Tag: social media
Parents of Teenagers: The Things We Don’t Talk About
I love Facebook. I can keep up with high school friends, college friends, and message board friends all over the world. Chances are you clicked...
T.H.I.N.K. Before You Share: Responsible Sharing on Social Media
The other day I opened up Facebook and saw on my feed a particularly disturbing photograph of a sobbing young child in what could...
5 Tips and Resources For Keeping Up With Those Baby Books
The first time I realized the importance of a baby book was when I watched my father-in-law comb through his. His mother was scrapbooking...
The Last Teen In America Without a Smartphone
Smart phones. Nearly every woman, man, teenager, child, and dog has one. Okay, maybe not the dog, but you get my point. Smartphones are...
6 Reasons to Take a Break From Facebook and 6 Things...
I hesitantly signed up for Facebook when it first became available to non-ivy league schools in 2004. (Who remembers that?!) At the time, I...
Social Media and Babysitters: The Conversation I Never Thought to Have
Class had started. As I walked up and down the rows of desks to check homework, a student said to me as I walked...
Logged In: What Am I Missing?
I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s house when I was growing up. It’s where we spent the hours before and after...
A battlefield of subconscious comparisons {aka social media}
I can hardly remember what life was like before. How did we keep in touch with people? How did we keep track of birthdays?...
Top 5 Reasons Moms Love Facebook
If you are reading this post today, then you are most likely a social-media-user. Maybe you have the self-control to turn it off/log off/put...
Happy 1st Birthday to Iowa City Moms Blog!! {Giveaway Closed}
It's our birthday today! It's hard to believe that it's been a whole YEAR since we started this journey with all of you, but...