I write at the intersection of parenting and work/tech/moving/pop culture.
Anyone who grew up reading Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret knows it’s a no-brainer for girls/kiddos to watch. But as I sat in the movie theater vacillating between laughing and crying for 80 minutes, I realized that I needed my boys to watch this too. Anyone with young men aged 7-11 can learn a lot from it, especially how *not* to act and how to navigate peer and societal pressures.
Read MoreThe Super Mario Movie, Peter Pan & Wendy, The LIttle Mermaid, and I want to watch The Barbie Movie?!?!?!? Plus TikTok Goes to Washington, Apple Barks Back, Link Learns to Cook, and YouTube Shorts Come Up Short.
Read MoreTurn the pages to travel back to a time before social media, in a world that included basic cable and dial-up internet.
Read MoreIn 1950 and 1951, the Ku Klux Klan brutally murdered two young Black men from Oakland who worked in the citrus fields. For decades, the stories were passed down in whispers—if they were shared at all. Now, the town is finally, publicly, acknowledging what happened 70 years ago.
Read MoreThe answer, according to school leaders at October’s Jing International School Expo panel, is empathy, flexibility, and a multi-pronged approach that looks at all stakeholders in the school community: students, parents, and staff.
Read Morehe trope of the absentee or deadbeat dad is so pervasive that it often seems like a lazy way to motivate your protagonist. Think of your top five movies and then try to name one whose dad is a good influence, or even alive.
Read MoreWhen my husband was six years old, a tonsillectomy almost killed him.
Read MoreNewsweek’s Beijing Bureau Chief Melinda Liu once considered Beijing a stop on her way to living around the world.
Read MoreWe include our kids in all discussions about our family's future, and if this school assignment isn't proof that they listen, I don't know what is.
Read MoreGetting a passport for your kids can actually be a fun and not stressful experience!
Read MoreThis book got off to a rough start, but then I understood why…..
Read MoreI’m back with another cover reveal for “Blood and Wonder”!
Read MoreAlthough I love the one day a week that I don’t have to drive anywhere, this Work-at-Home-Mom thing wouldn't work at all without some of the following places.
Read More“I was made for this moment. I was made to burn.”
Read MoreEver wonder why “The Cat in the Hat” feels icky?
Read MoreWhen young Amari decided to be a paleontologist, he didn’t see a lot of kids who looked like him in dino books. So he and his mom wrote their own!
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