I was honored to participate in an “online roundtable” panel of experts over at Boston Magazine related to overparenting. The question I was asked to answer, along with four experts in psychology and social work, was “Are We Overparenting Our Kids?” This roundtable was tied to a feature story written by Katheine Ozment called “Welcome [...]
A lot happened in the world over the weekend– from the Royal Wedding to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to, of course, the death of Osama Bin Laden. May 1, 2011 was definitely an historic day. Today I write about a much smaller corner of the world, and an event that also occurred over the [...]
This originally appeared on The Huffington Post on April 1, 2011. Note that the same day my piece was posted, news broke that Amy Chua’s eldest daughter, Sophia, was admitted to the Harvard class of ’15 (during the most competitive admissions cycle in Harvard’s history, with a 6.2% admit rate); Sophia will be matriculating in [...]
Two extreme parenting stories are making the rounds this week (yes, even in the midst of the horrific, and ongoing, tragedy in Japan). I see them as part of the same trend– what do you think? 1) Yesterday The New York Daily News ran a story with the attention-getting headline: “Manhattan mom sues $19k/yr. preschool [...]
I love a good Sunday brunch buffet. I often sample lots of dishes, and then go back to get a larger serving of my favorite. When people ask me about afterschool activities for their elementary school-age kids– how many they should be in, which activity will help them get into college someday, etc.– I explain [...]
What better way to kick off my blog than by sharing my thoughts on a discussion about competitive parenting by a Harvard economist held at a somewhat-snotty/secretive academic meetings? I know a bit about all of these subjects– in one way or another. Yesterday the WSJ ran an interesting piece on a Davos discussion panel [...]
