Dr. Wendy Mogel is an internationally acclaimed clinical psychologist, parenting expert and author of the New York Times bestselling parenting book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee. Her follow up book The Blessing of a B Minus, teaches parents how to raise resilient teenagers. A popular keynote speaker, she lectures widely at conferences and schools around the world.
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The Blessings of a B Minus (New York Times Magazine)
Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting
By Lisa Belkin
October 12, 2010
The One Parenthood Book I Couldn't Live Without (Child Magazine)
Where do celebrated writers turn when they need advice and comfort on their journey as parents? Read on as 13 authors share their favorite books—and the very personal reasons why these titles made a difference.
By Elizabeth Fishel
March 1, 2005
Remaking the Grade (The Wall Street Journal)
What do those ratings you see at the wine store really mean? The A+ bottles get all the attention, but it’s the B students that provide some of the best values out there.
By Lettie Teague
March 2, 2013
New Year’s resolution: Be a more neglectful parent (The Washington Post)
By Tracy Grant
January 2, 2013
School Shooting: How Parents Can Help Their Children Cope (The Washington Post)
By Tracy Grant
December 14, 2012
‘Skinned Knees’ are More Than OK; They're the Whole Point! (Jewish Voice & Herald of Rhode Island)
By Vince Watchorn
July 1, 2012
Homework overload: For certain families, enough is enough (Los Angeles Times)
At what point do weeknight assignments, weekend work and vacation reading affect family togetherness?
By Deborah Netburn
July 2, 2011
How to Land Your Kid in Therapy (The Atlantic)
Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports.
By Lori Gotlieb
June 15, 2011
Push for A’s at Private Schools Is Keeping Costly Tutors Busy (The New York Times)
By Jenny Anderson
June 7, 2011
When a Teenager Can’t Be Trusted (The New York Times)
MOTHERLODE blogger, Lisa Belkin, invited Dr. Mogel to comment on a reader’s dilemma.
June 1, 2011
Parents Take a Deep Breath (Los Angeles Times)
Expert after expert in child-rearing has told parents to back off. But anxiety still seems to be the rule in parenting.
By Mary MacVean
March 12, 2011
Retract Your Mom Claws (The Jewish Journal)
Wendy Mogel sets new rules for reasonableness…
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
January 26, 2011
Raising Good Kids, With a Good Deal of Restraint (The Chicago Tribune)
BYLINE: Lisa Pevtzow
October 8, 2010
The Blessing of a B Minus Review (Publishers Weekly)
September 7, 2010
Guilty secrets of slacker parents! (Parent Map Magazine)
Are you ruining your kids with your lazy parenting ways?
July 14, 2010
Trying Eyes... (Better Homes and Gardens)
...Make peace with the eye-roll, a tween girl’s rite of passage that can feel oh so wrong.
-by Rachel Simpson
May 1, 2010
Camp Blessings (Canada Camps for Parents)
January 1, 2010
Under Pressure? (Middlebury Magazine)
A psychologist and author turns to the Talmud to help children and parents, alike.
December 21, 2009
So the Torah is a Parenting Guide? (New York Times Sunday Magazine)
New York Times Sunday Magazine profile of Dr. Mogel.
By Emily Bazelon
October 9, 2006
A Closer Look (Camping Magazine)
Different Perspectives on The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, by Wendy Mogel
Compiled by Bob Ditter
January 1, 2006
Mommy (and Me) (New York Times)
A generation of new parents are telling tales from the crib in blogs that revel in self-absorption.
January 30, 2005
Removing The Training Wheels (Atlanta Jewish Times)
How to use Jewish teachings to raise self-reliant children
By Linda Bachmann
January 28, 2005
Simplicity (Jewish Woman Magazine)
Choosing to live with less can make room for what’s really important.
By Rahel Musleah
October 9, 2004
The Present Parent (Reform Judaism)
A conversation with Dr. Wendy Mogel about what parents can do to truly be there for their children.
July 3, 2004
For Kids, Lessons in the School of Life (Washington Post)
There’s More to Maturing Than Getting Good Grades
By Rebecca R. Kahlenberg
November 4, 2003
NAIS lecture - 2003 Annual Conference Speech from Wendy Mogel
All Things to All People? Managing Parents’ Expectations of Independent Schools
2003 Annual Conference Speech from Wendy Mogel
February 5, 2003
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