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With the holiday season in full swing, guest bedrooms across America will be filled to capacity with family, friends, and dysfunction. Oops. I meant the joy of both hosting and being a guest. A well-appointed guest bedroom, sleeping nook, or Continue reading 5 Ways to Make Your Guest Bedroom Inviting This Holiday Season (Published in Parent Co)
The rubric for my five-year-old’s first project in kindergarten was the first thing I saw when I walked into my kitchen after a long day at work. With the weight of my briefcase on my shoulder and my son’s first Continue reading Let’s Quit Doing the Work for Our Kids (Published in Parent Co)
When my husband told me that a headhunter called him about a job in Pittsburgh, I asked (in all seriousness and sincerity) if he was kidding. Like many New Yorkers, I didn’t know much about this vibrant city that consistently Continue reading 5 Things I Learned After Moving To Pittsburgh (Published in HuffPost)
When I heard that some schools are no longer sending kids home for lice, my skin crawled. Of all the blood-sucking parasites we humans attract, lice may be among the most benign. But when it graced my home with its presence Continue reading Some Schools Aren’t Sending Kids Home for Lice. That’s A Bad Idea (Published in Kveller)
Last week my friend’s 14-year-old was harassed and assaulted for 40 minutes by a classmate while sitting in class. She attends a highly rated high school in a suburb of a major city. Not that it matters. He started with some “light” verbal Continue reading Rape: Why We Need To Change the Conversation With Boys (Published in Medium)