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ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Screens
What with winter over, we’re now ready to jump back into school again. Let me explain that: my family and...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: First Day of School
A week ago on Monday afternoon — the time when I usually write this blog post — I was in...
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The Pressure to Please
Aeron Haynie’s excellent post on girls and weight/eating issues made me rethink Ms. Mentor’s most recent column, “Being Nice or...
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Math Geek Mom: The Deep End
Last week, I watched my daughter giggle as she made her way down the water slide at our public pool...
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Motherhood After Tenure: Feeding our daughters
Like many who enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert’s travel memoir Eat, Pray, Love, I’m excited to see the film, but wary, since...
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County fair!
I’ve come to the end of a three-week writing retreat. My husband and I have both been working on writing...
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Diversity and Privilege
Parents of high schoolers here in New York have been following the recent events at Hunter High School with interest...
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Math Geek Mom: Of Tournaments, Teenagers and Turtles
There is a concept in economics called a “tournament”. It notices that one way to motivate people to do something...