Category Archives: Parenting

Who Made this Grave

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

A few days before the actual Day of the Dead, I picked up my son from his Montessori school and we strolled together down Morelia’s Calzada, a ficus-lined cobblestone pedestrian avenue that stretches from the colonial city’s pink stone aqueduct … Continue reading →

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Roots and Wings and the Story (for Mother’s Day)

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

I grew up on a farm in your quintessential middle-of-nowhere. While my dad cursed his cows and tractors and broken down trucks—“peckerhead” should have been my first word, my mom nursed a vast  vegetable garden, a flock of Thanksgiving turkeys … Continue reading →

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Dia del Niño

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

“When we see a pretty flower, we stop to look at it and smell it, right?” My son keeps his face hidden. He gets shy when strangers gush at him. “And seeing that flower makes us happy, right?” He nods … Continue reading →

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Good Friday: A Child Meets Jesus in Mexico

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

  “Who is that man?” my son asks as soon as we arrive. The man playing Jesus is wearing a white tunic. There is fake blood on his face. I take a deep breath and leap. “Do you remember at … Continue reading →

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Tips for Traveling with Children

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Travel shouldn’t be torture, but it can feel that way when you have children with you. Like everything else that the parenting life throws at you, however, the more you do it, the easier it gets. Because of jobs and … Continue reading →

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Travel With Your Children

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Yes, it’s difficult; but what isn’t? Yes, it’s not what it used to be; but what else is new since you became a parent? Yes, you have to pack half your house; but do it anyway. Travel with your children. … Continue reading →

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Sweet Mexican Education

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

(My latest Love in Mexico correspondence essay is live on National Geographic’s Glimpse.org. An excerpt is below, or read the whole thing here.) “Dulce, dulce, dulce, dulce,” sings my two-year-old son as I stroller him over cobblestones. Yes, “candy” is … Continue reading →

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Comparative Parenting, or, Freezing My Babies in Mexico

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

“Señora, his feet!” The woman rushing at me over the cobblestones, well-dressed in a beige pantsuit, all but gasped in horror. I stopped pushing my son’s flimsy stroller, but before I could defuse the situation, she had my toddler’s bare … Continue reading →

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A Healthy Body Politic? Vaccines in Mexico

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

“Un momento,” called A’s teacher Anita as we strollered away from his Montessori school one afternoon. When she caught up, she handed my husband a small slip of white paper printed faintly on one side. “Today they came to give … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps Down the Path to Citizenship (Part I of ??!)

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

My husband and I—both born and raised U.S. citizens—have lived in Central and South America in the past, and on both sides of the border, in New and Old Mexico; so we have heard a lot of immigration stories. We … Continue reading →

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