Why This Mom Wrote A Bilingual Book Called 'Bad Hair Doesn't Exist'

Sulma Arzu-Brown wanted to instill her two young daughters with confidence and high self-esteem, but she faced an obstacle in the form of two simple but damaging words: "pelo malo."  The Bronx-based writer, born in Honduras and of Garifuna descent, had a run-in with the phrase "pelo malo" (bad hair) when her 3-year-old daughter, Bell Victoria, was getting her hair blow-dried by a caregiver, who suggested that Arzu-Brown chemically treat her daughter's hair.  Arzu-Brown told her that "bad hair ...