Tag: social media
Family Vacations: An Exercise in Accepting Reality
I don’t love to admit this, but vacations are one element of parenting that I will sometimes lie about. When I tell friends or...
Living Authentically In A Social Media World
What does it mean to live authentically in the age of social media?
People used to live their lives behind closed doors. Before the age...
A Moment to Mosaic (Thanks TikTok)
For all you hip and rad moms out there who use TikTok, you may have seen the recent trend called "mosaic." It was going...
Stop the Spread of Fake News: No One is Sex Trafficking...
Please stop sharing social media posts about stranger abduction for sex trafficking from public places. These posts are not true. They are urban legends...
Top 8 Insta-Mamas: Instagram Moms to Follow in 2020
I'll admit it . . . I'm a social media junkie. I'm the mom who is constantly posting photos of my kiddos, our travels,...
Can I Post Your Pic? Posting Pictures of Kids on Social...
A few weeks ago on my favorite podcast (hey, Armchair Expert!) I heard Busy Philipps explain the social media policy she uses with her...
Mom Goals: Fruit Loops, TV Time, and Other Things That Aren’t...
The other day I was watching a mom with her kids and thinking about how “put together” she seemed. On that same day I...
Thinking Outside the (Facebook Status Update) Box
Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to clean up my Facebook account. I don’t mean "clean up" like there is anything in...
The Fun and Influence of Social Media: Accept the Fake Challenge
Four or five years ago, my aunt started a social media challenge. She tagged a couple of her friends in her photo of herself...
Stop the Presses: Why I Get My News From Facebook
Do you watch the news regularly? Do you pick up a newspaper every day and read more than just the headlines? Do you have...