On a recent afternoon, Yudisleine Tejada Rodriguez drew the blinds and perched on the couch at the one-bedroom walkup she shares with her 4-year-old son in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood.
She beckoned him to join her. Alex stood across the living room, his head canted down and his eyes fixated on a carousel of TikTok videos emanating from his mother’s cellphone.
Only the offer of a snack — bottled PediaSure — broke the spell. But his mother worries that snack time might soon become a luxury she can’t afford…