PARENTING

Charting the puzzles and peeves of kid-herding — from Huggies to homework, Pilates to pinatas.

Published bi-weekly, twice a month

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November 7, 2013
Best Part of Parenting: The Music
When my kids queue up my jams - The Pixies or Sam Cooke or Blondie, say - all is right with the world.

August 29, 2013
Trashing Junior High
Young adult author Teddy Steinkellner joins me this week in bashing the miseries of middle school—an experience he calls 'a sadistic social experiment.'

April 11, 2013
Manhattan Made
Where do you vacation when you live in paradise? To the urban jungle so your 7-year-old can learn to hail a cab.

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SKIRTING THE ISSUES

Sex, politics, fashion and everything else a gen-X everygal loves to dish about.

Published bi-weekly, 2 or 3 times a month

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February 13, 2014
What the Focus This?
So it turns out I'm lousy at meditation. But I write a hell of a headline.

January 30, 2014
Foodies and Babies
Who cried louder? The baby who disrupted dinner at the nation's top restaurant? Or the foodies who were outraged by the wails?

January 16, 2014
Sex Robots
Yep, you heard me.

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