September 19, 2016September 19, 2016Familia The importance of imparting our own stories to the next generation – #TXLatinoBlog Hop My parents made the choice to raise us here. Here […] Read more
November 14, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: One Generation at a Time – Progress Every once in a while, if we’re lucky, and it […] Read more
September 25, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid & Reading Culturally Significant Books – ‘Caramelo’ Shut up stupid! That was the line that got Edgar […] Read more
September 6, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting “So We Really Are Latinos, Right?” Last night we were watching the Democratic National Convention en […] Read more
August 31, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting What’s The Secret To Raising a Bilingual Kid? …Hiring a Bilingual Nanny! What are hardworking parents to do these days when they […] Read more
August 22, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting How Do You Make Your Child Understand What It Means To Be Undocumented? This week, we finally connected the internet to our television […] Read more
July 31, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid… While Dumpster Diving Lately we’ve been making a lot of trips to the […] Read more
July 19, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: 7 Essential Lessons For Any Parent It’s probably human nature that anytime we’re not too sure […] Read more
July 13, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: It’s Hard for Parents Too! I guess I should consider myself pretty fortunate. Anjelica and […] Read more
June 27, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: The Importance of Doing ‘Nada’ We used to get up early in the mornings and […] Read more
June 8, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: It’s the Little Things That Count This was an actual conversation between Edgar and I. We […] Read more
May 31, 2012August 12, 2014Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: “Can You Súbele Un Poquito Please?” Every time we get in the car it’s almost always […] Read more
May 24, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: Television En Español Just the other day we were sitting at my parents […] Read more
May 18, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: Easy, Breezy – Fact or Fiction? My parents never pressured us to be bilingual. We had […] Read more
May 3, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: Teaching the Value of a Dollar El dinero cuesta. Hay que ganarse la vida. If money […] Read more
April 18, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: ‘One Doesn’t Last Forever’ My mother used to say uno no va durar para […] Read more
April 11, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: Getting Your Kids to Buy Into español He tries. He really does. We all do. It’s become […] Read more
April 5, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising a Bilingual Kid: Time Out vs Chancletazo As children we did not know there was such a […] Read more