Writing/The Arts
Think you’d be inspired by a Calder mobile? Then this writing salon is for you, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post Magazine
Is Your Child a Reluctant Reader/Writer? Take Them to a Show, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post
The Rise and Fall and Rise of a Middle School–a Tragicomedy in Three Acts, by Kristin O’Keefe, McSweeney’s
How to Get Published: 7 Tips from a Year of Magical Writing, by Kristin O’Keefe, Mom2.0Summit
Parenting/Education Issues
Why Read Aloud Day Matters: In a World of Screens and Busyness, We Find the Time for Magic, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post
When Letting Children Take Risks is Risky for Parents, by Kristin O’Keefe, New York Times
The Community College/Real College Divide, by Kristin O’Keefe, New York Times
Why this Troop Leader Quit the Girl Scouts, by Kristin O’Keefe, New York Times
Your Child Has Lice? Spread the Word, by Kristin O’Keefe, New York Times
First Job: Top 10 Takeaways for Your Teen, by Kristin O’Keefe, Grown and Flown
The Best Advice I Received as a New Mom, by Kristin O’Keefe, The Washington Post
Do you try the University of Google when there’s no time to get to the doctor? Maybe don’t, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post
First It Was Trophies, Now It’s Driver’s Licenses, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post
Humor
Jesse Offers Rick Springfield Belated Birthday Greetings and Some Grievances by Kristin O’Keefe, Little Old Lady Comedy
5 Reasons I Trashed the RH Teen Catalog, by Kristin O’Keefe, Scary Mommy
10 Ways Life’s Changed Since 1985 (or Has It?) by Kristin O’Keefe, Scary Mommy
Four Scores and Seven Games Ago: The Soccerplex Address, by Kristin O’Keefe, In the Powder Room
An Open Letter to Tina Fey About the Daily Show Gig by Kristin O’Keefe, In The Powder Room
My Sundance Catalogue Shares 26 Thoughts on Three Hobbit Movies, by K. O’Keefe, In The Powder Room
If You Give a Tween a Smart Phone, by Kristin O’Keefe, In The Powder Room
15 Torturous Texts to Send Your Teen, by Kristin O’Keefe, In The Powder Room
Dispatch: The Moral Perils of a Snake in the Toilet, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post
Dear Tooth Fairy: Ever Hear of a ‘Recession’?, by Kristin O’Keefe, Washington Post
That Dreaded Catalogue, by Kristin O’Keefe, Mom Ready
On Love and Loss
Exercising Mussel Memories by Kristin O’Keefe, Barrelhouse
The Lasting Impact of One Last Thing, by Kristin O’Keefe, The Manifest-Station
Thoughts on Lisa by Kristin O’Keefe, Bethesda Magazine (March/April 2009)