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Jeannie Mai Honors Papa Mai With Emotional Father’s Day Tribute

Jeannie Mai gave one of the most genuine and deep Father's Day tributes this year, and honestly, the tissues were ready. Taking to...

One very thoughtful response pointed out how sharing these stories helps to stop “intergenerational trauma loops,” especially in Asian families where men have traditionally not been taught to show emotional vulnerability. Most comments, however, kept civil, although one had to go in defending Mai’s parenting decision on her daughter’s relationship with her father, as if even at-home warming were unable to escape unsolicited criticism. Mai’s tribute is special because it not only celebrates fatherhood but it also brings into focus how our childhood experiences shape us and how watching the next generation receive love comfrom healing old wounds.

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