Coach Dad is a stickler for a myriad of things. He likes things just so. To him there is his way or the high way. Take Your Daughter/Son/Child/Offspring is a major pet peeve for him. “Peeve” is not the right…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Packing a Lunch for Earth Day or Channelling Ma Ingalls
Some kids carry Monkey lunchboxes. Some kids are more in to Speed Racer. So, my children’s elementary school went all out for Earth Day. Parade, showing of Wall-E, and a waste-free lunch. I’d almost forgotten about the waste-free part when…
Baskin Robbins 31 Cent Scoop Night…Be There!
Visit your local Baskin Robbins on Wednesday, April 29th from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
All in a Mom’s Day
Hi, this is Jill. I’m away from my desk right now. At the tone leave a message. Beep! I left my house at 10:45, came home briefly at 3:30, left again at 3:50, came home at 4:50, left again at…
Musings on TV Watching by Toddlers
Adventure Boy — aged around 2 — in our family room/playroom. You can see the train table in the window for our Thomas the Tank Engine fan. I responded to a HARO request about TV viewing of toddlers. The perfect…
WE CAN! Giveaway
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the launch of the WE CAN! joint initiative of NIH_and_Subway. To recap…NIH stands for National Institutes of Health Subway is that great sandwich shop with Jared Fogle as the spokesperson. If…
DrWeigh.com: Giveaway!
A few weeks ago I met Dr. Joanna Dolgoff at the Subway/NIH We Can! PEP Rally. Dr. Dolgoff runs an Online Weight Management Program for Children and Teens called DrWeigh.com. Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh is a traffic-light based nutrition plan in…
Washington Post and Fox45 WBFF in the Same Week…
Me and Diet Coke… I’m still reeling from being featured in a story in The Washington Post Business section on finding free stuff online…https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041800113.html Me,little ole me in The Washington Post! And, then last week I was interviewed by Fox45…
Why Yoursphere Works for My Teen (and Me)
As most of you know, I am a Mom Advocate for Yoursphere: The Safe Online Site for Kids and Teens. The founder of Yoursphere recently let me know that Yoursphere was reviewed by Common Sense Media. The review was a…
Musings on TV from a Mom’s Perspective
It’s National TV Turn-Off Week…so I am posting about TV… My name is Jill and I am addicted to TV. Hi, Jill! O.K., O.K., I’m not so addicted to TV that it is on 24/7. I don’t put the TV…
