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Dax Shepard Had a Question for Obama. This Is What Happened Next (Fatherly)

By Donna Freydkin

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  • A Jewish Psychologist’s Guidance for Talking About Coronavirus with Kids (Reform Judaism)

    A conversation with parenting expert and bestselling author Dr. Wendy Mogel

    May 13, 2020
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  • How to teach a child to reset after a bad day (without fixing their problems for them) (Washington Post)

    By Amy Joyce

    August 28, 2019
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  • When Your Tween Wants to Conform to the VSCO Girl Trend (New York Times)

    By Jackie Ashton

    November 12, 2019
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  • How to Get Your Kid to Tell You What Happened at School Today (Slate)

    By Charles Duhigg

    September 14, 2019
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  • How my mother prepared us to live without her (Washington Post)

    By Anna Nordberg

    May 23, 2019
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  • Voice Lessons for Camp (Camping Magazine)

    An Interview with Wendy Mogel

    January 1, 2019
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  • 10 books I loved and learned from in 2018 — all written by women (Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    December 16, 2018
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  • I Brought My Daughter to Disneyland Alone & Learned to Love One-on-One Travel With Kids (Parents)

    By Leslie Goldman

    October 10, 2018
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  • Read This List of Books to Succeed in Business and Life (Inc.)

    By Christina DesMarais

    September 17, 2018
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  • Perspective: The age of entitlement (EyeWitness News, The Bahamas)

    By Michelle Malcolm

    September 3, 2018
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  • Parent talk: how changing the way you speak to your kids can transform your relationship (The Telegraph)

    September 1, 2018
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  • How to Choose the Right Words When Talking to Your Teen (Scouting)

    By Mark Ray

    September 1, 2018
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  • Are we setting our kids up to do the one thing we haven’t taught them to do well: Fail? (Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    August 23, 2018
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  • This is (almost) 9: A celebration of childhood’s final single-digit year (Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    August 7, 2018
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  • BRIEF: Kelly Wearstler (Belletrist)

    August 1, 2018
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  • Equal pay for equal chores? Parents send girls a message early (Austin 360)

    By Nicole Villalpando

    July 11, 2018
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  • The secret, complex world of boys’ friendships, and how parents can navigate it

    By Heidi Stevens

    May 17, 2018
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  • Read this book if you’ve ever asked your daughter, ‘Are you sure you want to wear that?’ (Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    April 17, 2018
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  • Parents, you don’t know how to talk to your kids, but Wendy Mogel wants to teach you how (My Statesman)

    By Nicole Villalpando

    April 6, 2018
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  • For parents with younger kids: To march or not? (The Washington Post)

    By Amy Joyce

    March 15, 2018
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  • How to Help Your Child Not Be a #MeToo! (The New York Times)

    By Rachel Rabkin Peachman

    November 15, 2017
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  • Why Kids Rebel Against Tyranny of Socks (Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    May 8, 2017
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  • Wonder Why Your Kid Doesn’t Respect Authority? Look in the Mirror (The Good Men Project)

    By Michael Graubart

    April 17, 2017
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  • Which Gender is More Challenging to Raise - Girl or Boy? (Mathrubhumi)

    By Sandhya Varma

    March 12, 2017
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  • Why Frenemies Can Be Good for You—and What to Do When They Aren’t (goop)

    By Christine Lennon

    February 16, 2017
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  • To Talk to Your Child About the Election, Tell Them They Are Safe (The Forward)

    By Lilly Maier

    November 9, 2016
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  • Helicopter parenting: When doing too much for your child is harmful (The Express Tribune, Pakistan)

    By Mehreen Ovais

    September 15, 2016
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  • Taking the Bubble Wrap Off Vietnamese Kids (Vietnam News)

    By Vũ Thu Hà

    September 14, 2016
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  • Why I’m Embracing My 8-Year-Old’s Fantasy Football Life (The Washington Post)

    By Jennifer Merrill

    September 13, 2016
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  • Motherhood Matters: Don’t Fix the Pains of Summer (Deseret News)

    By Amanda Hamilton Roos

    July 29, 2016
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  • Is Your Kid Ready for a Best Friend? (Parents Magazine)

    By Rachel Rabkin Peachman

    April 21, 2016
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  • Top 10 Parenting Books for New Parents (PJ Media)

    By Leslie Loftis

    April 18, 2016
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  • The Latest Domain of the Helicopter Parent: The Sledding Hill (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

    By Terri Akman

    February 17, 2016
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  • ‘Benign neglect’: giving kids the scope to learn, make mistakes and grow (South China Morning Post)

    By Gweneth Rehnborg

    December 14, 2015
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  • 5 Signs You Were Raised By Helicopter Parents (Huffington Post)

    By Anna Almendrala

    September 30, 2015
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  • Lessons And Blessings: An Interview With Dr. Wendy Mogel (New York Family)

    By Hillary Chura

    March 3, 2015
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  • Learning to Embrace the Chaos of a Child’s Bedroom (The Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    July 9, 2014
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  • Balancing Act: Love and respect trump a parent’s imperfections (The Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    February 2, 2014
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  • Rethinking Mistakes & Learning From Your Missteps (PsychCentral.com)

    By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.

    January 4, 2014
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  • Child never gets A grades (The Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    December 18, 2013
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  • In Defense of the Wild Child (The New Republic)

    By Elizabeth Weil

    September 2, 2013
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  • Should kids unplug over summer break? (Amplify.com)

    By Liz Logan

    July 9, 2013
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  • Their Fragile Future (The Sydney Morning Herald)

    By Linda McSweeny

    June 27, 2013
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  • Parents must learn dangers of speeding at home (The Sydney Morning Herald)

    By Josephine Tovey & Amy McNeilage

    June 16, 2013
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  • Blessing of a Pulled Hamstring (Forbes)

    By Andrew Goodman

    May 30, 2013
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  • Invasion of the Machines (Reform Judaism)

    A conversation with Dr. Wendy Mogel and the RJ editors

    May 15, 2013
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  • Should you teach your own kids piano? (The Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    May 8, 2013
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  • Wendy Mogel keeps luncheon guests in stitches (Houston Chronicle)

    By Lindsey Love

    April 9, 2013
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  • Remaking the Grade (The Wall Street Journal)

    By Lettie Teague

    March 2, 2013
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  • New Year’s resolution: Be a more neglectful parent (The Washington Post)

    By Tracy Grant

    January 2, 2013
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  • School Shooting: How Parents Can Help Their Children Cope (The Washington Post)

    By Tracy Grant

    December 14, 2012
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  • Keeping the Faith at Home (The Chicago Tribune)

    By William Hageman

    August 28, 2012
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  • Back-to-school gifts? Really? (The Chicago Tribune)

    By Heidi Stevens

    August 7, 2012
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  • ‘Skinned Knees’ are More Than OK; They’re the Whole Point! (The Jewish Voice of Rhode Island)

    By Vince Watchorn

    July 1, 2012
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  • Making the Case for Summer Camp (Make It Better)

    By Kristina Tober

    January 1, 2012
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  • Bully-Proofing Your Kids (CNN.com)

    By Katia Hetter

    October 11, 2011
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  • When Your Kid Isn’t Invited (CNN.com)

    By Katia Hetter

    October 4, 2011
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  • Family Happiness and the Overbooked Child (The New York Times)

    By Alina Tugend

    August 12, 2011
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  • Homework overload: For certain families, enough is enough (Los Angeles Times)

    By Deborah Netburn

    July 2, 2011
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  • Tennis Pressure Strains Bond of Parent and Player (The New York Times)

    By Karen Crouse

    July 2, 2011
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  • How to Land Your Kid in Therapy (The Atlantic)

    By Lori Gotlieb

    July 1, 2011
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  • Push for A’s at Private Schools Is Keeping Costly Tutors Busy (The New York Times)

    By Jenny Anderson

    June 7, 2011
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  • When a Teenager Can’t Be Trusted (The New York Times)

    By Lisa Belkin

    June 1, 2011
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  • 10 Ways to Raise Resilient Kids in Turbulent Times (The Huffington Post)

    By Lori Day

    March 29, 2011
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  • Parents Take a Deep Breath (Los Angeles Times)

    By Mary MacVean

    March 12, 2011
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  • Retract Your Mom Claws (The Jewish Journal)

    By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

    January 26, 2011
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  • The Blessings of a B Minus (New York Times Magazine)

    By Lisa Belkin

    October 12, 2010
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  • Raising Good Kids, With a Good Deal of Restraint (The Chicago Tribune)

    By Lisa Pevtzow

    October 8, 2010
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  • Review of The Blessing of a B Minus (Tablet Magazine)

    By Josh Lambert

    September 20, 2010
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  • The Blessing of a B Minus Review (Publishers Weekly)

    September 7, 2010
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  • Guilty secrets of slacker parents! (Parent Map Magazine)

    By Kristen Russell Dobson

    July 14, 2010
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  • A Reading List For Harried Parents (The New York Jewish News)

    By Shira Vickar-Fox

    June 23, 2010
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  • Tips For Avoiding Overscheduled Family Syndrome (The New York Jewish Week)

    Staff writer

    June 23, 2010
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  • Trying Eyes… (Better Homes and Gardens)

    By Rachel Simpson

    May 1, 2010
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  • Camp Blessings (Canada Camps for Parents)

    An interview with Dr. Wendy Mogel

    January 1, 2010
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  • Under Pressure? (Middlebury Magazine)

    By Catherine O’Neill Grace

    December 21, 2009
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  • A Summer Reading List for Parents (New York Times Magazine)

    By Lisa Belkin

    June 1, 2009
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  • So the Torah is a Parenting Guide? (New York Times Sunday Magazine)

    A New York Times Sunday Magazine profile of Dr. Mogel.

    By Emily Bazelon

    October 1, 2006
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  • A Closer Look (Camping Magazine)

    Different Perspectives on The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, by Wendy Mogel

    Compiled by Bob Ditter

    January 1, 2006
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  • Drawing the Line on Spending (The Wall Street Journal)

    By Jolie Solomon

    August 15, 2005
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  • Thanks, Mommy (Parents Magazine)

    By Peg Rosen

    August 1, 2005
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  • The One Parenthood Book I Couldn’t Live Without (Child Magazine)

    Where do celebrated writers turn when they need advice and comfort on their journey as parents? Read on as 13 authors share their favorite books—and the very personal reasons why these titles made a difference.

    By Elizabeth Fishel

    March 1, 2005
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  • The path to peaceful parenting (San Diego Jewish Journal)

    By Micah Sachs

    February 3, 2005
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  • Mommy (and Me) (New York Times)

    By David Hochman

    January 30, 2005
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  • Removing The Training Wheels (Atlanta Jewish Times)

    By Linda Bachmann

    January 28, 2005
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  • Simplicity (Jewish Woman Magazine)

    By Rahel Musleah

    October 9, 2004
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  • The Present Parent (Reform Judaism)

    By Aron Hirt-Manheimer

    July 3, 2004
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  • Life’s Warning Label (New York Times)

    Caution! Contents Hazardous!

    By MAREK FUCHS

    June 6, 2004
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  • A “Skinned Knee” is Good for Kids - and Their Parents (San Diego Union Tribune)

    By Jane Clifford

    January 31, 2004
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  • For Kids, Lessons in the School of Life (Washington Post)

    By Rebecca R. Kahlenberg

    November 4, 2003
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  • The Kids Are All Right (Baltimore Messenger)

    By Lisa De Nike

    October 22, 2003
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  • How To! With Charles Duhigg

    How To Stress Your Kid the Right Way How do you raise resilient children? When should you help out, and when should you chill out?

    September 12, 2019
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  • What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

    Dr. Mogel talks with Amy Wilson about how to bridge the ever-more-complicated communication gap between parents and children, no matter what age.

    April 16, 2019
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  • Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

    Dr. Mogel had a lively conversation with Dax Shepard on his podcast, The Armchair Expert.

    June 7, 2018
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  • Teen Wasteland on The Loh Life

    The other weekend, a take home parent and child biology test took 15 hours and still got a C...Then, Suzy prepared the wrong chapter for a quiz and got an F. ...Last weekend, there was more work...And, oh! Interviewing an expert on Teen Depression. Great. But, I was finally able to pull out an ace in the form of my friend Dr. Wendy Mogel.

    March 9, 2015
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