Coming Out as Biracial

A few months ago, I not-so-subtly asserted myself as biracial while having dinner with a new coworker. “I’m a…

Why Having Kids In Your 20s Is Actually Awesome and Not Awful

Because it is.

To My Sons: Lessons on Manhood I Learned From Your Father

Dear Boys,

The (super) power of gratitude

Teaching kids that enough is enough

Life in the Baby Universe

The Physics of Babies

Pulling Away

a portrait fills out between reverse and drive

Growing up, I saw my mother cry exactly once. The morning of her brother’s funeral, one long tear ran down her cheek through her make up until she caught it near her mouth and patted it dry with a…

Think Frozen is About Sisterhood and Girl Power?

It isn’t

Parenting at the End of the World (as we know it)

Having children, despite Climate Change

I’ve been asking my daughter the wrong questions

If I want better answers from my daughter, I need to…

Our kids deserve a life beyond screens

Last month my 3 years old son came back from a play date and asked me: “why are we so poor?”…