Melinda Blau

Writer, Speaker, Social Observer

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Health and Lifestyle

Understanding and dealing with the expected and the unexpected…

Close Encounters: How to Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse

November 16, 1992 by Melinda Blau

Close Encounters: How to Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse From New York Magazine Little do parents realize that the sexual bogeyman they should fear is almost never the disheveled stranger who lurks in the shadows. Read more…

Recovery Fever

September 9, 1991 by Melinda Blau

Recovery Fever From New York Magazine She finds it hard to believe the way many of [the baby boomers and club kids] stroll nonchalantly into meetings, as if they’ve joined the latest social club. Read more…

How to Get Out of Your Job Rut

August 23, 1990 by Melinda Blau

How to Get Out of Your Job Rut From New York Magazine The people who switch rather than sulk may be wiser than those who stay put. Read more…

Middle Class Mice and How to Get Rid of Them

December 12, 1988 by Melinda Blau

Middle Class Mice and How to Get Rid of Them From New York Magazine Mice have changed my life. I remember what it was like when it was safe to leave the Brie out to breathe, when I could eat rye bread without the dark seeds’ making me queasy. Read more…

Learning the Hard Way: How to Help Children Triumph Over Learning Disabilities

August 23, 1988 by Melinda Blau

Learning the Hard Way: How to Help Children Triumph Over Learning Disabilities From New York Magazine By the time she was in twelfth grade, Jessica Dupont thought she was retarded. Read more…

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ABOUT ME
As an award-winning journalist and author of fifteen books, my “beat” is relationships. Find out more about my work here.
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