About Us

What is TheAsianParent?

TheAsianParent is a free online community targeted at urban parents and parents-to-be, who live in Asia or are of Asian heritage.

Why TheAsianParent?

We were tired of reading and watching content from western magazines/websites, that though were interesting, were not very relevant to the Asian parenting market or our way of life.

It saddened us to find out that though Asia amounts to more than half the world’s population, our beautiful culture and needs were being ignored by the big players. You can find hundreds of thousands of postings on western baby shower parties, but hardly ten articles on Chinese baby first month celebrations or even confinement stories!

We were also fed up with the way some “local” print magazines seemed to focus on the traditional care giving aspects of parenting and solely focused on mummies. (Hello this is the 21st century, dad's do want to be part of the equation!)

Worse still most of them present procreation as a cute and cuddly experience, all pink and powder blue! (Which we all know is complete hogwash!)

So that’s why TheAsianParent. We aim to be the number one source of Asian parenting news, opinion, education, and entertainment. We offer our educated, culturally engaged Asian readers lots of articles, videos and pod casts that are not just credible and relevant but cutting edge, stylish and light-hearted. We also offer our readers a forum where they can meet like-minded parents to communicate, commiserate and celebrate the absurdity and wonder of it all.

If you stumbled upon this website while surfing, we hope you'll come back and become part of the conversation. :)

Who’s behind TheAsianParent?

Nah, we’re not some big parenting conglomerate who’s trying to market you products under a unique, funky and uber cool website guise. *grin*

We’re just a bunch of friends who are extremely interested in the parenting industry and crave to make a difference. A little about our team:

Roshni Mahtani: Founder & Editor

Roshni Mahtani

TheAsianParent is the brainchild of Roshni and the conception started about a year ago, when she was just a newly-wed trying to prepare for the next stage in her life; MOTHERHOOD. Unfortunately, she couldn't find many online resources devoted to Asian Parents. Having been in journalism for many years – she contacted a designer friend and www.theasianparent.com took shape...and it grew.

Roshni loves thinking, writing, sunshine happy people, brie cheese and grapes, positive energy, life, vegging on the couch watching reruns of the office, kids, magazines, more magazines, long hot bubble baths – preferably with a magazine.

Her love for magazines is helmed by the fact that she has written over a hundred articles for the following glossies: Motherhood, Juniors, Healthy Pregnancy, Baby and You, Guide to Childcare, GOLF, Teens, Frequent Traveller, Computerworld Singapore, Computerworld Malaysia, CIO Asia, Tech-a-tete and Wedding Sutra. Roshni currently resides in New York.
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Melissa Lau Li Fern: Medical Liason

Melissa Lau

Melissa, a registered nurse, acts as a representative of the publication within the medical industry.

When not at work, Melissa spends her time catching up with her friends and family, traversing the globe learning about different cultures and societies, and gorging her face with spicy foods so hot they bite back.
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Trisha Suresh

The Fashion Hag and Beauty Expert

Trisha Suresh

Trisha has an eye for trends and is responsible for sourcing and conceptualising beauty and lifestyle stories that will interest parents.

She loves writing (besides thinking) and has written for Life! and Urban newspapers, and magazines like Lexean and Motherhood and Her diverse writing background is an asset for theAsianparent.

Besides working with the pen, she spends her spare time at the library or sipping coffee at Starbucks. She is also a fan of American television (she claims this is for research!)
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