Columns & Collected Essays

Setting: The Ritz-Carlton hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2005. My husband, Brett, and I were lying by the pool, enjoying the early...

A few weeks ago, on a spring teaser of a glorious Saturday, Brett and I took our children to get new bicycles. You see, they had grown...

A lot of people wonder how it is that Jewish parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to...

Dear Scarsdale, Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the Hamptons/Europe/the New England coast/horseback riding in the Grand Tetons (circle...

I come from a long line of Women Who Dress. No matter how insignificant the occasion, we make sure we have just the right thing to wear...

My daughter, Zoe, is on her cell phone again in the back seat of our car. I try to tell her that we have almost arrived at gymnastics,...