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Learn Spanish With Little Pim! Win a Set of Spanish Flash Cards & CD!

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By now you know that my husband and I have committed to raising bilingual children. Coming from different cultures ourselves, our daughter has the benefit of growing up multicultural and learning two languages – English and Spanish. Though my first language was [...]

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Atlanta Billboards Say Black Children Are An Endangered Species

Pregnancy

I first saw this story on the Orlando Sentinel’s Moms at Work blog, but with a quick search found other stories like the one on NYDailyNews.com.
What do you think?
What is your initial reaction to the billboard?
Do you think it’s effective in getting their message across?
You may have to read the stories to find out the [...]

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Can Preschoolers Help Clean?

Wahm

Today I found myself home with my baby girl but also needing to clean. She didn’t go to preschool today, but I knew that I couldn’t let her being home get in the way of cleaning. This is a busy and short week for me due to the upcoming trip to Blissdom, so it is [...]

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Remembering When

guest-posts

For this week’s Viernes Social, instead of a contest, we’re featuring a heartfelt guest post from a local Latina blogger. I appreciate the post she wrote, as it’s nice to hear about motherhood past the preschool or teenage years.
Guest post by Maria Padilla of Orlando Latino. Maria is a journalist who formerly worked at the [...]

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Working Fathers Feel Same Pressure as Working Moms

Working Mothers

“Working fathers are struggling to juggle the competing demands of family and career, according to a report that shows that they are just as uneasy with their work-life balance as mothers.“
No surprise there. But, perhaps this isn’t obvious to everyone else.
The above quote is from the UK-based article titled Working fathers want more time with [...]

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Words Will Never Hurt Me…

Parenting

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. It was part of their Ask an Expert [...]

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Do your Kids Play Computer Games?

preschoolers

We are a tech-heavy household. That’s not to say that we don’t do any hands-on activities, such as crafts, coloring, and puzzles. It’s just that both my husband and I love technology and use it daily. So, it’s only natural that our baby girl will grow up in a technology-filled house and will learn to [...]

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Michael Jackson’s Death Got Me Thinking…How do you explain death to children?

life

Michael Jackson is dead. Dead!
And while my three year old will not understand the relevance of that, my husband and I sat at home last night repeatedly saying to ourselves, “Wow!”
I’m not sure why it hit harder than when any other celebrity dies. These things don’t usually phase me. I mean, I don’t know these [...]