Rebecca S.
Rebecca grew up in New York City and went to Colorado College, where she majored in English. After another quick stint in NYC, she moved to San Francisco, where she's been for the past 11 years. Rebecca was an elementary and middle school teacher for a decade, and then worked in educational publishing, where she helped to create a digital K-12 curriculum. Alongside teaching, Rebecca compiled and co-edited Breakfast on Mars, an anthology of essays for kids by notable authors, which received several starred reviews and was on NY Public Library’s “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013” list. She currently works for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a nonprofit that believes stories matter. Rebecca has a husband who loves to cook, an amazingly sweet and adorable son who loves to bang on things, and a dog who loves to bark. In rare moments of silence, Rebecca enjoys reading, writing, and doing the occasional downward dog.
Kids’ Songs You’ll Love [Spotify Playlist Included]
I never thought I’d venture into the land of children’s music—the soundtrack to my early days included Frank Sinatra, Tom Lehrer, Van Morrison, and whatever my older siblings were listening to—but here I am,...
How to Celebrate #GivingTuesday With Your Family
Today is #GivingTuesday, the day we emerge from the shopping frenzy that began right after we shoved that last piece of pumpkin pie into our mouths (or, if we’re being honest, before dinner even...
Reason for Visit: Failure to Thrive
When my son was diagnosed with failure to thrive, to me that just meant failure to mother. I was the person responsible for making sure my baby thrived, and I was failing. Even worse...
An Easy Way to Encourage Grit, a Growth Mindset, and Perseverance
This post is sponsored, but the opinions are 100% our own.
Want your child to develop grit? Have a growth mindset? Know how to persevere through failure? Of course you do. Here’s one way to...
Expanding the Definition of Good: Choosing the Right School for Your Child
Selecting a school for your child is really hard—especially when she’s five years old and you’re not entirely sure what her needs will be tomorrow, let alone in a few years. Often people look...
{NICU Notes} How I Made It Through Each Day While Waiting for My Baby
I reached my hand through the hole on the side of the incubator and gently patted my baby’s tiny belly. I let my fingers rest on his chest and felt the steady boom, boom,...
A Premature Birth: Becoming Open to the Journey
I learned the difference between a maze and a labyrinth when I was seven months pregnant.
“A lot of people think labyrinths and mazes are the same, but they’re not,” our doula explained. “A...
