Writing
Carrie is the award-winning blogger behind Portrait of an Adoption and a regular writer for a variety of publications around the world.
In addition to being a regular contributor to US News & World Report, Carrie is a freelance journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Brain, Child Magazine, Adoption.net, Psychology Today and more. She also writes her own blog called Portrait of an Adoption, which has followers in over 45 countries and is hosted by ChicagoNow, the online blogging community of the Chicago Tribune.
Read Carrie's viral article in the New York Times!
NY Times: How Do I Know if My Teen Is OK?
Note from Carrie: This piece for the NYT examines the measures we use to assess if our teens are doing okay during the lengthy pandemic. Alix MacDonald is 17 years old, and the future weighs heavily on her mind. A high school senior in Chicago, she was “stressed a...
Washington Post: Distance Learning Not Working? Strategies to Try.
Note from Carrie: This piece examined some of the difficulties that kids are having with remote learning during the pandemic, and it offers some strategies for families to try. By Carrie Goldman@CarrieMGoldman By Carrie Goldman Dec. 1, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. CST Add to...
Britannica for Parents: How to Respond to Bullying
Note from Carrie: This was the second piece in a two-part series for Encyclopedia Britannica's Parenting vertical. The article is about how to respond to bullying situations from different points of view, depending on whether your child is an aggressor, a target, or a...
Britannica for Parents: How to Prevent Bullying for Your Child
Note from Carrie: This was the first in a two-part series for Encyclopedia Britannica's Parenting vertical. The piece is about preventing bullying relationships in kids. By Carrie Goldman@CarrieMGoldman Sylvia Moore’s seven-year-old son, Ryan, is attending a local...
Motherwell: I Have a Trans Teen. This Is Why It’s Hard to Be a Harry Potter Fan Right Now.
Note from Carrie: This piece was featured as one of Motherwell Magazine's Top Ten Most Read Pieces of 2020. This was a personal essay about the conflict our family feels as Harry Potter fans with a trans child. We struggle to reconcile J.K. Rowlings' comments about...
Your Teen Magazine: Why Your Teen Should Make Friends Outside of School
Note from Carrie: Writing this piece for Your Teen Magazine was very relevant for me, given that I am currently raising children in elementary school, middle school, and high school. The pressure to fit into friendship groups is a common concern. It’s a frequent...
US News & World Report: Does Your Child Have an Anxiety Disorder or a Phobia?
Note from Carrie: Writing this piece for U.S. News and World Report was very important to me both professionally and personally. Childhood anxiety is a critical issue, especially for adoptees. "A child prone to anxiety has a brain that automatically fills...
US News & World Report: What to Do When Adoptees Lie and Steal
Note from Carrie: My newest piece for US News & World Report newest piece for US News & World Report on the complexities of adoption: "In talking with older adoptees who are better able to understand their emotions, I’ve learned that many adoptees...
Women You Should Know: When the World Is Too Scary for Supergirl: The Fear and Grief of an 8-Year-Old
Note from Carrie: Thoughts on hate crimes in America and how they relate to a child's watching of Supergirl. "It was very clear to me that she wasn’t talking about the show anymore. She was processing her grief and fear about our real-life society, about...
US News & World Report: Why Schools Should Take a Restorative Approach to Discipline Issues
Note from Carrie: My newest piece for US News & World Report: "In the long run, however, punishing kids for misbehavior has not proven effective at changing children's hearts and minds. Students who are punished grow even more hostile toward their...
Scary Mommy: Jewish In America: Explaining To My Kids That People Who Have Never Met Them Hate Them
Note from Carrie: Honored that Scary Mommy is featuring my writing today. And the topic most definitely is scary. The children were playing in the kitchen. My husband and I spoke in whispers about the horror unfolding in Charlottesville,...
US News & World Report: Raising Both Biological and Adopted Children
Note from Carrie: I'm delighted to share my newest piece for US News and World Report: "Adoption creates its own lens through which a child filters her world and calibrates her sense of belonging. Adoptees may live with the innate fear that their parents...