Articles
2021
The New York Times: “Psychiatry Confronts its Racist Past, and Tries to Make Amends” Read
The New York Times: “How to Help Your Adolescent Think About the Last Year” Read
The Washington Post: “How Can We Raise Better Boys?” Read
The New York Times Book Review: “After the Loss of a Child, How Does Life Go On?” Read
The Parents League Review: “The Challenges of the Middle School Parent” Read
2020
New York Times Sunday Review: “The War Between Middle Schoolers and Their Parents Ends Now.” Read
The Washington Post: “Don’t Dismiss the End of Eighth Grade: It’s a Big Deal for Kids and Parents Alike.” Read
Time Magazine: “All Parents Are Having a Tough Time Right Now. But Parents of Middle Schoolers Have It Especially Bad.” Read
Brightly: “10 Myths About Middle School-Aged Kids.” Read
2015-2019
The Center for American Progress: Reports on women’s leadership, income inequality and work-family policy Read
The New York Times Opinionator: “Parents Have Fueled the Abuse of ADHD Medications” Read
Elle Magazine: “Baby Bonus?” Read
Politico Magazine: “How Cracked is that Glass Ceiling, Really?” Read
“104 Women in Congress. Does It Matter?” Read
The New York Times Book Review: “The End of American Childhood” Read
The New York Times, Culture: Interview with showrunner Alex Gansa on “Homeland” in the Trump era. Read
The New York Times, Culture: Recaps of “Homeland” Read
The New York Times, Culture: Recaps of “Masters of Sex” Read
2010-2014
The New York Times Magazine: “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In” Read
“Fear (Again) of Flying” Read
“Fact-Free Science” Read
“No More Mrs. Nice Mom” Read
“Dysregulation Nation” Read
“The Charitable Giving Divide” Read
“Junking Junk Food” Read
“Concocting a Cure for Kids with Issues” Read
The New York Times Op-Ed Page: “Me, Michele and Our Migraines” Read
“The Wrong Story About Depression” Read
The New York Times Opinionator: “To Reduce Inequality, Start with Families” Read
The New York Times Book Review: “A Family’s Hard Journey, With Disney As a Guide”Read
“How to Raise a Child” Read
“Family Way” Read
“Inside Intelligence” Read
The New York Times Style Section: “Friends for Life? Wait til Kids Enter the Picture” Read
“Elizabeth Edwards Teeters on Her Pedestal” Read
Time Magazine: Weekly “Ideas” columns Read
“The ‘Seduction’ Myth: What the French Still Don’t Get About Sex” Read
“Autism’s Lone Wolf” Read
Elle Magazine: “Agent Provocateur” Read
The Washington Monthly: “Crunch Time” Read
VQR: “Is Too Much Mothering Bad for You?” Read
MORE Magazine: “Her Sister’s Keeper” (Profile of Nancy Brinker) Read
The Center for American Progress: Reports on women’s leadership, income inequality and work-family policy Read
2005-2009
nytimes.com: “Domestic Disturbances” Weekly columns on the politics of everyday life. Read
The New York Times Op-Ed Page:
“Hillary Fights a Tide of Trivialization” Read
“Louise’s Second Act” Read
“A Lot Said, And Unsaid, About Race” Read
“The Lure of Opulent Desolation” Read
“Living the Off-Label Life” Read
“Do You Believe?” Read
“Getting Beyond Camelot” Read
“Hot Tots, And Moms Hot to Trot” Read
“No Ordinary Woman” Read
“Poisonous Choices, Women at Risk” Read
“The Columbine Syndrome” Read
“’24’ As Reality Show” Read
“The Cleavage Conundrum” Read
“The Full-Time Blues” Read
“A Crack in Team Bush” Read
“The Really Real Hillary” Read
“Glass Slippers? Old Hat” Read
“Think Naughty, Think Small, Think Not” Read
“The Family-Friendly Congress?” Read
“Mom’s Balancing Act” Read
“When the Parents Can’t Know” Read
“Loosen the Apron Strings” Read
“Stressing Parenthood” Read
“What Girls Ought to Learn from Boys in ‘Crisis’” Read
“Long Live Harry” Read
“What Boy Crisis?” Read
“Less, and Less Often” Read
“The Parent Trap” Read
The New York Times Week in Review: “Kids Gone Wild” Read
Newsweek: “Mommy Madness” Read
2000-2004
The New York Times Week in Review: “Guess Who’s Left Holding the Briefcase? (It’s Not Mom)” Read
The Washington Post: “Who Knew? The French Got Femininity Right” Read
SELECTED BLASTS FROM THE PAST
ELLE: “Sexercise,” Read
ELLE: “The Thin, Successful Women’s Disease” Read
THE VILLAGE VOICE: “Political Correctness Goes Haute.” Read
