𝙺𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙰𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 #𝟷𝟽 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐄'𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐌 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 ♨️

     My first post was just a little over 4 months ago, and since then I've gone from a newbie struggling to find content to write, to a fairly experienced Steemian with quite a lot of early recognition from the community at large.

     I had a Steem account for almost two years before ever submitting a post. It all felt overwhelming back then, complicated and ruled by vote bots and circle jerk voting. I chose to watch patiently for things to change, and somehow I didn't lose my password or username during that time.

     With the new HF21 fork, and manual curation coming to the forefront, I decided to give Steem blogging an honest effort. Well, the results have been nothing less than miraculous. I've developed enough confidence and technique in my writing style on this platform that I've decided to slowly transition from teaching Khmer online part-time to becoming a full-time internet blogger.

     I've acquired the url khmericanfamilyabroad.com, and I'm just now beginning to set up the site. It's a hot mess right now and won't be ready to go fully live for a few months, but the point is the Steem blockchain provided me with a safe place to experiment with my writing styles and formats before starting my own website/blog. It's also been nice to make a wee bit of STEEM/Steem Power/SBD along the way, and I've even onboarded family and friends.

     Sakana, aka Monkey B, at 6 years old, has no idea what crypto or blockchains are, but she fully understands social media such as Facebook. I've explained it to her as Facebook with 💲 dollar-dollar bills yo! All she knows is she wants a bicycle and STEEM is the currency which will help her reach this goal.

     Because I have to type Sakana's words, we've made a deal I will transcribe but not translate. So, as a non-native English speaker, you will be witness to some epic Monkey B quotes.

     Sakada, aka Srey-Yuu, aka Wi-Fi, is 10 years old and full of energy and ideas. She has a better grasp of what the Steem blockchain and cryptocurrency are than her little sister. Srey-Yuu understands Steem-blogging could be a significant source of income for her by the time she is 16 years old.

     She's promised to try and improve her computer skills more and more each month, as well as promised to work on her English spelling and grammar. My goal is to have her Steeming 95% to 100% independently by the time she's 16.

     Srey Yuu and Monkey B are quite happy with the concept of doing movie reviews and photography posts. Eventually I'll help them expand into more topics, but so far so good. In order to help @KidSisters grow their Steem account, I'm spending less time posting my content and more time helping them come up with post ideas. I think we've found a happy medium in that I will keep the liquid STEEM payouts from their posts and they will keep the Steem Power.

     I've agreed to pay them in fiat the amount of Steem Power they produce with their account, and I won't require them to power down. This way we aren't powering down any STEEM and they're building up something for their future. When they are both legally adults, I will give them the password for their account and let them have full freedom with the SP they will gave accumulated by that time. They've had some early support from @azircon, TripleA.Reviews and @steemagers, and are very excited for their next post about the Paramaribo Zoo, of which I will help them submit it from the TravelFeed.io platform.

     One idea I have I think the girls will like is to have them send 1 STEEM to @whalefountain (SteemWhale.io) so they can make a Dutch crypto whale spray in Harlingen, Netherlands. We live in Suriname now too, a former Dutch colony, so we may be the first Suriname residents to make this Dutch whale blow.

** Srey-Yuu and Monkey B are responsible for responding to comments on their blog.

     @Sreypov, aka Mama B, is the matriarch of the Khmerican Family Abroad. Her English is limited, but her Thai is impressive. She understands what Steem is all about, but feels she doesn't have much to offer the platform. I found some contests on @NaturalMedicine and @Build-It, and thought it was the perfect opportunity for her first non-intro post.

     SreyPov has been following this post with great interest, so I think we have another long-term Steemian with us. I just need to step back from my own Steem journey and help her drum up some more content ideas for her blog. She's full of creativity and has lived a very interesting life, so I'm sure interesting content will not be a problem.

     We've arranged a similar deal for my help translating her words and creating her posts. The liquid STEEM from her post payouts is mine and the Steem Power generated is hers to keep. I think it will remain this way as she isn't terribly interested in improving her English or computer skills.