Sonia Preiser (left), mother of Amy Preiser, Senior Editor, ShelterPop

  I have my mom's hair: big, crazy curls that are unpredictable and impossible to reason with. So when I'm having a bad hair day, I follow her advice: find the most gigantic bow you can and put it right on top of your head. It works as well for me now as it did in the first grade...and when my beautiful mother was a toddler.