Kristin van Ogtrop

Van Ogtrop is the author of Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom.

Recent Articles

My Last Year in Office as Mom-in-Chief

A lame-duck mother assesses her tenure

By Kristin van Ogtrop

What It’s Like to Give Your Dog a Personality Test

And what you learn about yourself

By Kristin van Ogtrop

My New Aspiration for the Season of the Witch

Halloween brings its own dilemmas

By Kristin van Ogtrop

Why Ambition Isn't Working for Women

It's not that women are less driven. But the things they strive for aren't helping them get to the top

By Kristin van Ogtrop

The Etiquette of Home Security Cameras

They may be cool, but there are many things I just don’t want to see

By Kristin van Ogtrop

The ‘Waze’ and Means of Parenting

How a new crowd-sourced traffic app changed my summer

By Kristin van Ogtrop

My Very Own ‘She Shed’

I’ll take a little more vodka and a little less gingerbread trim

By Kristin van Ogtrop

Everyone's the Boss

Can a hot new corporate management concept turn my household into a beacon of harmony?

By Kristin van Ogtrop

Free-Range Parenting 2.0

Forget letting the kids roam on their own. How about letting parents off the leash instead?

By Kristin van Ogtrop

The Invincibility Formula

A new book shows us how to conquer our fear of rejection, but it's no easy fix if you're a parent

By Kristin van Ogtrop

The Sensitive-Dad Revolution

Will the English guys wearing fake belly babies help or hurt fathers?

By Kristin van Ogtrop

The Wearable Tech We Actually Want

Advice for Silicon Valley on creating useful devices that are not too embarrassing to put on in public

By Kristin van Ogtrop

Why I Won’t Be Binge-Watching Anything This Season

Whatever happened to anticipation?

By Kristin van Ogtrop

Home Improvement for the Holidays

The togetherness is bliss. But I need an antidote for all the stuff that comes with it

By Kristin van Ogtrop

When Life Hacks Go Too Far

We all love a great efficiency hack, but for the important things, short cuts are a waste of time

By Kristin van Ogtrop

A Halloween Miracle

In which I am tricked into enjoying a holiday that has never felt like a treat

By Kristin van Ogtrop

10 Things Teens Really Need to Know Before They Leave Home

These won’t get teens into college, but will make them better people

By Kristin van Ogtrop

Self Helpless: Why Do We Keep Searching for the Perfect Advice Book?

Like most recovering overachievers, I have a complicated relationship with self-help books. That is, I approach the entire genre with a mixture of interest and dread. While I am certain I can become a better...

By Kristin van Ogtrop

How I Learned to Stop Fretting and Just Raise the Kids

Lessons from an amateur parent

By Kristin van Ogtrop
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