Comments on: One Yuan, Please

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:53:29 +0000

I really enjoyed this post! My daughter goes through this exact same thing and my husband has suggested that she start charging money, although we’ve just joked about it, guess we’ll have to rethink the idea. I always feel so bad when the Chinese kids, usually the younger ones, obviously don’t want to get their picture taken with Leah and their parents will force them, obviously scared and crying, to do it. Those are the times I will usually just say “No, not today.”
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By: Josanne

Josanne — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:43:50 +0000

I love the idea of letting your daughter be in charge of her publicity. Our youngest charges too, though I’ve noticed that lately many times she’ll just quickly pose without asking for money. Do you sometimes wonder what happens to all those photos of our kids? Are they up on walls in homes all across China? One time a friend of mine in Oklahoma was hosting an exchange teacher from our old city of Chengdu. The teacher was showing pictures to the students and up popped a slide called “Little foreigner on European Street” and it was our little girl in her sweet red coat. Our friend was thrilled to catch a glimpse of our littlest!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:41:23 +0000

I find this very interesting. We were at a local natural area here in the states, and some Asian people were pointing and smiling deliriously at the girls (3 blondes). Now that I think about it, they DID ask us to take a picture of them with thick accents. I let them, and I was flattered.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:05:05 +0000

Great idea! When we were in China, my blond son was a celebrity too. On the Great Wall a group of teenagers actually started screaming when they saw him. My son loved the attention for the two weeks we were there but I can see where it could get very tiring. We could use your idea to pay off our next trip to China LOL.
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By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:57:36 +0000

I tried this last night at a mall when some people tried to take a picture of my teenage daughter without asking permission. They were flabbergasted and my daughter was grateful. It’s a hard cultural difference to deal with, for sure.
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By: Cristal

Cristal — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:59:37 +0000

I love this idea and wish I had thought of that. Unfortunately I did not handle it as well as you. I did try to let my kids be incharge of the ‘photo ops’ and would stop people from taking pictures and make them ask my children if it was okay. Sometimes my kids were fine with it, and other times we said a lot of no’s, and often they would even hide behind me to stop some unwanted pictures. I must admit, that is one thing we are loving about living in Hong Kong, no pictures.
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By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:10:07 +0000

I love how you handled this!
I think it must get very annoying at times.
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By: Molly

Molly — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:59:15 +0000

I love this idea, Jimmie! I wanted to email you tonight but your link doesn’t seem to be working. I have a question for you. Would you mind emailing me? Thanks!!
Molly
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By: Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Blog

Valerie @ Frugal Family Fun Blog — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:56 +0000

That is incredible! I’ve never heard of such a thing, but I’m so glad you posted about this and I will keep it in mind should we ever take a trip to China. Emily, my oldest, has an endless obsession with China, and has been begging to go there someday. I love your ingenuity! How clever!
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By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:17 +0000

I think that this is a great idea and certainly gives her a little bit of power in the situation.
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