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Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner
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About Leslie Morgan Steiner

Leslie Morgan Steiner shares her thoughts each week in her column, Two Cents on Working Motherhood. She is the editor of the best-selling anthology Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families. Steiner regularly discusses working motherhood on the Today Show, MSNBC, and in Newsweek,Vanity Fair, Parents, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. Leslie lives with her husband and three children in Washington, DC.

Recent Posts by Leslie Morgan Steiner

No-Mush Mother's Day
On Mother’s Day, one of my closest friends from summer camp left me a voicemail message. This woman has witnessed my ugliest, most vulnerable, childish stages over a 30 year stretch and therefore can share her own hellish moments with me with impunity. We are roughly the same age, but her two kids are a full decade younger. In short, she’s a new mom, figuring parenthood out as it unfolds. Here's the message: “Hi Leslie. For your own sake maybe you shouldn’t listen to this message. I don’t want to poison you with my poison. Is part of this hormonal? Probably. Is part of this that I’m... continue reading
Why I DON'T Want My Teens to Turn Off the TV
Every parenting self-help primer seems to stress how important the ages 0 to 5 are for children’s development. Now that I’m parenting teenagers, I wonder. There is no denying that the years 12 to 17 are even more formative. Of course, in different ways. But my kids are going to remember this time period far better than 0 to 5 (of which they have only a few fuzzy memories). To my surprise, I’m finding that “screen time” -- that evil scourge that warps kids’ brains - is actually my ally here. There is very little my teenagers want to do with me, except for me driving them places and giving... continue reading
Obscene Sorority Girl: Why My Kids Are NEVER Going to College
On April 18, a profanity-filled email from Delta Gamma sorority sister Rebecca Martinson hit the Internet via Gawker and Deadspin. The blistering rant from Martinson, a junior at the University of Maryland, quickly went viral. Her nastiness towards her DG sisters has since inspired hilarious, Oscar-worthy readings by actor Michael Shannon, a cartoon version Joe Pesci, and even a parody version done by Barbie. The email itself, the YouTube reenactments, and news stories about Martinson have been viewed by over 13 million people. Partially because the email, in its own weird vulgar way, is a... continue reading
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