Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Hospital Checklist for New Moms & Dads Every time Christmas and New Year’s rolls around, I get a little nostalgic. This year I ended up going through some old college papers and lots of Lily’s baby stuff. Funny enough, college and pregnancy are practically hand in hand for me, since I was attending college for [...]
Confessions of a Bicultural Mom This past year has been busier than ever and I’ve felt guilty too many times about living in the Midwest and about not immersing our daughter enough into Mexican culture. It’s been hard. We’re far away from our family and friends who influence our Latino roots most and we haven’t [...]
Family Relocation & Lonely Holidays The holidays can be an emotional time in our family. Three years ago, we relocated to South Dakota from Michigan, and it’s been a lonely journey. We moved here knowing that we had no family, no friends…but we had to escape a bad economy and Michigan and our first priority [...]
Preschool At-Home: Getting Started As everyone else is sending their little ones back to school this past month, I’ve been getting myself ready for homeschooling mi’jita formally. Over the summer I prepped her with online alphabet games, fun learning workbooks and “school time” sessions. Lily loves the extra “mommy-daughter time” and it’s been so much [...]
How I Get My Daughter to ‘Buckle Up’ with No Fuss I’m sure we’ve all been there. Getting our kids to buckle up can be seriously difficult at times an even frustrating when we’re in a hurry and can’t get them to budge. But even though there is no way to get them buckled without [...]
Swim Parks & Summer Memories When I was growing up, it was the beach. We were always there every weekend and even on the weekdays during the hottest weeks. But here in Sioux Falls, we don’t have Lake Michigan…we have water parks. Sometimes I still miss the beach. I miss picking out our spot, laying [...]
Parenting Awareness: ‘Race’ Talk #2 Some of you might remember not long ago that I wrote the first in a series of ‘race talks’ with my daughter about skin color. Read it here » Parenting Awareness: ‘Race’ Talk #1 So today, my daughter prompted a second discussion about race…this one is slightly different than the original skin [...]
How do you celebrate birthdays & holidays? I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to post the topic ahead of time, but I got you for next week. You can join in next Monday with a post about food…anything relating food to culture! We’d love to hear about your favorite foods, recipe successes and disasters [...]
It’s been a while… Since my last few posts here on Bicultural Mom, I’ve been working on lots of special projects and taking some much needed quality time with my family. Not long ago, we celebrated Father’s Day with a grilling fest, during which my hubby actually grilled steaks three days in a row. That [...]
Raising a Feminist Daughter So, the other day I was reading comments on the black dolls article and Angélica mentioned that she encourages her daughter to play with trucks and other toys that might be considered gender specific by most parents. This got me thinking about my daughter and the way we try to raise [...]
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