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Can You Feel the (Tiger) Beat?
If you or your sisters had any posters of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the New Kids on the Block, or (going back farther) the Jackson 5 on your walls growing up, chances are they came from the pages of...
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Parenting Under a Microscope
Nobody puts baby in a corner. Especially not when that baby’s last name is Beckham. David Beckham found himself in the cross-hairs of the parenting mafia this week when his 4-year-old daughter was...
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Why Regulating Homeschooling is Not the Answer
A recent piece published by Slate and Pro Publica attempts to make a remarkable argument: Home-school parents don’t care enough about their children to submit them to government regulations, and they...
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The Rise of the Divorce Selfie and the Decline of Common Sense
Where was the last place you took a selfie? For me, it was at Sesame Place with my kids. I was excited and wanted to share how much fun we were having with my family. Selfies are usually the watermark...
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Miss America Pageant Didn’t Owe Vanessa Williams an Apology
Thirty-two years ago Vanessa Williams won the Miss America crown, and was the first woman of color to do so. As the first black Miss America, Williams faced an intense amount of publicity; the adult...
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Has Feminism Killed Chivalry?
On a recent episode of the British reality show First Dates, Londoners Elle and Mark caused a bit of a stir when Mark took modern feminism to its logical conclusion. When the waiter dropped the dinner...
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Are Religious Kids Really Less Altruistic?
Jean Decety, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Chicago, doesn’t have a very active Twitter account, but he does tweet links to studies, articles, and think pieces on...
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Why I Used to Love ‘Law & Order: SVU’
Like most stay-at-home mothers, I miss sick days. When your bosses are a toddler and an infant, there’s no human-resources department to email at 6 a.m. when you’re debilitated by a cold or flu. I...
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My Love-Hate Relationship with Christmas
I’m a Jew and I hate Christmas. I’m also a convert, and this is one of the ways you can tell. American Jews have a very tumultuous relationship with Christmas. On the one hand they love it, on the...
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‘Girl Meets World’ Star Might Want to Meet a Biology Textbook
Tumblr, a mecca for liberal SJW (social justice warriors), lists dozens of user-generated “genders” created on their blogging site. If it wasn’t so scary to see what passes for politically correct...
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In Defense of Romantic Comedies
Let me establish this from the outset: I am a social science truther. A non-believer. I simply don’t believe that social science is able to properly quantify and measure social phenomena, experiences,...
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In Defense of Kanye West
Despite a heated primary season, the number one trending story on Twitter over the holiday weekend wasn’t about the frontrunners Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but instead some celebrity gossip. We...
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How the Government’s War on Fat Harms Kids
Maybe you’ve seen me in the dairy aisle at my local supermarket. I’m that crazy woman with two young kids in tow yelling at the yogurt selection. Whenever I go shopping I find myself hoping against...
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If ‘Fuller House’ is Family-Friendly TV, We’re in Trouble
When I was pregnant I did what most women do: I made a baby registry listing the things we would need for our new arrival. My registry had the usual stuff on it: clothes, a baby swing, and pacifiers....
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My Kids Don’t Eat Organic. Here’s Why
Last summer my family joined a CSA (short for Community Supported Agriculture). We buy a share of a farm’s output over the season, pay up front, and receive a box of fruits and vegetables every week...
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Gap Ad ‘Controversy’: When Social Justice Warriors Cry Wolf
Advertising has become Ground Zero in the culture wars. Companies aren’t just out to sell their products; they are out to make a statement. Two years ago a General Mills commercial for Cheerios...
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The Politicization of Childbirth
At thirty-seven-weeks pregnant with my first child I did something almost unthinkable to my obstetrician (OB): I decided to switch care providers to a midwife practice that delivers out of a local...
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Why Your Backyard Playground is a Problem
While driving around my neighborhood and trying to achieve the impossible dream of getting both kids to take a nap in the car simultaneously, I noticed something I never had previously: every single...
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You Don’t Need “Me-ternity” Leave. You Need to Grow Up.
Recently, after a friend came back to the office from maternity leave, her coworkers asked her, “So, how was your time off?” Americans are known for being stingy with vacation time, especially compared...
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Ladies, You Need to Stop Husband-Shaming
Over the years, in posts on Facebook groups for mothers, I’ve seen my share of women talking smack about their husbands. Writing to hundreds (sometimes thousands) of other women, many of whom they...
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