Childcare & Early Education

August 30, 2018

It’s been twenty years since the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and at thirty-two I’m ecstatic that J.K Rowling's amazing magical world is still alive and well for our kids with the re-release of all Harry Potter movies this Friday on August 31st (time to pull out my Gryffindor...

Nina Perez

Childcare & Early Education Immigration Social & Emotional Development

August 27, 2018

On the #radio show this week we cover the new “As You Are” campaign; the Kavanaugh nomination to the US Supreme Court and what's at stake for women; the latest on the #FamiliesBelongTogether fight; and how to help revolutionize education and end the school to prison pipeline. *Special guests on the...

MomsRising

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

August 24, 2018

I wrote recently about a few of the brave children who helped change our nation during the Civil Rights Movement. There are many, many others whose examples should inspire us today. Claudette Colvin – sometimes called “The First Rosa Parks” – was a 15-year-old Black girl who challenged bus...

Marian Wright Edelman

Childcare & Early Education

August 22, 2018

Soy la orgullosa mamá de Zoe (5), Brendan (3) y, ¡de un pequeñín que nacerá en septiembre! Me apasiona aprender nuevos idiomas y culturas y trato de enseñárselos a mis hijos desde pequeños. Profesionalmente, soy educadora y estoy certificada para enseñar Alemán, Inglés como Segunda Lengua y...

Maria Bailey

Childcare & Early Education

August 20, 2018

I am a proud mom to Zoe (5), and Brendan (3), and a new little one arriving in September! I have a personal passion for learning new languages and cultures that I seek to instill in my children at an early age. Professionally, I am an educator with teaching certificates in German, English as a...

Maria Bailey

We Are MomsRising!

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Social & Emotional Development

August 15, 2018

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Marysol in California about her experience of finding childcare for her two kiddos. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog post . I’m a mother of two. I have a six year old daughter and...

Abbie Gately

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health

August 14, 2018

As a pediatrician, I do everything I possibly can to keep children safe and healthy. One important part of that is counseling parents on what they can do to protect their children from dangerous products and unsafe toys. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of products that pose serious harm to...

Lenore Jarvis, MD, MEd, FAAP

Childcare & Early Education

August 10, 2018

It’s no secret that America’s child care system is in need of major reform. Across the country, families struggle to pay child care bills on top of other expenses, and many parents cannot find a child care program with an open space in their neighborhood. What parents might not know is how much the...

Chaley Kirkpatrick

Sign the thank you card!

Childcare & Early Education

August 1, 2018

Thanks to community advocates, educators, and DC families (like YOU!) who submitted their childcare stories, decorated bibs with messages to Councilmembers, sent emails to the Council, and testified in front of the DC Committee on Education – the Birth-to-Three for All DC Act (which incorporates...

Nina Perez

Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave

August 1, 2018

Becoming a parent means learning to live with an ever-present anxiety. With every meal, every doctor’s visit, every purchase of diapers or rash creams or bottles, you’re left wondering if you are doing this right. Could I be doing something more to give my child the best possible start in life?...