I’ve been thinking about something for the past few weeks that has just been eating me up inside. And after attending BlogHer 09 and sitting in on the Women of Color session PLUS having lunch with a group of lovely women of color, it’s been on my mind even more. Why is it so hard […]
Parenting
Words Will Never Hurt Me…
There is this thing in the Latino culture where your parents, or other relatives, will often say “terms of endearment” that if were said in the English language would be down-right insulting and offensive. Examples: Spanish term/phrase English Translation Esta gordita! She’s fat! Negrita Dark-skinned girl SpanglishBaby just posted this past week about this issue. […]
World’s Worst Mom
All I have to say is that after a very long, very stressful, and very chaotic weekend – for reasons that I cannot share at this time – I had to go and eff it all up even more. How? I freaking locked my keys in the car, with my baby girl in her car […]
Talking to your Kids
A few of my co-workers are former teachers. Specifically, they were elementary school teachers, so I often seek their advice on how to teach my daughter certain things and be sure I’ve got her on the right track for when she starts pre-K or school. One of them said something to me that has stuck […]
5 Reading Resources for Parents
My daughter is three. As a preschooler, she loves to “read” and loves for us to read to her. She received a Leapfrog Tag system from her tio for Christmas and uses it on an almost daily basis. That is how she can “read” a book to us. But, she can also take a regular […]
