Latina Moms | Daughters
Welcome to the next phase of Parenting a Teen in First Love: The Break Up. Earlier this year, I was nervous delighted when my 18-year-old daughter told me she had found true love. I’d never seen her so happy, so bright. Their relationship went from cute flirting to crazy-in-love within days. His style-cat charm, playful [...]
The Milwaukee Health Department has stirred up a mom’s nest, with its new advertising campaign about the potential dangers of co-sleeping, but then again, that was likely precisely the point. The ads feature posters, one depicting a baby sleeping soundly next to an enormous butcher knife (about half as long at the baby) and the [...]
We all know unemployment is much higher than it used to be a few years ago, and that is harder to find a job. The truth is that there are thousands of jobs that go unfilled every year because there aren’t enough people with the right degrees and skill-sets to match those jobs. In the [...]
As we sat around the dinner table the other night, my ten-year-old son seemed a little confused as to what to do when pushed or shoved or kicked on the soccer field. We all had words of advice for him, but it was my mother who captured the essence of what needed to be done. [...]
On day 47 of the Occupy Wall Street protest, a movement that started in New York City when a group of patriotic Americans took over Zuccotti Park to protest corporate greed and corruption, I took my nine-year-old to witness democracy in action. My young son went against his wishes and fought me the entire subway [...]
For many kids, taking tests is not easy. Anxiety levels rise sometimes to the point where children feel physically sick. The headache, cold, or stomach flu that seem to conveniently happen on the day of the test? They are frequently a response to stress. According to some studies, Latino students may face some additional stress [...]
Earlier this year I presented at a conference at Harvard, organized by Latinas Unidas de Harvard, a group of unbelievable young female students helping each other become the leaders of tomorrow. Many of the organizers and participants are the first in their families to attend college. Add the fact that they are attending Harvard, one [...]
Franklin Gomez was dying. A machine forced air into his lungs as his rib cage heaved up and down, screaming and beeping as it synchronizes with bags bringing him fluid and morphine. His 4 kids watch over him. His wife, Rosanna, squeezes my hand and says through tears: “He is going to die, and I [...]
