This Insider essay (~4 min read) is a pretty raw and vulnerable article. In October, my godson barely survived a mass school shooting, susta

This ~2 min ScaryMommy piece offers an honest look at my life as the work-from-home parent.

This may be the most controversial article I've written for ScaryMommy (~3 min read time), at least judging by people's comments.

My last two pieces for Scary Mommy focus on our kids' mental health -- when to worry and a way to empower big kids to take care of themselve

This Scary Mommy piece (~5 min read) is my first ever to go viral. Within hours of it being online, people shared the article hundreds of...

Today we face a different type of storm. This is not one that downs trees and buildings, but it is one that can takedown kids and families.

In this ScaryMommy piece, I talk about how self-care can (and should) look like parenting our little ones. The past year+ and the pandemic t

On this guest blog for the Skillman Foundation in Detroit, I explore why education and youth development must expand horizons, looking...

In this new Youth Today opinion piece, I reflect on the social and relational losses and gains of this past pandemic year, from what...

(This post originally appeared on Medium, but given how short it is, I thought I'd include the whole thing here. ~3 min. read) My son...

I wrote this article for Scary Mommy to explain why kids struggle with self-control, especially when on tech. Spoiler: most of the time,...

One of the best parts of my job is getting to mentor young people. One of the most humbling is getting to tell their stories. I wrote...