J. Chen’s story | “My family ideal won’t simply revolve around my desires and what I think could make me happy, since the purpose of having a family is to make one another prosper.”

J. Chen’s story | “My family ideal won’t simply revolve around my desires and what I think could make me happy, since the purpose of having a family is to make one another prosper.”

In 1997, at three months old, I was sent back to my parent’s hometown in China. They came from the southern part of China, in a province called Fuzhou, where many immigrated from to seize economic freedom. My parents had an arranged marriage, as was common in China....
Stephen’s story | “Some things that you’re supposed to learn from your father, I had to learn from other people or figure them out on my own, because Dad wasn’t there.”

Stephen’s story | “Some things that you’re supposed to learn from your father, I had to learn from other people or figure them out on my own, because Dad wasn’t there.”

For the most part, Dad was the breadwinner and Mom was the disciplinarian. There were times when Dad would discipline my brother and me, but mostly he just wanted to horse around with us. He was a big kid himself. Perhaps because I’m the younger child, or because I...