Jana Pollack

Michael hi! Do all of the above categories need to be about music in some way for you guys?

This Mom Thinks Parents Need to Prioritize Free Play More Often—Here's Why She Might Be Right Organized sports and other extracurricular activities have big benefits for kids. But when they're still young, free play is just as important. Here's how to make sure you're prioritizing some unstruc...

Found reporting and writing this article really interesting. Down time for kids = good!

My brand of feminism in the 90s was perfectly encapsulated by the “he bought me a blender” plot line in the first Father of the Bride movie

I'm writing an article about skincare trend on TikTok (like glazed donut skin) for parents magazine. Do you have a teen obsessed with a certain trend that I should include/look into? LMK !

at the risk of being so annoying: I sent you a timely pitch this morning! If you hate it pls ignore me on all platforms but just in case. Thanks!

I have 2 ☺️ it's good to have something to live for

Having a baby in 2020 was honestly very convenient. Every year people write retrospectives about the year he was born and I never forget how old he’s about to turn. Really worked out.

Elon Musk promotes right-wing parties all over the world and gives Nazi salutes at rallies. But his political beliefs are hard to pin down.

I think the problem is that this doesn't exist anywhere else! But I'm really going to try to a) track stuff down in places like hardware stores and b) get used to not getting things fast. Key word try?

When Time Stands Still: Birth, Death, and All That Waiting WriterJana Pollack found the minimal space surrounding big life events very different than she expected, even a little boring.

and this one about waiting for birth and death for Jenny Mag:

Am I A Real Mom If I Only Have One Kid? And other ways I judge myself.

realizing I don't have any of my old tweets here, so sharing writing I'm proud of: namely this piece about having an only child for Romper:

Hard to compete with this

this sounds simple but is in fact huge advice, thank you

yeah I feel like no one's talking about that part for some reason? seems relevant

on the way home my four year-old asked why there weren't statues when the dinosaurs were here and I said cause humans weren't on earth yet and he asked why humans made statues and I said "because people have a natural inclination to make art" and he said "oh yeah like on paw patrol"

Submitting this poem I wrote in 1998 about the Seinfeld finale into the literary canon:

did everyone but me know that Percival Everett is married to Danzy Senna?? This is such huge news that so few people in my life would care about

I tweeted this a long time ago and no one cared. I found it again this morning. Maybe in 2024 you all will be ready for this egg that looked like mother Theresa?????

The Great We-Don't-Do-Santa Debate I grew up in a Santa-free family, but man, did I love Christmas. Carols, colored lights, tinsel — all of it.

I'm ambivalent about Santa at best. Thanks to
@meaghano.bsky.social for letting me write about it (and heal some old wounds with the person I personally ruined Santa for as a kid!)

Hello world, I'm looking for small businesses where I can buy sweet, cute, and fun gifts for my four year old as well as other people I love (who are adults). Anybody have suggestions?

The other day a parent who’s a social worker came into my kid’s class to talk about it. That night he came home and said “you guys help the community too, right?” and we had to be like no son, mommy and daddy work in advertising

And Dr. Pepper!!!

It's weird that all the Baldwin brothers look just enough like Alec that if they're in something it just looks like an actor doing an impression of Alec Baldwin - is the kind of thing I might say here!! why not!!