Tales from the hood, motherhood that is

Tales from the hood, motherhood that is

On Tales from the hood, motherhood that is, Christine Granados, who is a writer and publisher, shares glimpses of her life as a mother. She is married to a fourth-generation Texan. Together they are raising two teenaged boys in Central Texas. Listeners will delve into the adventures of this Mexican American mama negotiating her way through “panty forests,” “neutralists” and everything in between.

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March 1, 2022 14 mins

In this month's episode of "Tales from the Hood: Motherhood That Is," Christine Granados talks about the humbling experience she had the first time she was asked to read her own work in front of an audience. Granados also announces the winners of the prize drawing for her second book of fiction "Fight Like a Man and Other Stories We Tell Our Children."

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This episode is all about the most romantic Valentine's Day's I spent with my husband.  Wait, did I say romantic? I meant to say – chaotic  days we spent together. 

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Hello, my name is Christine Granados. I’d like welcome you to my podcast: Tales from the hood, motherhood that is. I’m the author of two books of fiction and I’ve been a writer at daily and weekly newspapers for over 20 years. What you’ll be listening to are anecdotes for parents, all about the struggles and joys of raising children and being married. This week, I’m going to explain the valuable life lessons I’ve learned at the gro...

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July 13, 2020 8 mins

Hello, my name is Christine Granados. I’d like welcome you to: Tales from the hood, motherhood that is. I’m the author of two books of fiction and I’ve been a writer at daily and weekly newspapers for over 20 years. What’ you’ll be listening to are anecdotes for parents, all about the struggles and joys of raising children and being married. One of these struggles involves taking a cross state road trip in a car with small children...

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Many people may have heard of the tooth fairy, but I’ll bet many weren’t aware that there is a Mexican tooth fairy. On episode 10 of Tales from the hood, motherhood that is, I’m going to introduce you to when I first learned this fact and how much different she is from the American one.

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Hello, my name is Christine Granados. I’d like welcome you to my podcast: Tales from the Hood, Motherhood that is. I’m the author of two books of fiction, and I’ve been a writer at daily and weekly newspapers for over 20 years. What you’ll be listening to are anecdotes for parents, all about the struggles and joys of raising children and being married. Because I’m stuck at home in the middle of a lovely and hot Central Texas summer...

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This is week eight of this podcast and today I’ll be talking about the dangers I faced as a stay-at-home mother, when I was raising my two kids at the beginning of the third millennium. Sounds fancier than saying 2000s.

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This week’s topic is all about middle age or rather my grappling with being middle age. When I turned 40, words that came out of little girl’s mouth shocked me into the realization that I was no longer young.

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June 4, 2020 7 mins

This is a special edition of Tales from the hood, motherhood that is podcast. In light of the protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, my teenage son is leading a demonstration in our small Central Texas town. He wants young people to be able to voice their frustration at a justice system that many people of color and others view as unfair. As a mother, I am both proud and terrified for my him...

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June 1, 2020 9 mins

Episode 5 of Tales from the hood, motherhood that is exposes my worries as a mother, mainly trying to shield my son from disappointment, could stymie his capitalistic streak, which is why he chose to ignore me.

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Here’s what happened when I tried to teach my two boys the valuable lesson of how to tell a white lie. 

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May 11, 2020 8 mins

This is week three of the podcast and I’m going to try to explain the term motherandering, which most mothers have done at one point in their lives. It isn’t pretty and it doesn’t smell good either.

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April 27, 2020 10 mins

In the second episode of Tales from the Hood, Motherhood that is podcast, I talk about being stuck at home with teenagers during this coronavirus shelter-in-place, stay-at-home, no, safer-at-home order. The point is we’re stuck at home together, and my family and I are learning a lot of things about each other that we didn’t necessarily want to know.

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April 20, 2020 7 mins

Welcome to the Tales from the Hood, Motherhood that is podcast, this is the show for parents, all about the struggles and joys of raising children and being married, and on our first episode, I’m going to introduce you to my parenting philosophy, which is “My job is to not kill my children.”

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