By Katherine Doble-Cannata, Los Tweens As the debate over immigration reform develops, one segment of the immigrant population has been significantly missing from the conversation: the children. Unaccompanied children risk the long journey to the United States to escape abuse, violence, exploitation, and in hopes to reunite with family members. But once they reach they… [Read More]
Culture
Celebrating Tres Reyes Magos – Three Kings & GIVEAWAY
There’s Noche Buena, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day and lots of family gatherings in between to make anyone exhausted. But, we Latinos like to party so we throw in one more celebration for good measure – Los Tres Reyes Magos or Three King’s Day. Los Tres Reyes Magos is a celebration of… [Read More]
Miss Cuba Shares the Key to Teaching Culture
I sat down for lunch with Miss Cuba Kelly Saks planning to discuss beauty tips but ended up discussing the essence of Los Tweens – maintaining cultural identity. Kelly was born, raised and educated in the United States and has never visited Cuba. But her cultural roots are so strong that the Miss… [Read More]
How Mothers Can Help Their Tweens Embrace Their Feminine Superpowers at Puberty
As LosTweens & Teens continues to broaden its Editorial focus, we’re introducing various Series that are important topics for our parents. A new contributor joins us to discuss the ‘sensitive’ topic of developing hormones- an issue we all will face. The story is being reproduced en Español so stay tuned for more. We hope you’ll share your… [Read More]
TWEEN BIRTHDAYS- Part Dos
‘To Party or NOT to Party?” – that WAS the pregunta! Part II- We did it! How it went and what we learned So much for the ‘gringo’ being the sensible one! My husband- a.k.a. ‘el gringo’ as his all-Latino friends call him for growing up in South Florida’s Hialeah community- enjoyed the super fiesta… [Read More]
Mexican Chocolate Tamales with a Kick
Mexican Chocolate Tamales with a Kick; Yummy Fun for the Whole Family The holidays have come and gone and you’re wondering what to do with your leftover chocolate chips you didn’t use for baking and corn husks from your tamales? These chocolate tamales piqued our interest because of the use of Mexican… [Read More]
[VIDEO] Celebrate Moms of Tweens- Las Madres de Los Tweens
aaayyyyaaaaa- Can you hear the song.. “Canta y no llores” – Sing and don’t cry Moms of Tweens! What do Tween moms most likely have in common? Stress and smiles! Kids ages 7-12 require our attention at an amazing pace. You hear the Abuelas and voices of experience refer to newborns and teenagers as the ’tough… [Read More]
Sharing Passover & Religious Observances con nuestros chicos
By Cristy Clavijo-Kish debt management program Founder & Co-Publisher The next two weeks are surely significant ones among the Judeo-Christian community with the observances for Easter and Passover. We should take the opportunity to speak about our own traditions, but also about others. I started the discussion on Passover in my home by making my… [Read More]
Holy Week – Thoughts to Share with Tweens all the Time
By: Cristy Clavijo-Kish Founder & Co-Publisher This week I may have heard the best religious message I have in a very long time and I immediately thought of our Tweens. But its application for daily life is far broader. It was the children’s mass on Palm Sunday and our pastor wanted to illustrate for our… [Read More]
The six best things about tweens
Published By: By Charlotte Latvala, Parenting.com via CNN Living (Parenting.com) — When my kids were younger, friends with tweens gave me dire warnings: “It’s a whole new world — much worse than the terrible twos.” “You won’t believe the change in your kid — like night and day.” “Just wait until they hit middle school; brace… [Read More]