Melinda Wenner Moyer is an award-winning contributing editor at Scientific American magazine and a regular contributor — and former columnist — at The New York Times. She is a former faculty member in NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and the author of two books: How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes and Hello Cruel World!: Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times. She writes the popular Substack parenting newsletter, Now What.