Skill set.

5/24/2015

_ My Brownie daughter earns patches when she gains new skills. How come mothers don't get badges for all they do?

CLIPS & ARCHIVES

Celebrity Health Profiles
Coming soon:
* Trevor Noah on "losing his voice"
* Ann Romney on breakthrough MS research
* Gloria estefan is helping the paralyzed to walk again
_"All American" Taye Diggs
_Tiffany Haddish
_"60 MINUTES" ANCHOR Lesley Stahl
_Annette Bening
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Sharon Stone
_JIM AND JEANNIE GAFFIGAN (BRAIN & LIFE)
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (WEBMD)
_Jack Johnson & 13
Inspiring Ocean Heroes
_ Jack Johnson Q&A (extra)
_Zoe Saldana
_Seth Meyers
_Curtis Stone
_Seth Rogen &
Lauren Miller Rogen
_Cameron Diaz
_Adrian Grenier
_Neil Patrick Harris
_Laura Prepon
_Joe Manganiello
_Chelsea Handler
_Matthew McConaughey
_Jimmy Fallon
_Chris Rock
_Hilary Swank
_Demi Lovato
_PBS Chef Ed Kenney
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Jenna Bush
_Rob Lowe
_Seth Rogen
_Kerry Washington
_Abigail Breslin
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Maggie Q.
_Anna Kendrick
_Lucy Liu
_Ty Burrell
_Kermit the Frog
_Christina Applegate
_Anna Kendrick
_"Veep"'s Reid Scott
_Alicia Keys
_Claire Danes
_Debi Mazar
_Chris O'Donnell
_Julie Bowen
_Taraji P. Henson
_Alanis Morissette
_Carrie Fisher
_Harrison Ford
_Kellan Lutz
_Ang Lee
_Stanley Tucci
_Sheryl Crow
_Lisa Ling
_Julia Louis-Dreyfus
_Joan Didion
_Serena Williams
_Liev Schreiber
_Alicia Silverstone
_Julianne Hough
_Kelly Ripa
_Katherine Heigl
_Amanda de Cadenet
_Jamie Oliver (WebMD)
_Jamie Oliver (Wash. Flyer)
_Tyler Perry
_Taye Diggs
_Lauren Graham
_Tony Goldwyn
_Curtis Sittenfeld
_Stephen Moyer
_Stanley Tucci
_Ashley Judd
_Soledad O'Brien
_Marcia Cross
_Andre Agassi
_Christina Hendricks
_Louis Black
_Aaron Eckhart
_Amy Brenneman
_Ana Villafane
_Dana Delany
_Cote de Pablo
_Danica McKellar
_SNL's Casey Wilson
_Torchwood: Miracle Day
_Tia and Tamara Mowry
_Sonequa Martin-Green,
aka "Sasha" from
The Walking Dead

The Environment
_The "Genius" Landscape Architect Who Is Redesigning Coastlines

_Researchers Who Measure Plastic Waste in Our Oceans Sound the Alarm

_Why We Must Save the Whales—to Breathe

_Meet Hillary Hauser, Citizen Advocate Behind Heal the Ocean

_The Two Teens Who Took On Plastic Bags—and Won

_This Actor Used to Suck—and He Wants You to Stop Sucking, too, for a #Strawless Ocean

_The Wayfinding Wonder Who Sailed Around the Globe to Teach Us About Caring for Planet Earth

_Two Cousteaus Who Advance Jacques' Legacy

_This Hawaiian Chef Is Leading the Sustainable Food Movement

_Meet the Researcher Behind The Bahamas Plastic Movement

_This Singer-Songwriter Wants You to Fall in Love With the Sea

_Paper vs. Plastic Bags? Which Do More Damage to the Planet & Our Health?

Health & Wellness
Coming soon:
* EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS ON PEANUT ALLERGY DESENSITIZATION THERAPY

* are robots the future of autism therapy?

* WHY MEDITATION APPS ARE ALL THE RAGE

_Have you shared your bucket list with your doctor? (PG. 19)

_the stigma of Alzheimer's may prevent its cure

_The Long-Term Health Effects of Toxic Stress in Childhood (PG. 25)

_Is "Drunkorexia" Really a Thing? (PG. 30)

_PTSD in Everyday People (pg. 15)

_MUSIC THERAPY SOOTHES ALL AGES, NEARLY ALL CONDITIONS (PG. 17)

_Depression and Early Death in Women (pg. 13)

_Mental Health Myths (pgs. 14–15)

_The Serious Health Risks of Unemployment

_Sedentary Teens May Just Need More Sleep

_Do Online Therapy Sites Really Work?

_What Is Coercive Control?

_New Brain Gains in Alzheimer's Research

_Weighty Matters

_Mission to Mars: Keeping Astronauts Healthy (pg. 14)

_Toxic Office = Poor Health

_New Research Shows Fitter Kids Make Smarter Students

_Health Heroes

_Jamie Oliver's New Food Revolution

_Does Your Family's Genetic History Define Your Future Health? (pg. 22)

_Taking a Shot at Anti-Vax Beliefs

_Holiday Spoils

_7 Tips for Female Docs Who Also Want to Start a Family

_Your Pet's Health

_Emotional Rescue: Tips for Adopting a Shelter Pet

Technology
_ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE: WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? (PG. 19)

_How to Fight Narcissism in a Selfie-Obsessed World (pg. 29)

_Why We're All Digital Addicts (pg. 14)

_Managing Kids & Online Video Games

_Teens & Tech

_Can Your Kid's Cell Phone Cause Cancer?

_Cyber Safety for Kids

_Why You Should Ban Smartphones at Your Kid's Slumber Party

Modern Parenting
_Why Guns in the home should be a parent's biggest safety concern

_when millennial adults move back home: a parent's guide

_Is Your Teen Up to Date on Important Vaccines?

_Don't Fat-Shame Girls

_The Emotional Challenges Blended Families Face

_Kids: The Collateral Damage of Divorce (pg. 25)

_Kids & Self-harm "Cutting"

_How to Battle Obesity in Kids

_Toxic Kid Friendships

_Why Your Teen Needs More Sleep Than He Thinks He Does

_On the Road With Young Drivers

_#ParentingGoals: Help Your Kid Excel in Sports

_How to Talk to Your Teen

_Is Your Daughter Going Through Early Puberty?

_Guns & Playdates

_More on Guns & Playdates

_Zero Hellfire in My Home

_5 Things to Tell Your "Loser" Kid

_Judy Blume's Books Continue to Inspire Kids

Travel & Lifestyle
_Ocean Heroes

_Have You Seen My Dog?

_Ruby: The Rest of the Story

_The Great Escape

_New Kids On the Block

_Three Cities for a Song

_How "Reality Bites" Accurately Predicted the Future of Gen X

_Sample Washington Flyer cover: Leonardo DiCaprio, whom I booked as EIC for first-ever "Green" Issue

Musings & More
_On the Male Response to #MeToo

_On Louis C.K. & "Exposed" Toxic Masculinity

_Our Al Franken Problem

_After Charlottesville, What is Freedom?

_Too. Much. Information. (Or, Why Trump Won.)

_Dear Madonna: We Aren't Ageist—You Are

_My Facebook Freeze

_How the Band Haim Rocked My World

_Facing Aging With (Tough) Love

_How to Love a Dog Without Losing Your Heart

_On Mothers & Daughters

_It's Your Daughter's Turn

_Better Late (A Lesson From My Long-Lost Father)

_The Death of Sexy?

_Marriage Equality: The Reverend Wore Pink Pumps

_Do You Ever Consider the Kid You Once Bullied?

_Lean In to Life

_The Women of "Mad Men" Are the Characters We'll Most Miss

_Why TV Land's "Younger" Is a #MissedOpportunity

_6 Pithy Parental Comebacks I Learned From My Mother

_The Anti-Betty Draper Letter to My Girls

_Don Draper Did Do Coke

_The Day My Daughter's Lovey Went Missing

_What Kind of Myers-Briggs School Mom Are You?

_11 Books & Films That Make Us Bawl Like Little Babies

_That Stranger Danger Video Is Short on Facts

_Loving Tips for Grieving the Family Pet

_Lockdown Drills Are the Least We Can Do to Protect Our Kids

_Joan Rivers: Mother of Invention

_In Defense of Helicopter Parents

_What If You Knew What Your Spouse Would Look Like in 60 Years?

_YES.

_Portrait of a Woman

_Your Real Best Friend

_My collected writing for The Mid, now merged into Scary Mommy

Travel Guide
_Author of Frommer's WASHINGTON, D.C. DAY BY DAY (2007)

CV
_My professional experience

Rate Card
_2018 freelance rates

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