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Shenandoah National Park
So Beautiful, My Teenagers Abandoned Their Screens (Temporarily) Recreation.Gov Share Your Story Contest February 2022 Runner Up...

Jillian Thomadsen
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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Game of Votes, Published in TheHill April 2021
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/548732-game-of-votes-why-budget-reconciliation-isnt-the-answer-democrats-need Democracy took a big...

Jillian Thomadsen
Sep 1, 20213 min read
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Travel With Kids: Mentioned on NBC's Today Show Nov 2015
https://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/want-to-raise-kind-kids-travel-with-them Many parents have made suggestions for raising...

Jillian Thomadsen
Sep 1, 20214 min read
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Dear Interviewer: Published in ScaryMommy Dec 2015
I know how the interview will go. You’ll sit across from me in the interview room and examine my resume. With pen in hand, you’ll ask...

Jillian Thomadsen
Sep 1, 20213 min read
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Promotion in the Midst of a Pandemic
If you had told me a few months ago that the entire world would change, I would never have believed it. We enjoyed a month of travel in...

Jillian Thomadsen
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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Bridging the Musical Divide: When I want The Beastie Boys and the kids want Justin Bieber
My children have started battling it out with me over the radio. I’m not sure when this started. It seems that not too long ago, they...

Jillian Thomadsen
Apr 8, 20184 min read
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Ryan's Story, Published in ADDitude January 2018
Updated: Sep 1, 2021 Here’s a story that may sound familiar to many parents. I was sitting on the couch one evening in 2013 with my...

Jillian Thomadsen
Mar 13, 20188 min read
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A Former New Yorker's 9/11 Story
Updated: Sep 2, 2021 Tuesday, September 11, 2001 I saw the first signs of something amiss when the Goldman Sachs trading floor came to...

Jillian Thomadsen
Sep 11, 20177 min read
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