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Abby Margolis Newman: Saving the World One Teen at a Time
Abby Margolis Newman, whose blog, "Un/lucky," can be found at abbymargolisnewman.blogspot.com, has been a freelance writer for almost 20 years, and is now lending her talent to ModernMom. She has written for The New York Times, Parenting, Working Mother, and Scholastic, among many other publications. Her earlier career incarnations include working as a film producer and as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and PBS. But in reality, she has spent the vast majority of her time over the last 18 years mothering three boys. She lives in Mill Valley, California. Follow her on Twitter @newmaniacs
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Recent Posts

Chapter 5: Hair

To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer

How Young is Too Young for Facebook?

How young is too young for Facebook?

I’ve been thinking about this question because my youngest son, Henry (age 12) asked about getting a Facebook page.

Henry has two older brothers (ages 16 and 17) who are both on Facebook, but I am not inclined to let Henry participate until high school.

Chapter 3: How Do You Tell Your Kids That You Have Cancer?

To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer

Chapter 2: Five Stages of Whatever

To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer

Chapter 1: Abby's Crap News - AKA My "Journey" With Cancer

Remembering Before I Forget: The Beginning

I have breast cancer.

Strange Coincidences and Sending My Son Off to College

On the day my eldest son left for college, my youngest son got his first zit. This had to be some kind of sign, I thought. Time marches on or some such thing.

Maybe this was God’s little joke aimed at a mom whose “baby” is no longer a baby and whose first child was flying the coop. If so: not funny.

The SAT Cheating Scandal - What the %$@#?

As the parent of a high school senior and a junior, I am both fascinated and horrified by the SAT cheating scandal that was recently discovered on Long Island.

Losing Papa: How My Kids Dealt With Death

Until last week, my three children had no experience with death. And strangely enough, although I’ve lived almost five decades, neither had I. Both my grandfathers died before I was born; my grandmothers died when I was a child, but I was not close to either of them. No one I’ve cared deeply about has eve

My Son's First Kiss

I have to confess: I was a witness to my teenage son's first kiss, and it was bizarre, to say the very least. There he was, pulling the girl close to him with one hand, tenderly caressing her jawline with the other... and then, the kiss.

My Child Hates Reading!

Is it possible to instill a love of reading in a child who hates to read? Or is it, as Cletus from “The Simpsons” might say, “an exercise in futility”?