8 Unique Ways To Incorporate Your Culture at Your Half-Latino Wedding
Congratulations! You’re engaged and now the wedding planning begins. If you’re like me, then you take pride in your Latin…
Family & Education
5 Ways To Celebrate Earth Day With Your Children
By Deborah Salazar Shapiro
April 21, 2018
“The earth laughs in flowers,” said the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. I believe the earth not only laughs in…
How To Talk To Kids About Violence, Crime And War
Mass shootings. Nuclear weapons. A robbery at your local corner store. Where do you start when you have to explain…
Lola’s POV: His Name Is Axel
His name is Axel and when we met it was love at first sight. He has a scar, just like…
The Pros and Cons of Renting or Buying a Home
Many of us grow up thinking of home ownership as a cultural ideal—an indicator that we’ve “made it,” and have…
5 Classic Movies That Can Trigger Conversations About Sexual Assault and Consent
By Common Sense Media
April 4, 2018
One of the joys of parenthood is sharing your favorite childhood movies with your kids. So when it was my…
Why I’m Glad My Mom Supported My Weight Loss Surgery
Nine years ago, I weighed 100 pounds more than I do today. You would never know it from looking at…
16 Spanish and Bilingual Albums for Kids
By Shayne Rodriguez Thompson
March 26, 2018
If you’re looking for ways to keep the Spanish language and Latin culture alive in your children, filling your home…
Semana Santa Traditions From Spanish-Speaking Countries That Have Nothing to do With the Easter Bunny
In celebration of Semana Santa, we’re taking you on a trip of how the week leading up to Easter is…
5 Books to Teach My Son to Embrace His Latinidad
I am Latina, but I live in a predominantly white neighborhood, in a predominantly white city, in the middle of…
9 Latina Moms Tell Us How They Parent Differently Than Their Mothers
When you become a mother, you often have to look toward other mothers for advice. You think back to the…
Emma González Tweets Support For Students Walking Out To Protest Gun Violence
Today is the National School Walkout, a nationwide protest against gun violence where kids all across the country have vowed…
