“Mami-Approved” Dolls for Your Latina Daughter

“Mami-Approved” Dolls for Your Latina Daughter

No sooner had I taken down our Halloween decorations and removed the rotting pumpkins that I forgot to carve (in my haste to prepare for Hurricane Sandy’s crash into NYC), when I got a call from my super-organized sister, Margie, asking me what she should get my 5-year-old daughter for Christmas. This threw me into [...]

The Kindergarten Wars

The Kindergarten Wars

Every good mother wants her child to have the best early education experience possible in order to build a solid foundation, get into a competitive college, and go on to become a successful adult. The first step in that journey is kindergarten. Easy enough, right? Not in New York City. While most moms are enjoying [...]