Oct 23, 2021
Melinda Wenner Moyer has been a science journalist for 15 years, covering new trends and controversies in science and medicine. She is also a contributing editor at Scientific American magazine and a faculty member in the Science, Health & Reporting Program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Since having kids a decade ago, she's been answering parenting questions with science, too. She was Slate’s first parenting advice columnist, and regularly writes about parenting (and science) for The New York Times and The Washington Post. Her first book, How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-based Strategies for Better Parenting—From Tots to Teens, was published in July 2021.