English Essays
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From WeChat’s Redesign to AI Poisoning: Why I Suddenly Thought of Idiocracy
This essay looks at how algorithmic feeds and AI are changing the way we search, choose, judge, and think. Using *Idiocracy* as a point of reference, it asks whether the greater danger is not machines becoming more human, but people… Continue reading
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Why Chinese People See Safety in Surveillance Cameras, While Germans Think First of Privacy
This essay explores why surveillance cameras often represent safety and efficiency in China, while they raise concerns about privacy and power in Germany. Rather than judging which view is more advanced, it traces how history, collective life, urbanisation, and changing… Continue reading
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From Zero to One: At Last, Someone Followed the Scent
A reflection on what it means to move from zero to one as a writer. A few small signs—a like, a comment, a new subscriber—become proof that words can travel quietly through the dark and eventually reach someone far away. Continue reading
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July 27: An Ordinary Day That Wasn’t Quite Ordinary
On July 27, my independent website received its first like, and I finally began using Threads. That small moment helped me see more clearly how writing, daily life, and different platforms can support one another—not through sudden growth, but through… Continue reading
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When a Child Can Already See Far Ahead, but Her Hands and Emotions Haven’t Caught Up
Some children can already see clearly what they want to create, while their skills and emotions still need time to catch up. This essay explores how failure, positive labels, and a narrow sense of self-worth can shape a child’s frustration—and… Continue reading
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I Told My Daughter: Happiness Isn’t Something You Buy. It’s Something That Grows
When my daughter wished she could have anything she wanted instantly, we began talking about why getting more does not always make us happier. Lasting happiness grows through waiting, choosing, caring, and learning to find stability within ourselves. Continue reading
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Why Do Some Children Keep Interrupting?Maybe It Isn’t Rudeness. Their Brains May Simply Work Differently.
Some children interrupt not because they mean to be rude, but because their thoughts arrive faster than they can hold them back. This essay looks at how parents can help children pause, wait, and express themselves without silencing their curiosity… Continue reading
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My Child Is Good at Reading, but Reading Doesn’t Make Her Happy
A child can be a strong reader without finding joy in reading. Through my daughter’s experiences with books, videos, crafts, and bedtime reading, I began to understand that every child has a different way of focusing, learning, and connecting with… Continue reading
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I Used to Think Gifted Children Were Supposed to Be Top Students. Then I Realized I Was Wrong.
Gifted children do not always fit the familiar image of effortless academic success. This essay explores how high intelligence, sensitivity, social difficulties and gaming can be connected—and why understanding a child’s needs may matter more than simply correcting their behaviour. Continue reading
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Why Do So Many Children Develop Two Native-Language Systems, Only to End Up with One?
Why do some children develop two native-language systems early in life, only to retain one as they grow older? This essay explores how language survives through continued use, relationships and everyday life—and why even a deeply rooted language can gradually… Continue reading
Jane Sonnenschein | A Chinese Way of Seeing 