a good relationship with my mom. In fact, for over a decade, the only connection I...
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Dear Founder: Our childhood shapes the kind of companies we build
Unraveling how my life reflected my deepest fears In middle school, a few kids always teamed up at recess to ensure I never won any games we played. I dreaded...
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The Parents Are Human Card Game
My friend, Candace, and I made a card game to spark meaningful conversation and connection amongst Chinese/Taiwanese-American families before it’s too late. ✨ parentsarehuman.com ✨ My Story A year and...
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A 3-Part Email Template That Helped Me Leave My Comfort Zone and Start a Company in College
A guide for you to start something right now “There comes a time in every life when the past recedes and the future opens. It’s that moment when you turn...
