Ad execs, beware!  Producing commercials that offend most parents, may be hazardous to your health.In one of the silliest marketing moves that I have ever witnessed, the Mom-alogue commercial, Motrin tries to convince moms that they need their...
Topics: activism, baby carriers, Motrin, parenting, Twitter

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The New Media Literacies VideoMedia literacy is an evolving concept, but never more so than now, when we are no longer passive recipients of media messages.Nowadays, we’re both consumers and producers of social media, and our children are often at..
Topics: Digital media, media literacy, parenting, social media, technology

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On the first day of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, I eagerly pulled out my memory box with its treasure trove of journals that I’ve been filling since I was eleven-years-old.I figured that this primary resource would be invaluable in...
Topics: family, Journal, NaNoWrimo, writing

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Free live streaming by UstreamFinally, for the first time in a long time, maybe even since before I was born, I am incredibly PROUD of America.  Yes, change has come, and more change is coming.That’s right, the “true genius of America is.
Topics: Obama, politics, Presidential Election 2008, social studies

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We’ve been having so much fun laughing at all the political humor, that it’s easy to forget that elections are serious business.Last night, my kids stayed up late with me to watch Saturday Night Live’s Presidential Bash (see SNL video...
Topics: humor, presidential bash, presidential election, saturday night live, snl, social studies

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