--- title: Maryanne Murray Buechner | TIME description: Maryanne Murray Buechner is a freelance writer and editorial consultant. After a brief stint as a daily newspaper reporter in Florida, she worked at TIME for 10 years, most recently as a Contributor. She lived in Tokyo from 2007-2012, and blogged about it; you can find her travel guide to that city here. She currently lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband, two sons and two dogs. canonical: https://time.com/author/maryanne-murray-buechner/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/maryanne-murray-buechner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Maryanne Murray Buechner  ## Maryanne Murray Buechner Maryanne Murray Buechner is a freelance writer and editorial consultant. After a brief stint as a daily newspaper reporter in Florida, she worked at TIME for 10 years, most recently as a Contributor. She lived in Tokyo from 2007-2012, and [blogged](http://mtokyoblog.blogspot.com/) about it; you can find her travel guide to that city [here](http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1897812,00.html). She currently lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband, two sons and two dogs.  ## Maryanne Murray Buechner *  Jul 17, 2015 ### [How to Parent like the Japanese Do](https://time.com/3959168/how-to-parent-like-the-japanese-do/) Tip 1: Don't Talk About Your Kids Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/maryanne-murray-buechner/","name":"Maryanne Murray Buechner"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/maryanne-murray-buechner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/maryanne-murray-buechner/"},"name":"Maryanne Murray Buechner","jobTitle":null,"description":"Maryanne Murray Buechner is a freelance writer and editorial consultant. After a brief stint as a daily newspaper reporter in Florida, she worked at TIME for 10 years, most recently as a Contributor. She lived in Tokyo from 2007-2012, and blogged about it; you can find her travel guide to that city here. She currently lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with her husband, two sons and two dogs.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt228fbcdecd6c2edf/69885b2e196cf48f89037215/buechner-head-shot.jpeg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/maryanne-murray-buechner/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```