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April Daniels Hussar

As Romper’s managing editor, April oversees all of the content on the site, including but not limited to maternal mental heath, TTC and pregnancy, childbirth, raising babies, toddlers, and kids, and the news and entertainment that parents care about. Prior to joining the BDG family, April was Senior Editor of Parenting at CafeMom.  She has contributed to SELF, Women's Health, Today.com, In Touch, Life & Style, New Jersey Family, StyleCaster, SheKnows, and more. A California girl by birth and nature, April holds an extremely practical B.A. in theatre from Sonoma State University. April now makes her home in the wilds of suburban Jersey, where she and her husband are doing the important work of introducing their teen daughter (send help!) to "old" movies like ‘My Cousin Vinnie’ and ‘Heathers.’ You can reach April via email at april.hussar@romper.com, or join her in her insta travels @aprilhussar.
EXCLUSIVE! Cookie Monster On His New Show: “It’s A Good Gig”
“This exciting! You got questions? Lay it on me.” So says the little blue monster at the beginning of the interview. Just a few hours before, the air felt biting as Romper arrived from Manhattan, but here on Sesame Street, it’s sunny and warm. The…
By April Daniels Hussar
“Screen Time Is Any Time:” 4 Celeb Moms On Bending The Family Rules In Quarantine
If your new daily life includes slacking on chores, letting your kids stay up late (what even is bedtime anymore?), checking your phone during “alone time,” and maybe sneaking in a face mask now and then, you’re in good company. Romper caught up…
By April Daniels Hussar
It's A Pandemic & Moms Are Here For Each Other — Here's Proof
A couple of weeks ago a mom in the town next to mine posted a buying request in our local Facebook parents group. “In search of a Fisher Price farm with or without animals!” Within an hour or so there were 23 comments, including offers of…
By April Daniels Hussar
What A Famous Ballerina Is Teaching Your Kids On Instagram & In Her New Book
“I love getting messages from parents,” New York City principal dancer Tiler Peck tells Romper over a spotty cell connection from her parents’ home in Bakersfield, California, where she’s been quarantining and live-streaming free ballet classes on…
By April Daniels Hussar
Dear Moms: Your 'Just Fine' Parenting Is Actually Amazing
I got a text the other day from the best mom I know confessing that she’d just completely lost her you-know-what and screamed at her entire family, including the family dog. I’ve seen my coworkers looking stressed and apologetic with toddlers…
By April Daniels Hussar
Sesame Street’s Julia Can Help Your Kid Get Through This Kerfuffle
Just a few weeks ago, in what feels now like another universe, Romper paid a visit to a place where the air is sweet and the days are sunny. There, two of Sesame Street’s friendly residents, Julia and her big brother Sam, joined Romper for a hang on…
By April Daniels Hussar
All Of Your Parenting & Coronavirus Questions Answered In One Place
This post is updated regularly so parents can know the latest news, science, and recommendations around coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. We know to sing the new Baby Shark song while we help wash those little hands, and we totally understand…
By April Daniels Hussar and Romper Staff
Hi Hello! Your Kids Are Invited To A Virtual Scholastic Book Festival With R.L. Stine!
What’s the perfect way to wrap up a week of wrangling children stuck inside? This Friday, March 20, kids are invited to the first in a series of free virtual Scholastic book festivals with some of their favorite authors! (You’ll have to add your own…
By April Daniels Hussar and Samantha Darby
OMG! 'Frozen 2' Is Coming To Disney+ Three Months Early
Just in time to bring a little magic to families who are going to be stuck in the house for a while, Elsa and Anna are coming to our living rooms wayyyy ahead of schedule. The Walt Disney Company announced Friday that Frozen 2 will be available on…
By April Daniels Hussar
The Most Exciting Products For Parents From CES 2020
We might not be at the point yet where Rosie the Robot Maid can whip up an incredible dinner for your flying saucer-driving family out of the scraps left in the fridge after you haven’t made it to the store in a week, but people, we’re getting…
By April Daniels Hussar and Romper Staff
The Year Onscreen Moms Escaped Punishment
There’s never been a shortage of bad mothers on screen. Nor have we been deprived of absent mothers, the lynchpins of so many Disney movies. The absent mother might be good, if she is absent because she is dead. Or, she might be absent because she…
By April Daniels Hussar and Romper Staff
Drew Barrymore's New Home Line Is The World You Want Your Kids To Dream In — First Look!
“I am a child of the seventies and I love the rainbow!” Drew Barrymore tells Romper as she walks us through the cheerful and beautifully designed pieces of her newest endeavor, Drew Barrymore Flower Kids. “Now more than ever it’s actually symbolic…
By April Daniels Hussar
Romper's Back To School Issue Is About Helping Your Kid Navigate The World Beyond You
On their very first day of school, your child’s world, which up until now you’ve been able to finely orchestrate, will suddenly expand. And you will confront two equally powerful truths: 1. This is a huge and momentous step toward their future. 2.…
By April Daniels Hussar
Understanding Play — And Our Kids — Means Thinking Like A Child
I can’t tell you what it is that made Brownie, of all my stuffed animals, the one who became real. I do remember the moment we met. I was 4; back then, Brownie’s fur was plush and lovely, but she bore the same wonderfully unimpressed expression she…
By April Daniels Hussar
We Asked 6 Kids To Show Us Their Intricate Play Worlds — Through Their Eyes
We often talk about seeing “through the eyes of a child,” but if we really think back to how we saw the world when we were kids, it feels awfully a lot like the way we “see” things now. As children, the stakes felt as high, the triumphs as…
By April Daniels Hussar, Janet Manley and Anne Vorrasi
When “I Do” Is “We Do,” Right From The Start
If you ask my teen daughter what she remembers about “our wedding” when she was 3 and a half years old, the main thing is the lollipop someone apparently let her have after dinner. She also remembers running up to me as I stood at the edge of the…
By April Daniels Hussar
Pregnancy Was Almost The Last Thing She Expected
Jessie Glockling has just discussed with her OB-GYN the possibility of starting on Diclegis, an FDA-approved prescription medicine to treat severe morning sickness. Nearly 25 weeks along, Glockling says that the truly miserable part of pregnancy is…
By April Daniels Hussar
This New Study On Motherhood & Leadership Should Be Required Reading For *Everyone*
It’s no secret that having kids is often seen, if not a career killer, then as at least a career ~slower-downer~ for women. Meanwhile, going back to work isn’t a “choice” for so many of us — it’s a necessity. In a country woefully lacking in support…
By April Daniels Hussar
Alyssa Milano On Parenting: 'You Don't Know What You're Doing!'
Tonight's honoree considered bringing her 4-year-old along to help support victims of violence and abuse. “I tell them everything that I'm doing,” Alyssa Milano says of her young kids. “My daughter had the option of coming with me ... I told her…
By April Daniels Hussar
'We Are Changing The World:' Celebrating Top Parenting Voices At The Iris Awards 2019
"What we do matters." Those words echoed over and over at the Iris Awards in Austin Friday night, as Romper shared the stage with surprise event host Adam Rippon (yes, that Adam Rippon!) and luminaries in the world of female and gender nonconforming…
By April Daniels Hussar