1. He plays culturally appropriate games. At our house at least once a week the boys play “piñata”. They fill a bowl with “candy” (usually the alphabet magnets from the fridge), get something to use as a stick (a wooden dowel from their train set will do) and make me chant the Mexican piñata song… Continue reading 5 Signs Your American Child is Growing Up in Mexico
I don’t know if you’ve ever quit your job to become a stay at home mom in a foreign country where you barely speak the language and know almost no one… I have. It’s a challenging lifestyle to say the least. And I don’t know if after three years living in that country you have… Continue reading Anywhere, I’m Here
It has started out as one of those weeks. The kind where hubby is at work until after the boys are in bed two nights in a row. The kind where no one slept well last night and both boys woke up with colds. One of them just managed to sneeze in my mouth. Do… Continue reading One of Those Weeks
Right after I wrote my last post it seemed like my ability to wait was being tested. Our lives in Mexico have been filled with experiences of waiting, both good and bad. This past week has been filled with several bad experiences…issues with visa paperwork, issues with owning a foreign car, issues with things that… Continue reading Waiting Part 2
I am currently raising two Third Culture Kids. Not familiar with the term? It was coined in the 1950s by American sociologist and anthropologist Ruth Hill Useem to describe children who are growing up in a culture different than their parents’. More recently American sociologist David C. Pollock in his book, Third Culture Kids: Growing… Continue reading My Third Culture Kids
Abby Kitchin 