It's catching on...

I had the news on the other evening while cooking dinner for the fam. I typically don't have the chance to listen very closely to the evening news (with the cooking and the screaming and the running through the house and the barking dog and the, well, you get the idea), but for some reason, a segment came on and it was like the TV automatically turned up its volume for me.

Meet Katie Greer of KL Greer Consulting. One of our local channels had her in studio for an interview. She's fabulous, and it is not just because we share the same name! She has great advice for monitoring our kids' technology use, including social media. She consults, speaks and holds programs geared at just about every age group.

This isn't going away -- this thing called the Internet and social media. And it is up to us as parents to be even more involved in our kids' digital lives than ever. There are resources out there...and we are not alone. We are all in this together!

Time for a Change

So, it's been months. Months. Many months. Without a post. Without a set strategy or path for this blog. I could say that part of my 2014 resolutions is to revamp it. Put more effort into it. Make it work. Truth is, I do want to make it work. But in a way that works for me.

So, instead, my plan for this blog is being put on hold to go back to the basics. To identify the purpose and goal behind it first. Then the plan will follow. As will, hopefully, a stellar blog that keeps everyone wanting to read more. We shall see...

I Unliked You - Don't Take it Personally

Seems odd, doesn't it? Coming from someone who works in social all day long? Who actually believes in the better good and power of social media (when used correctly)? Yep. Seems odd.

Recently, I went through Facebook and unliked countless pages - most of them mommy bloggers. Seems cruel, right? I mean, I, too, am a mommy blogger. We are supposed to share and spread the love, right? (Did I mention that I took down my own Facebook page during the height of my unliking?)

In the beginning, I tried. I really did. I went around and showed some love, liking just about every mommy blogger Facebook page I could find. I made the effort. I tried to follow all of them. But the one, common, depressing, negative theme that took over my newsfeed was how hard and unrewarding parenthood, specifically motherhood, is...OK, it is hard. But we all know that. So, since we all know that, the next challenge that took over my newsfeed was how each of them could outscore the other. MY experience in motherhood is more difficult and unrewarding than the next gal's, and I will post every 15 minutes as to why. Why my mornings are harder, why my carpool lanes are longer, why I have more laundry and a messier house. Why my kids argue more. Why bedtime is worse at my house.

Call me an eternal optimist. Call my rose-colored glasses unrealistic. Call me crazy. But I decided then to remove all that negative complaining from my newsfeed and start reaping the joy that motherhood/parenthood brings. Because I have enough stress in my life outside the house. And I have enough situations where my actions and work definitely go unrewarded (or even unrecognized).

So don't take it personally that I unliked you. There are many of you out there that experienced the transition from thumbs up to not. You keep doing what makes you happy and I will turn to doing (and reading) what makes me happy.

Hugs!