Category: Parenting
Guatemalan Father Dies Giving Autistic Son a Better Life in the United States
LatinaLista — The March 6, 2007 immigration raid on the Bianco factory workers in New Bedford, MA was all the more heartbreaking when stories surfaced of mothers and fathers being taken into custody and leaving behind their children. The common criticism is that if any of these undocumented parents love their children as they say [...]
Guest Voz: Hillary Clinton Has a Plan to Help Latinas Balance Work and Family
By Hillary Clinton LatinaLista Latina Lista has invited all the major candidates running for President of the United States to blog on Latina Lista to address our readers. So far, several candidates have accepted our invitation. In the coming weeks, each of the candidates, who have accepted, will take their turn as a Guest Voz [...]
Immigrant Mom in Sanctuary Goes on Hunger Strike
LatinaLista — There are over 3 million children who are caught squarely in the middle of this immigration debate. These children are U.S. citizens but at least one of their parents is not. Saul Arrellano is one of these children. Saulito’s mother is Elvira who is fighting with every ounce of her petite physique to [...]
Today’s Hispanic Birthrate will Save Tomorrow’s National Defense
LatinaLista — Only three days left till New Year’s Day — and the annual parade of stories of the first babies born in 2007. The U.S. Census Bureau released a press release saying that the United States is expected to register one birth every 8 seconds during the month of January. If I were wagering [...]
A Growing Crisis with Too Many Latino Children Caught in Child Welfare System
LatinaLista — In 2002, Building Blocks for Youth released a report titled ¿Donde Esta la Justicia? Though the report centered on the unjust disparities in our juvenile justice system when it comes to the treatment of Latino children, there was a small paragraph in the report that virtually went unnoticed until my friend Tomás of [...]
Are Hispanic Family Values a Myth?
LatinaLista Nearly half of the children born to Hispanic mothers in the U.S. are born out of wedlock, a proportion that has been increasing rapidly with no signs of slowing down. Given what psychologists and sociologists now know about the much higher likelihood of social pathology among those who grow up in single-mother households, the [...]
