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Parenting fails: the funniest parenting blunders from Shanghai families

No parent is perfect. In fact, sometimes parents fail pretty hard at the whole parenting thing...

Posted: 10:34 pm, 15 July 2020

Keep your kids busy and creative with these free online drawing tutorials this summer

Ready your sketch pads, little artists. Art is having a moment with free online drawing tutorials everywhere to help kids let their creative juices flow this summer...

Posted: 5:59 pm, 30 June 2020

Celebrate Earth Day with these new online eco courses for kids

Have a budding little eco-warrior on your hands? Tomorrow is their day – Earth Day is here for its 50th year...

By: Cat Nelson Posted: 7:06 pm, 21 April 2020

All Shanghai schools are to remain closed until mid-February

The recent nationwide outbreak of the novel coronavirus has been nothing to sneeze at, even resulting in the entire city of Wuhan being placed on lockdown. Here in Shanghai, the city’s measures to contain the virus have been swift a...

By: Christopher House Posted: 7:11 pm, 27 January 2020

More Shanghai parents are asking for advice on kids’ mental health

In an annual report done by youth hotline Shanghai Youth League, Chinese parents’ concerns over their children’s mental health is on the rise. SHINE reports that of all the calls the hotline received in 2019 (around 50 every day), abo...

By: Christopher House Posted: 3:45 pm, 16 January 2020

Nintendo Switch is now officially available in China

One for your last-minute Christmas shopping: the Nintendo Switch, an extremely popular gaming console in the States, has officially come to China as of Thursday 10 and is available through Tmall and JD, according to TechNode. The console is pri...

By: Min Xuan Ng Posted: 5:24 pm, 17 December 2019

A huge international kids' book fair is coming to Shanghai next month

In need of some book inspiration for the kids? In less than a month, the China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair (CCBF) is coming again for the seventh edition...

By: Nancy Wang Posted: 4:59 pm, 25 October 2019

Parenting fails of the month: our favourite October mishaps

No parent is perfect. In fact, sometimes parents fail pretty hard at the whole parenting thing...

Posted: 2:47 pm, 24 October 2019

Delve into the world of Detective Conan at this Shanghai exhibit

The chance has come for fans of Detective Conan to experience living in the scenes of the series. Detective Conan is a popular animated Japanese mystery series for all ages, and it's having an exhibit at Westlink Square from no...

By: Min Xuan Ng Posted: 12:39 pm, 07 October 2019

Parenting fails of the month: our favourite September mishaps

No parent is perfect. In fact, sometimes parents fail pretty hard at the whole parenting thing...

Posted: 12:32 pm, 25 September 2019