Jana Pollack
Jana Pollack is a freelance writer, editor, and creative strategist with significant experience writing about health, wellness, and lifestyle topics, including mental health, fitness, parenting, and food. She values conversational writing that puts the reader at ease while conveying real value, and always aims to leave the reader feeling calm and prepared to take action.
Previously, she worked for theSkimm and BuzzFeed in their branded content studios, and she has bylines at Romper, Insider, and Jenny Mag. Early in her career, she spent two years as an editorial assistant at UpToDate.
She lives in Boston with her husband and young son, and spends all of her free time reading.
Publications
- Parents8 articles
- Everyday Health4 articles
- Romper
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This Mom Thinks Parents Need to Prioritize Free Play More Often—Here's Why She Might Be Right3 Jun—ParentsMental health experts weigh on what types activities actually benefit kids. Families with young kids should balance extracurricular activities with down time and free play Overscheduling your kids can lead to stress and burn out Regularly check-in with your kids about their how they feel about their schedule Whether they want to stimulate, entertain, or give their kids the best start in life, more than ever parents are enrolling their children in extracurricular activities. Kids take art...
This Year, Give Dad the Gift of Great Skin — Here Are Our Top Men’s Skin Care Picks for Father’s Day22 May—Everyday HealthTo start, we’d like to share a little secret. Are you ready? Here it is: The dad you’re celebrating this Father’s Day already owns enough ties. Phew. That felt good to get off our chests. If you’re in the market for a Father’s Day gift that he’ll really like and actually use, may we suggest skin care? Although skin care routines are generally associated with women, men do in fact have skin. Just like women’s skin, it gets dry and irritated, feels the effects of the sun, and ages. And it could...:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/breakingthecycle-GettyImages-1515912978-e6cba66b7ee34a8abba752656857552c.jpg)
Breaking the Cycle of Toxic Family Behavior Is Hard—Here's Why Experts Think It's Worth It27 May—ParentsEvery new parent plans to do their best to raise children in a loving environment. But as kids grow from babies to toddlers to little people with their own firmly held opinions, idealistic aims for doing the “best” can get lost in the day-to-day grind of parenthood. And in those overwhelming moments of chaos, toxic parenting patterns that were present in our own childhoods—or even ones that have existed for generations within our families—can emerge. That’s why some parents who identify these...
