MixtKids

One Mom's journey to raise empowered mixed-race children

Category: Family Life

“Mom, is Micah average?”

I’m sure all you parents out there can relate.  The “what, why, who” questions started a few years ago, but now they’ve progressed to word definitions.  So when PJ asked me if her baby sister was average, I didn’t know what to say.  I sort of floundered and then responded, “I guess so.”  Which was […]

My Daughter can’t Roll her Rrrr’s…

Last night, my daughter, PJ, a first grader, was watching Hi5 with her little sister and they were singing a song with some Spanish words and accents.  Well, since I’m Mexican, you’d assume I would speak Spanish and therefore, so would my children, right?  Well, not so fast.  See, I grew up in Utah and […]

Oceanside, the true “melting pot”

So, the girls and I were in Oceanside today.  In So Cal, we refer to Oceanside as O’side.  It’s a beach city just north of San Diego, very close to Camp Pendleton Marine base, and has long been know as a city full of gangs and crime.  Well, a lot of that has changed!  OK, […]