Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
The Good & Bad of TIME Magazine’s Breastfeeding Cover TIME Magazine’s new breastfeeding cover has people up in arms and it’s easy to see why. Not only is she nursing a toddler, a known taboo in much of American culture, but she’s also sexed up in tight pants and a killer confident pose that almost [...]
Raising Multiracial Kids Like most parents, I’ve thought a lot about my daughter’s future. I have considered race, culture, language, religion and so many other factors that will become a part of her developing identity. Being the mother of a biracial child, it’s been a growing concern for me. While our nation is increasingly diverse, [...]
Tips for Balancing Work & Home I know that as a full-time web publisher and mompreneur, I have felt many times over that I wasn’t being a good enough mother to my daughter. There are times when she’s played alone in her room and I’ve felt guilty, when she’s wanted my attention and I put [...]
Parenting Bilingual Niños Being the parent of a bilingual child isn’t always easy…especially when you’re not fluent. I’ve been teaching my daughter Spanish since birth…a few words here and there, never speaking in full conversations because I have absolutely no idea what a fluent Spanish speaking mother would say to her child. I wish I was [...]
For Multicultural Monday, I’m continuing my reading from Homa Sabet Tavangar’s Growing Up Global. This week’s chapter was about play. In the book, Homa list a variety of international games, some common and others not so well-known, that can bring communities together. As well as forging global friendships through games, children can learn about geography, language, [...]
This week, for Multicultural Monday, I’m continuing my reading from Homa Sabet Tavangar’s Growing Up Global. This week’s chapter was about greetings and how important they are for forming friendships that can allow us to see others as individuals, rather than within a narrow box of traits. There are many interesting thoughts and ideas [...]
Today I came across this great Spanish/English printable for parents raising bilingual children. It’s from an awesome bloguera, Unknown Mami and it’s basically a list of words and phrases for praising your kids in English and in Spanish. I love this! Mostly because I do praise my daughter in both languages and sometimes I sit [...]
Image via growingupglobal.net It’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote a Multicultural Mondays post. Being sick does that to you. But I’m starting to feel better now and I’m actually glad that I had those two weeks to give my brain a little rest and think about how I wanted [...]
Black History Month (originally Negro History Week) was established in 1926 in an attempt to promote black history learning among the general population. Before it’s establishment, black faces were systematically left out of American history and black history in education was viewed overall as unimportant and unnecessary. Since it’s founding, there has been a ceaseless resistance [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Multicultural Familia™ Launches New Deals Site for Multicultural Families Sioux Falls, SD – January 30th, 2012 – Multicultural Familia™ has launched a new deals site for multicultural families. The aim of the site is to highlight businesses and organizations that offer products and services that meet the needs of a growing online multicultural [...]
Today I wanted to share a podcast that my husband and I did, mostly about raising bilingual / bicultural kids and also about a few other interesting topics. Listen below: Listen to internet radio with ChantillyPatino on Blog Talk Radio. One of the most important considerations for parents raising biracial children, and especially for [...]
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