HRP Mamas in the Press

A profile of the group in the first week of the pandemic, covering how support groups, workshops, and speaker events moved to live video, and how the family resource lists were opened to the public.

Anna Grossman, executive director of HRP Mamas, profiled alongside Susan Fox of Park Slope Parents, on founding the group after moving to Lower Manhattan, and on the members who opened their homes after Hurricane Sandy.

A guide to the city's new-parent groups, with HRP Mamas described through its playgroups organized by age and stage, its message boards, and its archive of advice written by local mothers.

A guide to the best known mom groups across the five boroughs. HRP Mamas is the neighborhood-specific entry, described through its playgroups and online community across TriBeCa, Battery Park City, the Financial District, SoHo, and the South Street Seaport, and through the founding idea that mothers need other mothers on a daily basis.

Babble's roundup of the most active parenting networks in the country placed HRP Mamas sixth on the East Coast, describing a group founded by first-time mothers that new members still find mainly by word of mouth.

Reported from inside the group's playgroups and its annual winter gathering, four years after founding, when volunteers were hosting dozens of weekly playgroups across Lower Manhattan.

Anna Grossman, executive director of HRP Mamas, interviewed by the BBC on what rising childcare costs mean for families raising children in New York.

The group's director, Anna Grossman, quoted at length on why HRP Mamas stopped allowing replies to nanny complaints, and on the rules that followed: no names of children or caregivers, no racial descriptions.

Anna Grossman, executive director of HRP Mamas, on why members were leaving rentals in TriBeCa and Battery Park City for more space in the Financial District, at a point when about a third of members lived there.