Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Bilingual Children’s Books: Arrorró, mi niño Arrorró, mi niño is excellent book for both parents who are fluent in Spanish and those who may not be fluent. The author, Lulu Delacre, has lovingly pieced together and illustrated this book with U.S. Latina moms in mind. “I feel very strongly that as Latinas raise our children [...]
[image source] So, my husband, Ricardo, has always wanted to do a radio show and we figured that we would feel things out, see how it goes and test our chops to see if we have what it takes to podcast. This is our first practice session, which we recorded last week and there will [...]
[image source] The biggest proponent of racism is the silence that white families often have when it comes to discussing race. The simplest explanation for why this silence furthers racism, is that prejudice and stereotypes can never be overcome unless we take the actions necessary to disprove them in our hearts and minds. Growing [...]
I remember the fleeing Bronco, the case heard round the world, and when Casey Anthony first came into question about her little girl’s disappearance, the first thing I thought was, “Here we go again…my god, we’re not going to find this little girl”. I’m shocked by this verdict and I know much of the [...]
Lately, I’ve been missing my chat time with my amigas, my political buddies and fellow bicultural/multicultural parents. I’ve been busy over at Multicultural Familia, as have many of our contributors and the Biweekly Tweetchats for @mculturalfam have been great! With that same idea in mind, I thought, why not make this chat a weekly [...]
#LatinoLit: Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor {Book Review} “Rain of Gold” was a little of what I expected and a lot of what I didn’t. I’d heard that it was a great tale of Mexican history and traditions, and that it was hopeful and full of Chicana(o) pride. But this book turned out to [...]
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