Judith Warner

Judith Warner appears in the following:

“The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In”

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

In 2003 a New York Times Magazine cover story looked at women who decided to leave their jobs to stay at home with their children. Ten years later, Judith Warner revisits women from t...

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Mothers Who Chose to "Opt-Out" Want Back In The Workforce

Friday, August 09, 2013

About decade ago, a movement of highly educated, well-paid professional women chose to leave their positions of power to stay home and raise their children. At the time, journalist Li...

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Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen Argue About Whether Being a Mom is Work

Friday, April 13, 2012

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen struck a nerve — and rekindled a familiar debate — when she criticized Ann Romney in a CNN appearance earlier this week. Jennifer DeJournett, presid...

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Judith Warner on Children, Parents, Mental Health, and Medication

Monday, February 07, 2011

Judith Warner investigates the state of children’s mental health and whether children are being over-diagnosed and over-medicated. Her book We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication includes extensive research and interviews with dozens of doctors, researchers, family experts, and parents and brings compassion to the debate over how to best treat children’s mental health disorders.

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We All Have Issues

Thursday, November 25, 2010

New York Times and New York Times Magazine contributing writer Judith Warner argues that the assumption that kids are over-diagnosed and over-medicalized for mental health disorders is potentially very destructive. She discusses her new book We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication.

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When Six Year Olds Attempt Suicide

Monday, April 12, 2010

Last week, we were struck by the shocking story of a six-year-old girl in Oregon whose death has been labeled a suicide. We wondered: Is it really possible for a first-grader to suffer from suicidal tendencies? And to deliberately take her own life?

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Big Bucks

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Wall Street made record profits last year and this year's bonuses are substantially higher than a year ago. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli details the windfall on Wall Street from his new report out this morning. Plus, New York Times contributing writer Judith Warner talks about her new book ...