A Bookish Mess

Technology and Parenthood Walk into a Bar

Amanda Hess takes on the messy modern relationship of parenthood and technology in Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age

May 12 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

Mothers Are Complicated

Fictional mothers for Mother's Day

May 5 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

Reading While Parenting Coming Soon!

Stay tuned, my fellow parent readers...

Apr 5 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

Reading Planning Instead of Meal Planning

A weekend practice + a peek at an upcoming new project

Feb 24 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

I Had Stopped Reading Fiction

Being enough with never enough time

Jan 6 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

I have just one question

Stories of parenthood outside of the bookstore parenting section

Sep 16, 2024 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

"Stories are an imaginary playground"

Why Do Books Matter? An Interview with Sri Juneja

Aug 12, 2024 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

Beverly Cleary as a Parenting Influencer

Finding peace of mind in the shenanigans of Ramona Quimby

Jul 8, 2024 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

13:20

Finding Ways to Read in Parenthood

It's Thursday newsletter time: reading in parenthood, the parenting book you would write and 5 important books I read in 2023

Jan 4, 2024 •

Kathryn Barbash, PsyD

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