Elissa Strauss

Editor of the 2025 edition of "Early Childhood Matters," author of the book "When You Care" and the Substack "When You Care"

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Elissa is the guest editor of Journal 2025

USA

About Elissa

Elissa Strauss has been writing about the politics and culture of parenting and caregiving for more than fifteen years. Her work appears in publications like The Atlantic, The New York Times, Glamour, ELLE, TheWeek.com and elsewhere, and she was a former contributing writer at CNN.com and Slate. Elissa’s book, When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others, came out April 2024 from Gallery Books. She also curates gallery shows and artists fellowships in the Bay Area and around the world.

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Stories by Elissa

Health & Wellbeing

When she carried my baby, she carried me too

It’s time to care for the caregivers

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Journal 2025

Available Languages Available in:

English

Parenthood & Caregiving

Finding sanity in ancient ritual

Observing the Jewish Shabbat changed my experience of time as a parent, for the better

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Journal 2025

Available Languages Available in:

English

Birth of a Parent Podcast

Featured work

Book

When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others

In this “urgent and necessary book” (Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author), journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research and stories from parents and caregivers with a feminist bent.