About Mommy Poppins
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
Who is Mommy Poppins?
Anna 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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People are talking:
"we're big fans...what makes Mommy Poppins special is its sensibility: it brims with love for the city, and has a reliable eye for things that are novel, worthwhile, and often free." — New York Family
"Hats off to www.mommypoppins.com. The Web site devoted to helping parents make the most out of New York City life with their young ones recently launched neighborhood guides that focus on kid-friendly enclaves." — New York Daily News
"...Enter Mommy Poppins, a.k.a. Anna Fader, a native New Yorker and mother of two whose blog clues readers in to great experiences all over the five boroughs and tells what's new on the home front. " — New York Magazine
"A great website...great ideas" — Good Day New York
Advertising:
Mommy Poppins is read by over 100,000 New York City parents every month and has 5000 subscribers. Some of the local businesses that have advertised successfully on Mommy Poppins are:
If you are interested in advertising on Mommy Poppins please see our advertising page.
Privacy:
We do not collect email addresses or other information about people that visit our site. Period.
Disclaimer:
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.
