Disclosure: This is part of a sponsored campaign with Latina Mom Bloggers and the maker of Angel Soft®. However, all opinions expressed are my own. Before having children, Mother’s Day was just a day in the y ear that I bought a little something for my mother, thanked her, spent a few hours with her… [Read More]
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Parenting Children Latino vs. American Style
by Dr. Tanginika Cuascud for Mamiverse In my native Puerto Rico, the methods of discipline were very straightforward: You did what you were told or you were punished. Not obeying guaranteed un chancletazo (a spanking with a flip flop). Offering to hit with other implements such as belts, twigs and tree branches was not out of the question and oftentimes, parents… [Read More]
Are We Teaching Our Daughters To Be Nice Instead of Leaders?
“We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground: Little girls get called ‘bossy’ all the time, a word that’s almost never used for boys. And that leads directly to the problems women face in the workforce. When a man does a good job, everyone says, ‘That’s great.’ When a woman does that same… [Read More]
Potty Training the Third Time Around
“But you’ve done it before. It’s going to be super easy for you.” A first-time mom said this to me recently at an event when we started discussing potty training. I almost laughed in her face. As any parent of multiple children knows, each child is different and the chances are that what works to… [Read More]
"42" – Jackie Robinson Biopic
“42” tells the story of Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey’s breaking of the infamous color line by signing Jackie Robinson to the team. The 1946 deal, put the two men at the forefront of controversy and created a historical moment like none other. The new biopic tells their story and Robinson’s amazing courage, determination… [Read More]
Sharing Passover to Open Tween Minds
Our Los Tweens team was invited by our amiga Jeannette Kaplun of Hispana Global to join her for an annual Passover celebration presented by the Latin American committee of the Miami AJC. It is a beautiful celebration of liberty and so many traditions that help retrace the history of freedom from slavery of the… [Read More]
Gift Ideas for Tween Easter Baskets
As children go through the tween years – between the ages of 7 and 12 – the Easter bunny’s job gets harder and harder. Pre-packaged baskets just don’t cut it any more. They aren’t unique in any way and that’s PRECISELY what a tween is looking for in just about anything. Everything needs to ‘scream’… [Read More]
St. Patrick's Day Tween Party
Last year, we put out the challenge to our readers to come up with the name for the fun punch we created – Rockin Shamrock was the winner! And to celebrate, we hosted a tween friendly St. Patrick’s Day party with the Los Tween’s familias. We had a lot of fun snapped a ton of… [Read More]
Why Women Deserve to be Celebrated Every Day
by Eileen Carter Campos for Mamiverse Women’s History Month is a time for us to honor all of the women who came before us and paved the way for the freedom and autonomy we enjoy today. But it’s also a time to consider and praise those women who really are doing it all—single or married,… [Read More]
Families Torn Apart: The High Cost of Immigration
Your children are taken from you. You’re not allowed to see or speak with them. They’re given to a new family and you’re sent back to a country you haven’t seen in years. When you try to reunite with your children, you’re told you must complete a number of classes, find a job, arrange… [Read More]
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