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
March 18, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting Ay, Au, Uy & Other Things Bilingual Kids Say He’s still at that age where we have to remind […] Read more
January 24, 2012February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Parenting Kids Learn The Darndest Things! Little boys are unusual to say the least. I’m saying […] Read more
January 3, 2012February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting The True Story Behind My Own Ballet Folklorico Experience The other day, a while ago, I wrote about how […] Read more
December 6, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising A Bilingual Kid: How Telenovelas Might Improve Your Child’s Spanish Fluency Usually it’s me fighting Edgar to switch the television set […] Read more
October 14, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting Father to Son: A Birthday Wish for Today …and Tomorrow Today Edgar is nine! One year away from 10 and […] Read more
October 6, 2011February 15, 2013Dichos / Refranes, Familia, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting ¡No Te Dejes! Learning To Fight My Own School Yard Bullies It’s always hard to give kids advice about bullying. In […] Read more
April 20, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Parenting Raising A Bilingual Kid: Pozole, Frijoles and Indian Curry Every time we sit down to break bread it’s always […] Read more