Studies suggest that children who traveled to experience cultures other than their own have increased tolerance, respectfulness, and willingness to learn and try new things. They also were more likely to have higher independence, self-esteem, confidence, adaptability, and sensitivity. I write this next to my sleeping son and husband, in…
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What I learned from returning to the country I was born in.
(En español al final.) It was a cold September morning when my son, mother, and I stepped off a plane and onto Mexican soil. For over twenty years my mother had not seen her parents or siblings. I had imagined this day over and over again, but now that it…