How my fantasy of marriage settled into the reality of marriage

How my fantasy of marriage settled into the reality of marriage
If I'm looking at you funny, it's because I secretly suspect you're an astronaut

If I'm looking at you funny, it's because I secretly suspect you're an astronaut
My teenage sons are the smartest people I know. And sometimes the dumbest, too.

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

Why it's impossible to write a good college admission essay
What today's teens miss about the tacky, terrible proms of the 1980s

What today's teens miss about the tacky, terrible proms of the 1980s
Want to raise winners? Give your kids a chance to lose

Want to raise winners? Give your kids a chance to lose
The Food Network's unreality is warping my family's reality

The Food Network's unreality is warping my family's reality
Why you should never, ever pack your kids' suitcases for them

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

An open letter to my husband: Don't ask me what I'm up to today
The TV commercials of my childhood were very, very wrong about me
