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  Selected Articles
 
 
Between the Tweets
The Boston Globe Magazine,February 13, 2011
It's a portable, wireless, always-on world. What are these seductive devices doing to your marriage? Read >
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Ho-ho no
The Boston Globe Magazine,December 5, 2010
Hanukkah's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Bah, humbug Read >
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Cover Ka-Ching
CommonWealth Magazine, Spring, 2010
What happens when a casino moves into town? A visit to Pennsylvania offers a glimpse of what the future holds for three Massachusetts towns.Read >
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Cover The Maybe-Baby Dilemma
The Boston Globe Magazine, November 22, 2009
What to do with unused embryos, a byproduct of a booming fertility business, is a question patients are rarely prepared to deal with. They have several choices: finding a research program or fellow patient to accept a donation, discarding the extra embryos, or doing absolutely nothing.Read >
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My Kindle Quandary
The Boston Globe Magazine,September 27, 2009
Even libraries are going digital. What's a book lover to do? Read >
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Cover Boomers and Babies
The Boston Globe Magazine, July 26, 2009
When's the right time to start a family? For this generation, it's never too late? Read >
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Cover Back to the Tap
The Boston Globe Magazine, July 12, 2009
As they pinch pennies and pay more attention to their carbon footprint, Americans' romance with store-bought water is on the wane. But is the stuff that comes out of the faucet actually safe to drink? Read >
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Cover Let's Talk About Sex
The Boston Globe Magazine, February 1, 2009
High school kids are being taught about the birds and the bees with the same fear-mongering tactics many of us remember. But some health educators today are offering teens a more grown-up lesson: Sex isn't necessarily a bad thing. Read >
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Hovering Closer
The Boston Globe Magazine,October 5, 2008
In the ever-competitive college application world, parents are involved at every step of the game - and the kids seem to like it that way. Read >
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Divided Loyalties
CommonWealth Magazine, Fall 2008
Why do we trust our employers and our favorite brands more than our government? Read >
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For Me, School's Out
The Boston Globe Magazine, September 7, 2008
An ex-teacher discovers that yesterday's students are today's friends. Read >
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Is Unlimited Vacation A Good Thing
The Boston Globe Magazine, July 20, 2008
It sounds great, but in practice, "unlimited vacation" looks a lot like "no vacation." Read >
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Redefining the American Dream
CommonWealth Magazine, Summer 2008
Rethinking success in a world of limits. Read >
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Cover Hurry Up, Grow Up
The Boston Globe Magazine, May 11, 2008
What happens when students choose majors in eighth grade? Read >
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Driving Me Mad
The Boston Globe Magazine, April 13, 2008
Singles discover a new kind of road rage. Read >
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Married to the Job
The Boston Globe Magazine, December 30, 2007
Why we value work more than love. Read >
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My Date With Diva
The Boston Globe Magazine, March 2, 2007
The perils of pet ownership. Read >
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Cover Easy Out
The Boston Globe Magazine, November 11, 2007
Ok, maybe not easy. But today's gay high schoolers are discovering that declaring their homosexuality - and doing it at younger and younger ages - brings little of the stigma and complications that earlier generations faced. Read >
 
 
The Underachiever Speaks
Brown Alumni Magazine, July 2006
The author writes in her alumni magazine about how insecure it makes her feel. Read >
 
 
Meet, Marry, Move On.
The Boston Globe Magazine, July 15, 2007
When you're looking for a soul mate, why let a spouse slow you down? There's a new emphasis in marriages on emotional togetherness, a standard some relationships just cannot meet. Good thing nobody bats an eye anymore when young, childless couples divorce. Read >
 
 
   
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