Annabel Monaghan

Contributing Writer

Annabel Monaghan is a lifestyle columnist at The Week and the author of Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big? (2016), a collection of essays for moms and other tired people. She is also the author of two novels for young adults, A Girl Named Digit (2012) and Double Digit (2014), and the co-author of Click! The Girls Guide to Knowing What You Want and Making it Happen (2007). She lives in Rye, New York, with her husband and three sons. Visit her at www.annabelmonaghan.com.

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He threw a tantrum. She ignored him.

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What it's like to be a mother of only boys

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My kids have too many teeth

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How outlet malls mess with your mind

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How to survive your freshman year of college

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Some real advice for incoming college freshmen

Not as many opportunities for champagne, it turns out.

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How my fantasy of marriage settled into the reality of marriage

Finding missing items is a daily part of parenthood.

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My kids keep losing everything

Spacing out has become an everyday occurrence.

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If I'm looking at you funny, it's because I secretly suspect you're an astronaut

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The time warp of back-to-school night

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My teenage sons are the smartest people I know. And sometimes the dumbest, too.

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Why it's impossible to write a good college admission essay

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What today's teens miss about the tacky, terrible proms of the 1980s

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My undeniably brilliant play date pyramid scheme

Mothers from Rye and Sandy Hook, Conn., pose for a group shot.

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What I learned from the Sandy Hook moms

Kids, you're not all winners. But, that's a good thing.

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Want to raise winners? Give your kids a chance to lose

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The suburbs are not as lame as you think

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Psst: I know where your missing socks are

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Mom vs. the paper piles

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Memo to moms: Put yourself first

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How I survived my midlife crisis

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My family's holiday card is a total sham

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How to get invited back for Thanksgiving dinner

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The Food Network's unreality is warping my family's reality

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It's time to kill school picture day

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Why you should never, ever pack your kids' suitcases for them

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An open letter to my husband: Don't ask me what I'm up to today

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This just in: My kid got a job!

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The TV commercials of my childhood were very, very wrong about me

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Annabel Monaghan

He threw a tantrum. She ignored him.

What it's like to be a mother of only boys

My kids have too many teeth

How outlet malls mess with your mind

How to survive your freshman year of college

Some real advice for incoming college freshmen

How my fantasy of marriage settled into the reality of marriage

My kids keep losing everything

If I'm looking at you funny, it's because I secretly suspect you're an astronaut

The time warp of back-to-school night

My teenage sons are the smartest people I know. And sometimes the dumbest, too.

Why it's impossible to write a good college admission essay

What today's teens miss about the tacky, terrible proms of the 1980s

My undeniably brilliant play date pyramid scheme

What I learned from the Sandy Hook moms

Want to raise winners? Give your kids a chance to lose

The suburbs are not as lame as you think

Psst: I know where your missing socks are

Mom vs. the paper piles

Memo to moms: Put yourself first

How I survived my midlife crisis

My family's holiday card is a total sham

How to get invited back for Thanksgiving dinner

The Food Network's unreality is warping my family's reality

It's time to kill school picture day

Why you should never, ever pack your kids' suitcases for them

An open letter to my husband: Don't ask me what I'm up to today

This just in: My kid got a job!

The TV commercials of my childhood were very, very wrong about me

Terrifying tales from mammogram day