advocates & articles
Review our full list of advocates and articles here. Depending on what you’re after, you can browse by advocate or browse by subject.
Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile
Co-authors, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids
Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile are first-time authors, have 5 kids between them and have been friends for 12+ years. Both women were upset to discover that real-life motherhood was nothing like their romantic vision of the experience. So they decided to interview hundreds of moms to see if anyone else felt the same way. Read More 
Armin Brott
Author and fatherhood expert
Hailed by Time magazine as “the superdad’s superdad,” Armin Brott has been building better fathers for more than a decade.
As the author of six bestselling books on fatherhood, he’s helped millions of men around the world become the fathers they want to be — and that their
children need them to be. Read More
Dr. Cheryl Dellasega
Author and relationship expert
Cheryl Dellasega, NP, PhD, is the author of several books on issues
affecting women and girls, including Mean Girls
Grown Up, Surviving Ophelia
and her latest, Forced to be Family. She will be answering a
weekly Q&A
about common parenting and relationship dilemmas. Read More
Jenny Friedman New Article!
Clinical psychologist and parenting expert
Jenny Friedman has been volunteering with her family for more than 19
years, delivering meals to the homebound, sponsoring a disadvantaged
family and working at a local homeless shelter. She received her PhD
from Northwestern University, and has published over one hundred articles
for local and national magazines, including Parenting,
Parents and American
Baby. Read More
Sharon A. Hersh New Article!
Author and professional counselor
Sharon Hersh is a licensed professional counselor and the author of
five books that help parents navigate their adolescent daughters’ emotional
lives. Read More
Jenifer Marshall Lippincott
Educator and author
Jenifer is the co-author of 7 Things Your Teens Won’t Tell You (And How to Talk About Them Anyway).
She has worked with young people for over two decades as a teacher, a dean at a boarding school and a learning consultant.
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Barbara McRae
Author and Master Certified Coach
Barbara McRae, the owner of EnhancedLife Coaching, LLC® and founder
of Teen Frontier International, is a nationally known Master Certified
Coach and a recognized expert in professional coaching. Read More
Jeanne Muchnick
Journalist and parenting expert
Jeanne Muchnick is a freelance journalist and the former editor of BaBY Magazine and BaBY Magazine’s Infant Care Guide,
two publications aimed at helping new moms deal with the physical and emotional aspects of parenthood.
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Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler New Article!
Clinical psychologist and parenting expert
Roni Cohen-Sandler, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant
and lecturer who specializes in the issues of women and girls, parenting
adolescents, depression and self-destructive behavior and learning disorders. Read More
Leslie Morgan Steiner
Author, Mommy Wars
Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of Mommy Wars, a book about
the motherhood/work balance. She began writing for and about girls at Seventeen
magazine in 1987. Read More
Dr. Christine Wood
Pediatrician and author
Christine Wood, M.D., C.L.E., is a practicing pediatrician and certified lactation educator with interests in healthy nutrition for children and the environmental and nutritional impact on health and disease. She is the author of How
to Get Kids to Eat Great &
Love It!. Read More
articles by subject
Here’s the full list of topics and articles our advocates have contributed. We’ll be adding more soon, so please check back.
School
Overly Competitive Team Sports
Dolls and Playtime
The Real Difference Between Boys and Girls
Friends, Family and Values
Saying No to Friendly Temptation
When Good Friends Are a Bad Influence
Emotional Health
3 Steps to Better Emotional Health
6 Easy Steps Toward Making Peace with Your Choices
