Here are links to some of the writing I've done. {Years later: My daughter just pointed out that this was woefully out of date and full of broken links. I'm sorry!}

"I Do Not Want My Daughter to Be 'Nice'" at the New York Times

"The Boring Tragedies of Parenthood" at Motherwell

On Interdependence at the New York Times

"Co-sleeping, Forever and Ever" at Scary Mommy

"An Artsy Weekend to Bond with Your Angsty Teen" at The Boston Globe

"My Son Looks Like a Girl. So What?" at the New York Times

My Survivor: Parenting Teens and Tweens column at SheKnows

 "The Gift of a Lost Coat" at the New York Times

"Mothering My Dying Friend" at The New York Times

"The No-Regrets Approach to Donating Money" at O, The Oprah Magazine

"This is 14" at Brain, Child

My "Modern Manners" etiquette column, at Real Simple

"Veggie Love" at Parents

"Plush Attachments" at Brain, Child

"Confessions of a Fortuneteller" at The Boston Globe

"How to Not Have a Baby" at The Manifest-Station

"The Existential Crisis of Motherhood" at Motherwell

"An Open Letter to a Nursery-School Mom from a Sixth-Grader's Mom" at Scary Mommy

"The Snail Whisperer" at O, the Oprah Magazine

"The Love Experiment" at Whole Living

"Some Lessons About Making Predictions" radio commentary at NEPR

"My Son's Catalogue of Grievances" at the Washington Post