Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Today is the Great Spank Out Day. It’s a day when parents talk about their experiences and encourage other to take part in peaceful discipline, rather than aggressive discipline. Spanking is something that I’m strongly against, and while many may not agree, I see it as hampering the relationship between a child and their parents [...]
Wow! The last post got a lot of attention and plenty of great feedback from our mama bloguera community about what to include in the next post. Thank you to Serena @ Native Mothering, Gabie @ From The Frontline and Leslie @ Motherhood In Mexico for your contributions! Your ideas were super helpful ladies! If [...]
Well, our president was forced to release his birth certificate yesterday in order to prove that he is, in fact, an American citizen. I say “forced” because all the whining and attacks from some noisy, less than democratic Americans, has finally managed to push him to reveal something that he shouldn’t have been [...]
A lot of people are talking about Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s PBS series, “Black in Latin America” and it’s portrayal of Dominicans. I have to agree that the story is pretty one-sided, so I can understand the upset that has come about following the documentary. Throughout the film, Gates makes references to Dominicans as [...]
Today I saw this comment on the Being Latino Facebook page under their post about Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s “Black in Latin America” special: NALs: I find many of the responses made by Dominicans concerning the lack of mention of the Taino cultural/genetic component quite amusing. Not amusing in the sense an [...]
I haven’t told many people about it, but I’m working on a sneaky little project behind the scenes…something for all the diverse multicultural/multiracial families out there. The Multicultural Awareness Blog Carnival is a way for us to find more integrated and multicultural families to connect with and I’m excited that so many bloggers are [...]
{Gracias a mi nueva amiga Mari @FamilyClick.com por su ayuda con este post!!!} {ENGLISH VERSION BELOW} Hoy, pensé que sería divertido escribir sobre una receta que he cocinado está semana; ¡Mole! Lo he cocidos otras veces, pero esta vez, he encontrado una receta con algunos ingredientes nuevos. Aquí está… Ingredientes: 6 chiles anchos (secos) 4 chiles colorados grandes (secos) La grasa del pollo o 2+ cucharadas de manteca 1 cebolla grande, pelado y [...]
Call for submissions! {UPDATE: Read all the carnival entries from Multicultural Bloggers!} What’s a ‘blog carnival’? For those who are new to blog carnivals (I am too), it can be kind of intimidating at first, but as it turns out, it’s fairly simple and a whole lot of fun! Basically, the host (me in this case) [...]
From the 15th until the 30th of April, The Peaceful Housewife is hosting a ‘Natural Parenting Blog Party‘! The party serves as a way to discover new blogs to follow and get to know each other, all while helping to get the word about natural parenting out to more people. Join in by clicking [...]
Versatile Blogger Award Thank you, thank you to Karima from Karima’s Blogs & Karima’s Crafts for giving me the ‘Versatile Blogger Award‘! This is my first badge award and it’s fun to participate and hand out badges to some of the other awesome blogger moms out there! This award comes with a few rules…and here they are in no [...]
Ezzy Guerrero-Languzzi is a personal, self-named blog by a literary Latina who is inspired through reading and shares that inspiration with others. She blogs about writing, social justice, education, Mexican culture, and raising a son with Dyslexia. A visit to Ezzy’s blog is met with thought provoking book reviews that demonstrate her consideration for a diversity [...]
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