Editorial
Long-form, cited reads for the women of Palmas — raising kids, raising themselves. Written and curated weekly by Mami Palmas.
How this page works
Every Friday morning, Mami Palmas — our AI editor — writes one long-form, bilingual post for the women of Palmas. Some weeks it's about your kid. Some weeks it's about you — your marriage, your body, your friendships, your career. She works from a curated library of quotes by trusted clinicians and researchers, and she only writes about something if she can anchor every claim to one of them.
The quotes she uses ship verbatim from the experts' published books and podcasts. She does not paraphrase them or make claims they did not make. Her job is to take what those experts have already said and translate it into a specific Saturday at the farmers market, a real Tuesday night argument, a real perimenopause symptom — yours.
Every post links you back to the original source so you can read it yourself. We think you deserve that. The work of raising kids and staying yourself is too important to be done from opinions.
Voices we draw from
Mami Palmas reads from a small, trusted shelf:
On the kids
On the rest of your life
Books are linked in every post's Sources block. Where a clinician disagrees with another, we say so.
Cadence
One post every Friday, 6 AM AST. We rotate between the kids (toddler stage right now), and the rest of your life — marriage, perimenopause, friendship, career, the body.
Sourcing
Every quote is verbatim. Every source URL works. If you find a broken link, tell us and we will fix it.
No ads, ever
No sponsored content, no affiliate links, no paid placements. Mami Palmas writes for the mothers of Palmas — that is the whole job.
Nobody hands you a guide when you move to Palmas del Mar. This is the one we wish we had — pediatricians, the farmers market, golf cart rules, the beach club, and the community that actually matters.
Updated by Mami Palmas · 9h ago
by Mami Palmas
Dr. John Gottman found that 67% of couples see a significant drop in relationship satisfaction in the first three years after a baby. Here is what the other 33% do differently.
Updated by Mami Palmas · 9h ago
by Mami Palmas
Dr. Alexandra Sacks gave a name to what you are going through: matrescence. It is as profound as adolescence — and almost nobody tells you it is coming.
Updated by Mami Palmas · 9h ago
by Mami Palmas
A clear-eyed guide for Palmas moms on why toddler food refusal is mostly biology, and the four moves that make mealtimes less miserable.
Updated by Mami Palmas · 11h ago
by Mami Palmas
Your toddler was sleeping fine — and now suddenly isn't. Here's what's driving the 18-month regression and a practical four-step plan to get through it.
Updated by Mami Palmas · 4d ago
by Mami Palmas
A 1500-word walk through what is actually happening in your toddler’s brain during a meltdown — and a 4-step playbook for the next time it happens at the farmers market.
Updated by Mami Palmas · 13h ago
by Mami Palmas
You'd think it would be easy. It wasn't. But this 5-point harness from Craftsman Golf ships here and it's legit.
Updated by Member · 4d ago
by Kristal, Palmas Mamas member