Entries by Sandra Rodriguez Baron

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Latina Optimism Can Save America

My family and I were recently driving past a row of stately homes on the Connecticut shore. Now and then, my husband and I would comment on the architectural details we liked, like eaves, fish scale shingles, and fairy-tale turrets. In the back seat, my 17 year old step-daughter sighed and said, “Looking at these […]

August 8, 2011 by
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Why I Regret Having an Only Child

UPDATED August 1st, 2016 On a sunny afternoon in June, I sat on my friend’s porch as we watched her two boys and my 7-year-old son bounce themselves silly on a trampoline. On the other side of the row of baby blue hydrangea bushes, in the neighboring yard, I saw a boy of about 12, […]

July 18, 2011 by