Mama PhD

What with winter over, we’re now ready to jump back into school again. Let me explain that: my family and...

A week ago on Monday afternoon — the time when I usually write this blog post — I was in...

Aeron Haynie’s excellent post on girls and weight/eating issues made me rethink Ms. Mentor’s most recent column, “Being Nice or...

Last week, I watched my daughter giggle as she made her way down the water slide at our public pool...

Like many who enjoyed Elizabeth Gilbert’s travel memoir Eat, Pray, Love, I’m excited to see the film, but wary, since...

I’ve come to the end of a three-week writing retreat. My husband and I have both been working on writing...

Parents of high schoolers here in New York have been following the recent events at Hunter High School with interest...

There is a concept in economics called a “tournament”. It notices that one way to motivate people to do something...