Articles by Naomi Schaefer Riley: 2016 – 2018
The White House Can Help Foster Kids
December 9, 2018
The Givers and Their Attackers
November, 2018
The Tragedy of Family Court
Autumn, 2018
There Are Worse Things Than Foster Care
November 21, 2018
Black Lives Matter
November 8, 2018
What’s Strangling International Adoption?
Full 2018
Does the Indian Child Welfare Act protect tribal interests at the expense of children?
October 12, 2018
Well-Intended Neglect
September 27, 2018
The pros and cons of ‘mandated reporting.’
September 25, 2018
Time for Colleges to Get Some Skin in the Game
September 11, 2018
When Professors Think They Are Rock Stars
September 10, 2018
The child-separation crisis no one sees
August 23, 2018
‘How Schools Work’ Review: The Worm in the Apple
August 13, 2018
The Mom Crunch
August 12, 2018
For a Charity Nowadays, Everything’s Political
August 3, 2018
The Challenge of Finding Homes for Rural America’s Foster Children
August 3, 2018
Care Before Kinship
July 19, 2018
Save the SAT Writing Test
July 8, 2018
Could big data have saved Anthony Avalos’ life?
June 26, 2018
Reconsidering Kinship Care
Summer 2018
The Koch Campus Controversy
June 7, 2018
No, the Child Welfare System Isn’t Racist
June 4, 2018
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Help Native Americans
May 31, 2018
Judicial Tough Love Helps Addicted Mothers Stay Clean
May 25, 2018
Melania Trump’s ‘Be Best’ campaign is too much talk, not enough parental action
May 11, 2018
‘Fundamentalist U’ Review: Believers in Higher Ed
May 6, 2018
Foster kids, wronged by the courts
April 20, 2018
School and Home
Spring 2018
Wishful Thinking
Spring 2018
Campus Disrupter
April 16, 2018
Opioid Abuse Isn’t ‘Victimless.’ What About the Kids?
March 30, 2018
What’s a Single Mom to Do During a Week in the Hospital?
March 23, 2018
Opening Minds on Campus
March 23, 2018
When Nothing Works
March 15, 2018
Science Reveals Something Old
March 9, 2018
What the Florida shooting might tell us about child welfare: Nikolas Cruz may well have been a child of addiction
February 26, 2018
Putting Bill Gates on the Spot
February 22, 2018
What Pocahontas’s Heirs Need Isn’t a New Reservation
February 16, 2018
America’s Real Digital Divide
February 11, 2018
Campus Kangaroo Courts: Blame Colleges, Not Just the Federal Government
February 7, 2018
Why child abuse like the Turpin family horrors is so hard to prevent or halt
February 6, 2018
New Jersey’s Tired Tax Tricks
January 25, 2018
Justice May Bust the College Trust
January 22, 2018
Boys Will Be Boys
January 18, 2018
Review: Deciding Against the Paper Chase
January 15, 2018
Prodigies and Parenting
January 12, 2018
Yes, students are becoming more liberal — but it’s not because of their radical professors
January 10, 2018
Kids don’t need a cellphone; they need a digital diet
January 2, 2018
‘This Is Us’ Gets Adoption and Foster Care Right
December 29, 2017
The Museum of the Bible
December 28, 2017
Parenting with the Internet
December 22, 2017
Simple Steps for a Screen-Free Childhood
December 22, 2017
LSU’s ‘Lazy River’ and the Student-Fee Sham
December 15, 2017
The real meaning behind high loan default rates among black students — another kind of college mismatch
November 29, 2017
Hey, Kirsten Gillibrand – a lot of us knew what Bill Clinton did was wrong back in the 1990s
November 21, 2017
Philanthropy Booms in the Trump Era—but It Also Gets Political
November 17, 2017
Kids need to stop getting so many damn presents
November 11, 2017
Community Disengagement
November 9, 2017
Solving the Pre-K Mystery
November 6, 2017
Cornell’s Black Student Disunion
October 18, 2017
The Self-Styled Martyr of Silicon Valley
October 17, 2017
Fostering the Habit of Giving
October 13, 2017
TV shows like ‘Young Sheldon’ disguise a scary truth about boys today
October 7, 2017
Easy abortion is a winner for sleazy men
October 6, 2017
The Fraternity Paradox: Lower GPA, Higher Incomes
October 6, 2017
Stop making excuses for spouses who cheat
October 2, 2017
Rewarding Rigor
October 2, 2017
Harvard had every right to reject child killer Michelle Jones
September 24, 2017
Marijuana Sales Can Make U.S. Tribes Richer and Poorer
September 19, 2017
How public schools are failing foster kids
September 18, 2017
Married, Bored, and Confused
September 25, 2017
In New York, There’s No Alternative to a Free School Lunch
September 14, 2017
Why kids should never let go of Lego
September 13, 2017
Stop Bashing Harvard’s Legacy Students
September 8, 2017
Native Americans, Adoption, and the Rights of Children
September 6, 2017
PC wars rule young-adult publishing as fewer kids learn to love to read
September 5, 2017
An Alarming Admission
September 4, 2017
In the ‘homework wars,’ both sides are wrong
August 28, 2017
‘Step’ busts the hateful myths about charter schools
August 22, 2017
Interracial adoption is on the rise — and America is better for it
August 20, 2017
Stop putting PC ideology before the needs of foster kids
August 14, 2017
Market Penetration
August 14, 2017
Behind the suicide of a teen track star
August 7, 2017
No, it’s not racist to save minority kids’ lives
July 31, 2017
Our phones are making us more heartless
July 29, 2017
Harvard Finds a Scapegoat
July 31, 2017
Smarter Corporate Philanthropy
July 25, 2017
New York’s PC war on art
July 24, 2017
Colleges won’t change the way they handle rape claims until this happens
July 23, 2017
‘Adultification’ hurts black girls more than others
July 17, 2017
Drawing a Larger Circle Around Families
Summer 2017
Why parents must put an end to a culture of sending nude photos
July 15, 2017
Ethnic profiling is no way to choose a principal
July 10, 2017
Why drinking with colleagues is bad for workplace equality
July 8, 2017
Big Foundations Double Down on Government Mistakes
July 7, 2017
The secret reason child-welfare agencies fail
July 4, 2017
Put the Kids First
July 3, 2017
Women should stop complaining about ‘mommy shaming’ — and take the advice
July 1, 2017
Sorry: Welcoming intermarriage isn’t going to save the Jews
June 29, 2017
Hollywood directors have turned their backs on families
June 24, 2017
Hormone therapy is a horrible risk for kids
June 20, 2017
Closing Options for Adoptions
June 26, 2017
Shiny Unhappy People
June 14, 2017
Good fathers can help protect against creeps like Bill Cosby
June 13, 2017
Harvard Admits It Can’t Teach Everyone
June 8, 2017
How liberals are killing the NAACP
June 7, 2017
The first crack in the US college cartel
June 1, 2017
Interracial Marriage and the Liberal Mind
May 30, 2017
Hollywood thinks liberated women act like dumb frat boys
May 27, 2017
How red tape leaves foster kids out in the cold
May 24, 2017
No-Collateral Damage
May 29, 2017
Why millennial sex sucks
May 19, 2017
To solve alcoholism, Native Americans must look inside reservations
May 18, 2017
‘Best friends’ parenting yields kids who never grow up
May 15, 2017
Educators flipping out over fidget spinners are missing the real menace
May 8, 2017
How the left came to own ‘public service’
May 4, 2017
What to Tell This Year’s Graduates About Life
May 5, 2017
The only way to stop the college revolt against free speech
April 29, 2017
Time to call off the war on parenting
April 27, 2017
This best-selling novel is pushing a dangerous message to teens
April 22, 2017
Parents don’t want to face the truth about kids & the Web
April 19, 2017
Progressives, Inc.
April 17, 2017
Janet Jackson proves having a baby can’t save your marriage
April 15, 2017
How today’s liberal kids are going to ruin college
April 10, 2017
Childcare workers need these three skills more than a college degree
April 8, 2017
How foster care turns into hell
April 7, 2017
An Anti-Koch Meltdown at Wake Forest
April 6, 2017
Finding love through friends is better than online dating
April 1, 2017
The latest snake-oil fix for minority education
March 27, 2017
Randomly assigning prom dates teaches kids a necessary lesson
March 25, 2017
Why three (or more) parents leave the kids as losers
March 20, 2017
Kids TV shows push cultural limits — but they’re damaging kids
March 19, 2017
NYC ‘mega-pastor’ Tim Keller sees faith booming in the city
March 16, 2017
Facing down the divorce industry: Thank you, Ben and Jennifer
March 13, 2017
‘Feminists’ are confusing nudity with liberation
March 11, 2017
Native American Exhibitions
March 10, 2017
The Liberal-Arts ‘Bubble’ Didn’t Always Cause Such Trouble
March 10, 2017
How colleges muddy the waters on sexual-assault accusations
March 6, 2017
Dressing your kids in slogan tees is a terrible way to parent
March 4, 2017
New hope for kids aging out of foster care
February 27, 2017
If the ‘Flip or Flop’ couple want to put their kids first, they should get off reality TV
February 26, 2017
No Student Deserves the Bureau of Indian Education
February 22, 2017
The benefits of not being the first-born child
February 22, 2017
Techie Largesse
February 27, 2017
Having a baby isn’t a miracle and doesn’t make you a goddess
February 18, 2017
Zoo U
February 16, 2017
The sad socialist sage of the Park Slope Coop
February 15, 2017
Why college guys should be terrified of campus hookups
February 11, 2017
To fight cyberbullying, ban cellphones from school
February 6, 2017
Parents of basketball girl who sued school are teaching her narcissism, not justice
February 4, 2017
How today’s academia risks outraging tomorrow’s historians
January 31, 2017
Unlike the Oscars, Americans have long accepted minority actors
January 28, 2017
Ridicule Didn’t Work
January 30, 2017
‘Mom guilt’ is here to say — but LSD isn’t the only only answer
January 23, 2017
Why more minorities should pursue a career in mathematics
January 22, 2017
A revolutionary school ‘turns back the clock’ in Brooklyn
January 19, 2017
We See You
January 17, 2017
Exercise bikes for toddlers are a terrible idea
January 12, 2017
One Man’s Pontiff
January 17, 2017
Who’s really to blame for our email addiction?
January 7, 2017
Nonprofits would rather spite Trump than help those in need
January 3, 2017
‘Digital heroin’ is killing your relationship with your kids
December 31, 2016
How to save more at-risk children
December 26, 2016
Why have international adoptions become so agonizing?
December 24, 2016
Giving Back Isn’t Only for Billionaires
December 22, 2016
How to make deadbeat dads do more to help out
December 21, 2016
Stop Worrying and Say ‘Merry Christmas’
December 17, 2016
Bury Their Future at Standing Rock
December 14, 2016
Kellyane Conway has it right on mothers’ tough choices
December 11, 2016
Why quiet-loving librarians can’t shut up about politics
December 11, 2016
Hatchimals could have a worrying side effect on your child
December 3, 2016
Gays, bias and phony science
December 1, 2016
The message of ‘Moana’: Don’t be a helicopter parent
November 28, 2016
With toys cheaper than ever, how do parents say no?
November 24, 2016
Don’t cancel Thanksgiving — just ditch the politics
November 22, 2016
Why Americans who didn’t finish college voted for Trump
November 19, 2016
Killing the ‘sisterhood’: Why identity politics didn’t work for Clinton
November 13, 2016
It’s not just Harvard boys who are cruder than ever
November 7, 2016
Protestors should be fighting for Indians’ rights as citizens, not the tribe
November 5, 2016
Screen time: the menace parents just won’t face
November 2, 2016
Tinder might be to blame for rise in syphilis among millennials
October 29, 2016
The ‘Rising Tide’ helping business owners
October 23, 2016
Harvard’s minimum wage protests was caused by its own professors
October 22, 2016
Parents would like Derrick Rose to show a little shame
October 20, 2016
When East Meets East
October 19, 2016
The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help
October 16, 2016
How Big Data can help save endangered kids
October 16, 2016
Mindy Kaling’s family feud exposes America’s cultural divide
October 15, 2016
How divorce kills faith — and all of us suffer
October 11, 2016
Why can’t public figures ever own up to their mistakes?
October 9, 2016
Don’t be fooled by Hollywood, ladies — divorce is no magic cure-all
October 6, 2016
He’s No Mitt
October 10, 2016
Better internet access won’t pull people out of poverty
October 1, 2016
Utah’s Native Tribes Want Jobs, Not Federal Paternalism
September 23, 2016
How the Standing Rock Sioux should have been able to stop that pipeline
September 18, 2016
The hidden perils of Trump’s maternity leave plan
September 17, 2016
This account of being a substitute teacher will make you fear for our future
September 17, 2016
Parish or perish: How to refill the pews
September 14, 2016
Proof that we’re getting parenting right
September 8, 2016
Redskins need to ignore PC culture and keep their name
September 4, 2016
Screen time is no substitute for real learning
August 29, 2016
Want to live longer? Choose family over friends
August 27, 2016
Why ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ would go bankrupt today
August 22, 2016
The New Campus Confidential
August 22, 2016
Legalized pot is making America’s lower class poorer and less responsible
August 20, 2016
Why ‘Mean Girls’ are getting even meaner
August 17, 2016
Sexy baby bump posts aren’t helping our obsession with pregnancy
August 14, 2016
Parent Trap
August 11, 2016
Taking down ‘offensive’ art won’t make anybody’s life better
August 9, 2016
Catholic schools for Native Americans, known for abuse and assimilation, try to do good
August 2, 2016
Parents, don’t sacrifice the end of Summer
August 1, 2016
Op-Ed: What We Owe Native Americans
August 1, 2016
Here’s why American kids are stressed out
July 30, 2016
Why Americans who distrust medical engineering aren’t stupid
July 30, 2016
Of Philanthropy and Phonies
August 8, 2016
One Way to Help Native Americans: Property Rights
July 30, 2016
The truth about girls and boys, toys and TV
July 28, 2016
The Loophole Economy Is No Jackpot for Indians
July 27, 2016
NEW BOOK: How Political Correctness Is Leading Us To Ignore Abuse on American Indian Reservations
July 25, 2016
The parents who didn’t sue Disney taught America a powerful lesson
July 23, 2016
Taylor should’ve told Kanye to take a flying leap
July 20, 2016
It’s no longer safe to let your kids watch the news
July 18, 2016
The fear of raising biracial babies could lead to new era of segregation
July 16, 2016
How protecting tribal sovereignty hurts victims on reservations
July 10, 2016
The answer to teens’ narcissism? Mock them – by doing what they do
July 5, 2016
Social Climbing With Your Kids
June 29, 2016
Sheryl Sandberg, please stop telling women what they should want
June 28, 2016
The liberal narrative about free condoms at schools is debunked
June 21, 2016
The Diversity Profession
June 20, 2016
How Disney teaches contempt for dads
June 14, 2016
The frenzy over ‘campus rape culture’ is hurting real victims
June 11, 2016
Americans are moving less often because moving is hell
June 7, 2016
Is this the end of Catholicism?
June 5, 2016
Yes, you can tell your kids, ‘No smartphones!’
June 2, 2016
Sorry, feminists: Good parenting isn’t sexist
May 23, 2016
Today’s tech-addicted kids are stuck in a world of distraction
May 22, 2016
Changing an NFL Team’s Name Won’t Fix Indian Schools
May 20, 2016
Parents, pray that your kids aren’t popular
May 18, 2016
Making prostitution legal doesn’t ‘empower’ women — it turns them into commodities
May 15, 2016
Unplugging on the Sabbath: How to rest in a post-religion era
May 9, 2016
Remedial Finance
May 9, 2016
All I want for Mother’s Day is less paperwork about my kids
May 7, 2016
Suddenly, every museum is all about the buttons
May 3, 2016
Virtual reality will completely transform children into zombies
May 1, 2016
How trendy politics is killing Teach for America
April 18, 2016
Call of the Wild
Spring 2016
The Yes Culture
April 14, 2016
At last, a TV show you can safely enjoy with the kids
April 14, 2016
Common Core opt-out movement is parents who can’t handle their kids failing
April 10, 2016
The right way to spoil your kids
April 5, 2016
The facts the nation needs to face on mental illness
March 31, 2016
Here’s Why Tests Matter
March 30, 2016
How US mosques genuinely help fight extremism
March 27, 2016
An obsession with racial identity is put above the needs of a child
March 27, 2016
These Parents Today
March 16, 2016
Harvard tells its women: Go where the rapes are
March 14, 2016
Elton John is the model of a great dad
March 6, 2016
‘Free love’ attitude of 1970s sexualized underage girls
March 6, 2016
Bill and Melinda Gates’ ignorant ‘share the load’ advice
February 29, 2016
How US academia steers black students out of science
February 25, 2016
Newest toys do all the work for our kids, it’s shameful
February 21, 2016
Today’s ‘radical’ college kids actually want boring lives
February 16, 2016
Egotistical young stars are hitting new levels of delusion
February 15, 2016
Today’s college ‘leaders’ miss the whole point of education
February 10, 2016
The Way We Were
February 15, 2016
Don’t downplay the dangers of social media to kids
February 7, 2016
Team de Blasio’s protection racket for the arts
February 3, 2016
Why are fewer young people getting driver licenses?
January 31, 2016
Colleges’ next ‘reform’ means more admissions nightmares
January 25, 2016
Women are still romantics, despite what Hollywood thinks
January 24, 2016
Don’t Take Me to Church
January 19, 2016
Hey, kids — colleges see your social-media profile
January 18, 2016
How the Internet is defeating America’s parents
January 11, 2016
Drama between wife, mother-in-law at center of most family rifts
January 10, 2016
Even family size turns out to be an inequality problem
January 7, 2016
Affluenza kid only a symbol of parenting culture gone wrong
January 3, 2016
Teach Your Children Well: Unhook Them From Technology
January 1, 2016