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If you didn't know any better, you might think New York City was a terrible place to raise kids, only for the rich and fashionable, with nothing for children to do outdoors except dodge traffic. Mommy Poppins is all about helping our readers know better, a lot better. Written by real, unpretentious moms, Mommy Poppins provides daily doses of the inside scoop on what's cool in New York for kids and their grown-up entourage.

What we love: free stuff, cool, artsy activities, discovering urban nature, exploring the city's nooks and crannies, grown-up events that are good for kids, and all that outdoor stuff that most people think you have to move out of the city to do.

What we don't love: crowds, over-commercialization, advertorial content, and lame events that weren't worth the subway trek to get there. On Mommy Poppins you'll find a lot of the former and none of the latter. —Anna

What you'll find here:
Some of our regular content includes parenting news, free weekend events, arts and nature activities, kid-friendly itineraries, day trips, and big giveaways, plus guides that help you navigate NYC preschools, summer camps, classes, birthday parties, pregnancy and more.

Event Calendar: Our event calendar features our picks of what's going on any day of the week. To submit an event for consideration, email events@mommypoppins.com. To advertise an event, visit our advertising  page.

To submit an editorial idea, send it to mommy@mommypoppins.com

 

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200906010359.jpgAnna Fader, Founding Editor — Anna Fader grew up in New York City and now raises her two children here. After over a decade working as an advertising creative, she traded power for passion and started writing Mommy Poppins as a way to share her love of New York and her vision of how magical raising kids here can be. Fader is dedicated to maintaining Mommy Poppins as a site that supports local families and businesses and provides the best content available to parents.

In addition to the website, Anna is currently writing a book, occasionally contributes to other publications, and consults on New York City family issues and blogging. She has appeared in the local and national media discussing parenting and family life, New York City activities and venues, family travel and social media. She is available for press inquiries or appearances and can be reached through mommy@mommypoppins.com

  

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We do our best to provide accurate, useful information about events and activities. Sometimes details change or we are given inaccurate information. Whenever possible we link our listings to the source website of events and activities and strongly urge you to click through and confirm details before you go. Mommy Poppins is in no way responsible for any problems that occur while participating in activities recommended on this site.

 

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MommyMommy Poppins is New York City's favorite free online resource for parents and kids where you'll discover the inside skinny on where and what to do, see, learn, play, make, read, splash, eat, run amok, party and envy in the New York area with kids. I hope you like the site. Feel free too email me if you have any questions.Anna


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