Katherine Ozment is a freelance writer with twenty years of publishing experience, including senior editing stints at Boston magazine and National Geographic. Her musings on the ups and downs of raising three children have been published in such venues as The New York Times, Salon, and Babble. Raised in Arkansas and New England, she loves hot yoga, fried catfish, and strong verbs.

The Death of a Love Affair with Music
Posted on 5/15/2012 at 9:13AM | 3 Comments

As a teenager, I needed music to get through the day. Now, my interest is nearly nonexistent. What happened?

The first time I fell in love with The Go-Gos, I was a lost and lonely teenager in need of a dream world to escape into. The second time, on Sunday night, I was a mother fleeing my family for a night out with ... READ MORE
Bake Sale Ban Misses the Point
Posted on 5/8/2012 at 9:05AM | 10 Comments

Why do lawmakers think this is a good way to target childhood obesity?

These cupcakes only look sweet and innocent. (Photo by Jupiterimages / Banana Stock / Thinkstock.) The elementary school bake sale: Is there anything more wholesome, more well-meaning, more blameless? I mean, raising money for underfunded school programs by selling cookies and brownies — doesn’t that make bake sales something like the ... READ MORE
The Mommy Wars and Math
Posted on 4/18/2012 at 9:24AM | 2 Comments

How the unlevel tax code shapes a mother's choices.

(Photo via iStockphoto.) In the midst of last week’s mommy war kerfuffle, I found myself longing to dive head-first into the lush confines of an entirely different demographic group — that of nine-year-old boys, for example, or little old ladies crossing the street. No one cares much how they spend their ... READ MORE