Articles & Essays

Book Review for Teens: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton by Kristin O’Keefe and Charlie O’Keefe, Your Teen Magazine

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, The 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

A Year After the Parkland Shooting, This is What Parents Really Want for Valentine’s Day, by Kristin O’Keefe, The Washington Post

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)

Dangers of College: An ER Doctor on Real College Readiness, by Kristin O’Keefe, Your Teen Magazine

Good Habits, Good Life: How to Start Good Habits With Your Teens, by Kristin O’Keefe, Your Teen Magazine

Can Breakfast Boost Your Teen’s Body Image?, by Kristin O’Keefe, Your Teen Magazine

How Practicing Kindness Can Enhance Your Teen’s Well-Being, by Kristin O’Keefe, Your Teen Magazine

The Nation’s Largest Survey of Youth Risk Behaviors, by Kristin O’Keefe, Your Teen Magazine

Why Read Aloud Day Matters: In a World of Screens and Busyness, We Find the Time for Magic, by Kristin O’Keefe, The 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, The Washington Post

First It Was Trophies, Now It’s Driver’s Licenses, by Kristin O’Keefe, The Washington Post

Lines from 1959’s Some Like It Hot or Things said at a 2018 Ernst & Young Training for Female Execs? by Kristin O’Keefe, The Belladonnas

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Just Turned 50 and She Would Like to Update Her Status, by Kristin O’Keefe, Little Old Lady Comedy

The Case of the Iron-Fisted Lactation Consultant and Other Nancy Drew Titles for New Parents, by Kristin O’Keefe, Little Old Lady Comedy

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

Dispatch: The Moral Perils of a Snake in the Toilet, by Kristin O’Keefe, The Washington Post

Dear Tooth Fairy: Ever Hear of a ‘Recession’?, by Kristin O’Keefe, The Washington Post

That Dreaded Catalogue, by Kristin O’Keefe, Mom Ready