UPDATED November 16th, 2017 Women are taking over the world, quite literally. From the corridors of colleges, universities and law schools to the arenas of construction and mining, the number of women has increased exponentially and organically. Girls also typically outperform boys in school and research shows their brains may be better equipped to succeed […]
Marabina Jaimes is the Emmy Award Winning-Host of PBS’ Storytime! and the voice of Mary Alice Young, the narrator of Desperate Housewives, in the Spanish version of ABC’s hit primetime series. With hundreds of commercials in both Spanish and English to her credit, Marabina has been working successfully as an actress and voiceover talent for […]
You may be wondering whether co-sleeping is good or bad. No wonder! The Milwaukee Health Department has stirred up a mom’s nest, with its new advertising campaign about the potential dangers of co-sleeping, but then again, that was likely precisely the point. The ads feature posters, one depicting a baby sleeping soundly next to an […]
Want to be the popular house on the block with kids this Halloween? Give them chocolate. It doesn’t matter what kind of candy, as long as it’s chocolate. Almost three quarters or 68 percent kids say they prefer homes that give “anything made of chocolate,” according to research compiled by PersonalizationMall.com. Last Halloween, Americans consumed […]
At least one woman will die while pregnant or during childbirth in the time that it will take you to read this story. And many more children—one every 20 seconds—will die of a vaccine-preventable disease. Read Related: Our Online Family: Sisterhood & Community These tragic and often preventable statistics are among those cited by ABC […]
Just hours before the 33 Chilean miners were to be rescued from their 69-day ordeal underground, there was one thing that Marta Salinas wanted her philandering husband, Jonni Barrios, and the other miners to know: “Women are fighters.” It was a strong statement coming from a woman who was unwittingly thrust into the glaring media […]
Esmeralda Santiago, author of best-selling memoir When I was Puerto Rican, and numerous other titles (Almost A Woman and The Turkish Lover) has a new, historical novel hitting bookstores this week. Conquistadora (Alfred A. Knopf), an epic tale set in 19th Century Spain and Puerto Rico, is already being hailed as “storytelling genius,” by Booklist. Conquistadora tells […]