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Published Work


Navigating Phone-Free Policies in Schools
As published on Global Day of Unplugging and reprinted here. Reflections after one year of our K-12 district going phone-free bell-to-bell in Wilton, Connecticut. It was March 2024, and our panel of teachers and administrators shared what they were witnessing in the elementary, middle, and high schools at “Parents, Schools & Technology: Conquering Mean Behavior Together.” Elementary school teachers talked about overhearing sexually advanced and inappropriate terms and knowle
Oct 20, 2025


This Halloween, Don’t Steal the Magic
As published on LetGrow.org and reprinted here. It was October 2018, and the phrase “Let Grow!” had permeated much of the K-5 parent...
Oct 26, 2024


A Case for Childhood Independence - My Testimony to CT Judiciary Committee Re: Senate Bill No. 1133
Thrilled to read this piece as today’s lead story in Hartford Courant with quotes from some fellow team members, Carla Horowitz & Paul...
Mar 12, 2023


Can Powerful Lyrics Effect Change in Teens? Jax’s “Victoria Secret” Anthem Succeeds.
As published on Your Teen Magazine and reprinted here. “Mom, you would like this,” my youngest daughter says as she shows me a viral...
Nov 8, 2022


Domestic Violence: Not What You May Think, It Impacts the Whole Family — and Happens Right Here
As published on Good Morning Wilton and reprinted here. In my work as a parent coach, I’m privy to what most often stays behind closed...
Oct 6, 2022


How to Get Kids Out and About in Your Town
With some community buy-in, today's kids can have a '70s childhood. As published on LetGrow.org and reprinted here. How to create a Let...
Mar 4, 2022


The Many Mental Health Benefits of Playing Wordle
As published on The Mighty and reprinted here. An Open Letter to The New York Times: A few weeks ago, my Facebook feed was suddenly...
Feb 10, 2022


Yik Yak Returns to Wilton, with Potential for Devastating Consequences
As published on Good Morning Wilton and reprinted here. After spending the day on the newly reborn app Yik Yak, I felt sick and had a...
Dec 16, 2021


Talk to Your Tween about ‘Devious Licks’
As published on Easton Courier and reprinted here. This fall, middle and high school students across the country have been filming...
Oct 8, 2021
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