Jessica Grose

is the lead editor for parenting at The New York Times. Jess was the founding editor of Lenny, the email newsletter and website. She also writes about women’s health, culture, and grizzly bears. She was named one of LinkedIn’s Next Wave top professionals 35 and under in 2016.

Books

Events

Articles

Creating a Better Formula

“Breast is best,” but could the alternatives ever be almost as good?

Slate / June 21, 2015

Are We Finally Ready to Call Ourselves Feminists?

A new study says...sorta.

Elle / April 16, 2015

Preschool And Privilege

When Early Education Hinges On Parental Flexibility.

NPR / September 4, 2015

Alpha Dogs, Underdogs

A review of the YA books “Runt” and “Trash Can Days”

The New York Times Book Review / AUG. 23, 2013

I Thought My Depression Would Destroy My Marriage

But it made us stronger

Cosmopolitan/ April 2014

She Turned Her Upspeak Down a Notch

Is my young-sounding voice holding me back?

The New York Times/ July 27, 2013

Cool as Kim Deal

A love letter to the Breeders’ frontwoman

The Village Voice/ May 28, 2002

Can Women’s Magazines Do Serious Journalism?

Some people don't think so...

The New Republic/ June 17, 2013

Telling women to apologize less isn’t about empowerment.

It’s about shame.

The Washington Post/ January 4, 2016

Joyce Carol Oates interview

A portrait of a literary powerhouse

The Telegraph/ January 20, 2014

Michelle Knight: ‘My Past is My Past, and That's Where it Remains’

An interview with one of three missing Cleveland women who was held captive for 10 years before going free.

Marie Claire/ May 6, 2014

Is Doing It All the New “Having It All”?

A look at the changing face of women’s careers

Marie Claire/ December 15, 2014

Why We’re So Obsessed with ‘Natural’ Childbirth

A new history of Lamaze explains the origins of the mythology

The New Republic/ February 17, 2014

Cleaning: The Final Feminist Frontier

Why men still don’t do their share of the dirty work.

The New Republic/ March 19, 2013

I Dream of Britney

In which the singer comes to me in a dream and prepares me for motherhood

The Hairpin/ December 5, 2012

Clearblue Wins Over the Pregnancy-Test Market

Why would anyone want to publicize their pee stick?

Businessweek/ November 27, 2013

The Luxury Market for Babies and Toddlers Is Back

$70 onesies for sale!

Businessweek/ April 18, 2013

The All-Consuming Pleasures of ‘Extreme Couponing’

My reality TV obsession

Businessweek/ February 28, 2013

Working Moms Need More Than Subsidized Breast Pumps

Americans need paid parental leave above all.

Businessweek/ February 7, 2013

Corporate Fraud’s Glass Ceiling

Why are only 9 percent of corporate criminals women?

Businessweek/ August 22, 2013

Rob Delaney On How To Be The Funniest Person On Twitter

A interview with the comedian

Fast Company/ November 4, 2013

Interview with Maria Semple

The author of “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” Talks Film Adaptation

Fast Company/ January 16, 2013

My Mom’s a Therapist

and my feelings about it are complicated

New York Magazine/ June 5, 2014

A Million Shades of Smut

A field guide for the erotic-lit virgin.

New York Magazine/ April 8, 2012

Sesame Street, Gentrified

I hope Oscar the Grouch has rent control on that trash can

New York Magazine/ July 22, 2013

The Cost of a Miscarriage

Women need more options when dealing with the emotional—and financial—cost of a lost pregnancy.

Slate/ March 26, 2015

The Shortening Leash

Kids today have a lot less freedom than their parents did.

Slate/ August 6, 2014

Best Laid Plans

A series about how career decisions get made over time.

Slate/ February 2015

Child Care Over There

A series of interviews about child care outside the U.S.

Slate/ November 2014

No Nursery, No Formula, No Pacifier

Are “baby-friendly” hospitals unfriendly to new mothers?

Slate/ October 9, 2014

A Death in Yellowstone

On the trail of a killer grizzly bear.

Slate/ April 2, 2012

Not Just the Pregnancy Blues

A series about prenatal depression

Slate/ August 6, 2012

Why Do I Think My Salary Pays for Child Care?

On money and motherhood.

The New York Times/ April 16, 2013

Life in the Time of Oprah

A blogger follows Oprah's advice every day for a year.

The New York Times, August 15, 2008