Latest:
- On Transgender Issues, Voters Want Common Sense
- Kamala Harris Took Women for Granted
- There’s No Escape at the Movies
- Israel and Its Foes Share One Thing in Common
- Two Opinion Columnists on Melania Trump’s Memoir
- Donald Trump, You Lucky Dog
- California Takes a Big Step Toward Fair College Admissions
- California Takes a Big Step Toward Fair College Admissions
- The Vance-Walz Debate: Four Columnists Brace for Impact
- Following Norway’s National Painter Through a Landscape of Mountains and Fjords
- It’s Easy to See What Drove Jonathan Holloway to Quit
- When the Medical Establishment Gets Things Wrong, Doctors Dig In
- A Huge Cause of Parental Stress
- Worried About Kamala Harris? ‘That’s Tomorrow’s Problem.’
- To Put It Bluntly
I’ve Been Wearing Masks for Months and I Still Have Questions
How do you cry with a mask on?
–The New York Times
Let Children Get Bored Again
Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements.
–The New York Times
How to Raise a Reader
An online guide to encouraging a love of reading in children
–The New York Times
Save Your Sanity, Downgrade Your Life
Didn’t get the new iPad.
–The New York Times
A Fairy Tale Trip Through Germany
Exploring the World of Cuckoo Clocks and Grimms Fairy Tales with a Family of Five
–The New York Times
Sliding Backward on Tech? There are Benefits
It’s OK to give up the electric toothbrush.
–The New York Times
No, Your Kid Shouldn’t Get a Gold Star for Reading
Rewarding kids for reading doesn’t work because reading itself is the reward.
–The New York Times
Why You Should Read Books You Hate
The Pleasures of Hate Reading.
–The New York Times
She Sounds Smart, But Look at Her Hair!
My Hair Looked Bad on C-Span.
–The New York Times
Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?
A look at whether clinical depression can be diagnosed in a four year old
–The New York Times Magazine
The Battle Over a Baby
A lesbian couple’s experience with the West Virginian foster care system. (Kathryn successfully adopted Ticasey in September 2009.)
–The New York Times Magazine
With Child, With Cancer
What happens when a woman gets cancer while pregnant?
–The New York Times Magazine
My Life With Bob
I write about my Book of Books, a reading journal I’ve kept for 24 years.
– The New York Times
Why Can’t We Sit Still Anymore?
Fidgeters, all of us.
– The New York Times
Every Day’s a Holiday (or Two)
Online holidays. There are Many.
– The New York Times
I Was a Sci-Fi Heroine
“A Wrinkle in Time” celebrates its 50th anniversary
–The New York Times
A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together
Storybook London
–The New York Times
Not a Happy Camper
Summer Camp Is Remembered, Sometimes Not So Fondly
–The New York Times
Cyberparenting and the Risks of TMI
Do parents really want to know about their children’s online lives?
–The New York Times
My Daughter the Vegetarian
For the Food section, an essay on children and their food choices
–The New York Times
The Perfume Diaries
What if You Have No Signature Scent?
–T: The New York Times Style Magazine
The Problem That Has Two Names
When You Kind of Change Your Name After Marriage
–The New York Times
Regrets of an Accomplished Child
One of my rare personal essays, about being the wrong kind of A+ student.
–The New York Times
Being a Legacy Has Its Burden
What it’s like for the children of Ivy League alum
–The New York Times
Reading, Writing and Videogames
How fun should learning be?
–The New York Times
Are Fathers Necessary?
Recent research on gender and parenting suggests not.
–The Atlantic
Dog Bites Bug
Bedbugs hit the Upper West Side and specially-trained dogs go after them.
–The Atlantic
Today’s Women Can Have it All — Including a Midlife Crisis
An outlook essay on equal opportunity breakdowns
–Washington Post
The Cost of Growing Up On Porn
An Outlook essay on pornography’s hidden effects
–The Washington Post
The Trouble with Repeat Cesareans
A story on patient’s rights and the VBAC-lash
–Time
Million Dollar Babies
A look at the skyrocketing costs of raising kids
–Time
The Bridal Industry
A look at the wedding biz
–The Economist
Beloved, It’s Not
What makes a flop
–The Economist
Sarah Silverman, Interrogated
–Slate
Niki Caro, Interrogated
–Slate
The Menopause Market
An investigation into alternative menopause therapies
–Salon
The Permaparent Trap
Twentysomethings move home
–Psychology Today
Dear Reader, Get a Life
The new advice columnists give tough love
–Psychology Today
This is Not a Memoir
On publicity for my first book
–Brown Alumni Magazine
Bringing 9/11 Home
A moving documentary
–Brown Alumni Magazine
Want a Baby Now? Getting Pregnant
–Women’s Health
America’s Healthiest Supermarkets
–Health Magazine