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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