Everything about being a parent intrigued me and motivated me to do further research. My courses on human development and parenting were fabulous. In fact most of my classmates were educators taking a relatively easy course to complete their credits towards graduation. With a very simple curriculum, the most complicated part was to fulfill the [...]
Archive for April, 2008
9. Stop the world.
Posted in 6. History, PadRes Techniques, tagged child rearing, children, education, learning, liliana medina, love, motherhood, pareting, pareting techniques on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
8. Shoulda, coulda, woulda…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What was it in fact that I could, should, must or would do with my daughter? How much or what were the limits of what I could do for her? Aside from feeding, taking care of and protecting her, what was my role. Was my role limited to crossing my fingers and hoping everything would [...]
7. The piece.
Posted in family, Parenting, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, ado, babies, children, family, latin, mother, Parenting, Spanish on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I often reflected on all those human development theories that I was then studying. I pondered all the myths and oral traditions of those whom supposedly knew everything about “raising kids”. I applied myself into discovering even the most insignificant piece of common sense in all the puzzle that then represented the raising and education [...]
6. “Don’t worry, be happy”.
Posted in 6. History, tagged caregivers, children, fathers, liliana medina, love, mother, Parenting, single parenting on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That semester I started to analyze everything that concerned parenting practices. It was the second half of the 70′s. I used to observe mothers singing lullabies with canvas baby carriers that opened like fans, listened to them asking their kids to behave in the supermarket, preparing them vegetarian burgers and fruit yogurt, watched daddies carrying [...]
5. S.O.S..
Posted in 6. History, Uncategorized, tagged children, decisions, families, family, growing up, latin, liliana medina, love, mom, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, single parent on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just graduated in June from High School, with a newborn baby in my arms in November and on the verge of beginning my university in January, I wondered how I would do to educate and be educated. I had a wonderful Christmas and felt very happy while I prepared myself for a new year full [...]
