| 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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Parents Say The Darndest Things
What do you do when your child tells you that another parent is saying critical things about him or her? More importantly, how do we derail the parent gossip train? more
Texas Judge - When Does Discipline Become Assault?
Most people are ashamed of family violence - ashamed to be victims, ashamed to be perpetrators. So naturally, with all this shame silencing everyone, it’s hard to know what family violence really is. more
Here's To The "Terrible" Parents
Do your kids watch too much TV? Do you forget to cook leafy green vegetables for your little ones? This mom might just love you for it. Find out why she's grateful for all the "terrible" wonderful parents! more
Getting Pregnant Is Just The Beginning
It isn't always the easy part - especially for couples with fertility issues - but getting pregnant is just the beginning of all the challenges parents face. more
Say Hello To Your Replacement: Siri
Apple claims that Siri has no gender. Who are they fooling? Of course Siri is a girl. Really, she is a mom. Your artificial mom. The perfect mom. more
Three Wise Women
Sometimes the dream of women having an equal role in politics and government seems more like wishful thinking. But this year, for the first time ever, three women won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work advocating women's rights in West Africe in the Middle East. Maybe a little more wishful thinking is what the world needs. more
Back To School Blues
At back-to-school night, I heard parents talking about SAT exams. Their children were 12. Call me crazy, but I think I'll pass on being a perfect (pushy) parent and enjoy being a happily imperfect one! more
I Don't Know How She Does It
Why do dads get a free pass in the movie version of the best-selling book, "I Don't Know How She Does It?" more
Dads, Kids & Testosterone
New research shows that men are hard-wired to be involved parents, confirming what women have always known - moms aren't meant to raise kids without help. more
Self Esteem's Slippery Slope
A friend spent the summer teaching his son to tie his shoelaces. It took all of July and half of August. It required endless patience and persistence. As we all know, it is not easy to learn to tie your shoes, nor is it easy to teach it.
However, my son’s friend is 14. A completely normal 14-year-old boy who had never learned to tie his own shoes.
