Roasted Potatoes + Father-Daughter Relationships.
On this week’s TKV podcast episode (EP 23: link in bio), we discuss the impact of language barriers, particularly within the family. I’ve been thinking about this issue a lot as my father and I have started to re-learn how to communicate with each other. It’s awkward and weird and not really pleasant. But absolutely worth it.
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For a long time, I thought that living in a multilingual family was a liability, not an asset. Because of the language barrier, my father and I were never able to talk about things like “feelings” or “emotions” or even “art.” As a result, we weren’t very close. But the thing I resented the most was the fact that I felt I had to become the adult in our relationship way too soon. He needed my English speaking skills much earlier than I was ready for. But when I started to feel that my parents’ safety might be endangered, I realized that this “liability” could become a powerful asset, one that would help me speak for my parents when the world tried to silence them.
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The potatoes featured in this video are a take on a recipe posted by @theKitchn. I’ll be adding it to the TKV Meal Planner this week.
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Thank you to @stemsandforks for contributing to this video’s videography and for teaching me to make more beautiful videos for more stories.
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