| 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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Pedophile Pediatrician.
Over 100 children. An idyllic beach town, population 16,000. Often the violations occurred with adults mere feet away. The man rigged protective sheets and pin lights and tiny cameras so parents wouldn’t catch on. more
Sandwich Stories, Take II.
A few weeks ago I wrote of the joys of the sandwich generation as I hurtled into life’s next juggling act: caring for three kids, my cancer-riddled mother, and my career simultaneously. more
Dress for Success?
When I graduated from college in 1987, I faced grim choices in professional interview attire: navy blue or black suit, cream or white ruffled shirt. A kind of armor. For years my work wardrobe made me want to scream every morning. more
Bringing Baby to Work.
Returning to work 12 weeks after my first baby arrived twisted me inside out even more than the process of giving birth. Leaving my baby felt like the vilest, most unnatural action I’d taken in my adult life. more
Kids Find Joy in the Sandwich Situation.
My 75-year-old mother, known as “Grams” to my three kids, is dying of cancer one thousand miles away in Florida. Three months ago she was playing tennis four hours every day. Now she can barely sit up in bed to watch the Australian Open on television. more
How to Speak Nanny.
Yesterday over my morning coffee I devoured the New York Times “How to Speak Nanny” explication on well-educated, highly empowered moms stymied by communicating with our children’s caregivers. more
What's Wrong with Being an Alpha Wife?
Lisa Belkin’s 2003 New York Times Magazine article “Abandoning the Climb and Heading Home” pissed me off. more
News Flash: Working Moms Have 30 Hours of Leisure Time A Week!
Last night at a school meeting I told a working mom of third grade triplets that I was writing a story about University of Maryland time diary gurus who insist that working moms have 30 hours of leisure time. more
The Tool That Finally Liberated Women.
When baby number one arrived 13 years ago, I had no email account or Internet connection. My Fortune 100 company used an internal company network – employees were forbidden to use computers to communicate with anyone or conduct any research outside the corporate ‘net. more
The Volunteer Momfia
Get this: 40% of moms with kids under 18 undertake unpaid charitable work each year. Translation: we volunteer a lot. This constitutes a clear sign of insanity, since there are no busier people on the planet than moms with kids under age 18. more
