Parenting Bilingual Niños When You’re Not Fluent

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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 [...]

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Autism Awareness Month & World Autism Awareness Day {April 2nd}

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World Autism Awareness Day Today is all about Autism awareness.  I’ve written a post over on Multicultural Familia and I hope you’ll stop by and share your thoughts. READ THE ARTICLE >> Do you have a loved one with Autism?  Do you have a question or something you would like to share?  Please leave your [...]

A New Look for Bicultural Mom!

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Welcome to the new Bicultural Mom blog! Recently, I’ve been working hard on planning a blog makeover and it’s finally here! Now Bicultural Mom has a more serious, streamlined look and it truly fits the content that I write about here. This is something I would have loved to do for my blog when I [...]

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is No Picnic

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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis & Auto-Immune Disease Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been around as much lately…and you’ve probably also noticed that I haven’t been doing my weekly columns (Multicultural Mondays & the Life Change Challenge). I just wanted to check in and let you all know that I am still alive…barely!  lol.  I [...]

Blog Redesign: Which is your favorite? Cast your vote on Facebook!

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For those following this blog, you may have noticed that I LOVE working on redesigns.  Well, it’s time my own space had a makeover! Recently I went to work brainstorming my own redesign and thinking about what I want to achieve with this makeover and what my main image should look like.  I think I’ve [...]

Well-Meaning White People

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Well-Meaning White People I’m not apposed to white people.  Really, I’m not.  *sarcasm* Some may think I’m out to get whites or that I’m a self-hater because I call white people out time and again…because I married a Latino…because I speak Spanish…because I prefer non-white friends or those in interracial relationships who get me, but [...]

Straight Talk, Sprint & South Dakota

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Straight Talk, Sprint & South Dakota See the picture of the phone above?  I want that phone.  ;) You see, I’m a Straight Talk user and I love Straight Talk, wouldn’t switch.  Their prices are rational, it’s prepaid, so no contracts to deal with and the phone service is great!  There’s just one thing that’s [...]

A Special Thank You to My Support Network & a $50 Gift Card Giveaway!

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Image credit: Flickr / woodleywonderworks   Today is my OFFICIAL ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me over this year! Thank you to Ana Flores and Roxana Soto of Spanglish Baby and Tracy of Latinaish who came by to support my blog in the early days [...]

Bicultural Mom’s Top 10 Highest Ranking Posts of 2011!

Happy New Year 2011

Bicultural Mom’s Top 10 Highest Ranking Posts of 2011! Well, the year is coming to a close and I thought it would be fun to reminisce and look back on the year past.  Here are the Top 10 Highest Ranking Posts from Bicultural Mom for 2011! Multiculturalism: It’s For Everyone! How To Raise Confident Multiracial [...]

An “Over-the-hill” Birthday: I {Finally} Turned 30!

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Image Credit: Flickr / tawest64 Turning 30 Well, it finally happened.  I’m officially 30 and I don’t feel any different except for the fact that I’m happy to finally be 30!  LOL.  I never felt my age and now I can sit comfortably at 30 and know that my age is more a match with who [...]

Why Pink? It’s a Symbolism Thing – Becoming a Feminist Mom

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Becoming a Feminist Mom Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about shedding the pink skin I wear on Bicultural Mom.  For one, it’s never been my favorite color, it doesn’t exactly depict strength or political savvy, so what’s the point in keeping it around? To answer that question, I had to think deep about why [...]