| Leslie Morgan Steiner is the editor of the best-selling anthology Mommy Wars and the brand new memoir Crazy Love. Steiner is a frequent guest on the Today Show, MSNBC, and regularly contributes to The New York Times, Newsweek and Vanity Fair. She lives with her husband and 3 kids in Washington, DC. In this column, she will offer her Two Cents on issues relating to modern motherhood. |  |
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Princessification: Phase or Lifestyle?
I have two daughters. Between three to five both went through utterly insane “princess” phases. You know, periods during which they SLEPT in the itchy blue Cinderella dress and showered in the excruciatingly painful, lethally-slippery glass slippers (which were actually made out of plastic)? more
Moms: Untwisting the Sisterhood.
1974. Fourth grade. My large, loud family were heading home from a summer weekend at the beach. The station wagon windows were down to catch the breeze, swirling a light layer of sand throughout the car. more
The Curse of the Tiger Mother.
There’s a controversial book out about motherhood – with the author mom stirring up debate on The Today Show, National Public Radio, and my own personal favorite, Michel Martin’s Tell Me More more
Women of Constitution.
Okay, it always HAS bugged me that our founding fathers failed to mention women explicitly in the Constitution or The Declaration of Independence. Not once. more
The Glass Labyrinth.
Not sure about you, but one phrase I’d like to mothball for 2011 is “glass ceiling,” that invisible barrier preventing women from achieving the pinnacle of career success. more
Dignifying Infidelity.
I adore Sandra Bullock. Loved the movie The Blind Side, am entranced by her baby love for adopted son Louis, admire her as a generous-spirited, cool-headed career woman who doesn’t indulge in the all-too-common Hollywood games of being too thin, too vain, or overly papparazzi-obsessed. more
Mom, is Santa Bringing Me an iPad?
Hope you haven’t finished your holiday shopping just yet: a new Nielsen survey reports the number one gift request from kids 6-12 is an iPad. Computers and iPods took second place. more
Divine Intervention Needed.
Dear God: Thank you for helping me unclog the kids’ toilet just now, although I recognize I must have looked funny doing it naked, especially from your view up there. more
The Truth About Cleopatra.
When you hear the name Cleopatra, what first comes to mind? more
Complicated Bereavement.
The day after my mother died in April, the hospice grief counselor came to my house. Hospice workers know what they are talking about, so I listened assiduously to her advice. I clung fiercely to her parting words: “No one is prepared for grief. It’s not a competition and no one does it ‘right.’ more
