latestMarch 30, 2020

Growing Up Faster in the Age of Coronavirus

As I write this, my teenage children begin their first day of distance learning. I’m already yearning for their schools to reopen, even though I’ve accepted that this won’t be happening anytime soon.... more

February 17, 2020

Taking Advice From Anyone But Your Parents

The organizer of the event I was covering rushed over when I entered, and said one of the students there claimed to know me.... more

January 13, 2020

The Memes of War

Earlier this week, my 14-year-old son asked a startling question: Do you think there’s really going to be World War III?... more

December 23, 2019

Remembering Scott: Pass It On

When Angela Hoepfner found her teenage son in the kitchen on Dec. 2, two years ago, she thought she had walked into a crime scene. She called 911 and ran outside the house.... more

December 16, 2019

New Choices for Family Game Night

The holidays can bring families together in ways that provoke unwanted drama. So, it can be helpful to structure some of that free time. The controlled chaos of family game night can provide a repriev... more

October 14, 2019

A Time to Give Up on Chores

I heard my husband remind our daughter at least twice that evening to make the school lunches for the next day. Each time, we heard the same “okaaaay” from behind a closed bedroom door.... more

September 02, 2019

Ways to Lower the Rising Youth Suicide Rate

Six year-olds have told Dr. Anne Glowinski that they don’t want to live anymore.... more

August 19, 2019

Tracking Your Teen: Stalking, or Staying Safe?

The minute my daughter passed her driver’s test, I entered the ethical quagmire of stalking.... more

April 08, 2019

A Case For Babies Before Puppies

When my daughter was in third grade, she Googled “hypoallergenic dog” after years of hearing me tell her that our severe allergies prevented us from fulfilling her wish for a puppy.... more

December 31, 2018

A Project to Stop Spoiled Brat Syndrome

(Editor’s Note: A version of this column originally appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2010.)... more

August 20, 2018

The Proof is in the Poutine

A war broke out over a lost T-shirt on our summer vacation.... more

June 25, 2018

How Kids Get Radicalized

White supremacists are busy recruiting a new generation and have devised creative ways to lure children.... more

April 09, 2018

A Vacation With Teens: Finding Our Footing

When the recording on the shuttle bus warned about deadly flash floods, I smiled at my children decked in their waterproof Gore-Tex bodysuits and repeated the message.... more

March 26, 2018

Pizza Night Can Be Life-and-Death for Kids With Allergies

AJ Buckalew took two bites of his pepperoni pizza and immediately knew something was wrong. He touched his mom’s arm to get her attention.... more

March 12, 2018

An Open Letter to Teens Getting a Nicotine Hit at School

To teens who Juul:... more

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