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Bullying: The Problem Lies Not within our Apps, but in Ourselves

Sep 17 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

Another child committed suicide this week in the aftermath of bullying. Can Miss America doing something about it? It's happened again.  A child cyber-bullied into suicide. It is a terrible thing - a child so distraught that she takes her own life. Unimaginable loss for the parents.  My heart aches Continue Reading

What Someone Who Didn’t go to BlogHer13 Learned from BlogHer13

Jul 30 Posted by nancyjrab 56 Comments

This year, BlogHer, the largest women's blogging conference in the world, fell on my kids' camp visiting day. It is the one day in seven weeks I get to see my kids.  And, since my kids are teenagers, it's also one of the only days my kids are totally, completely happy to spend an entire day with Continue Reading

WeinerSpitzle

Jul 16 Posted by nancyjrab 4 Comments

  Hello, my name is Ashley, and I'll be your server this evening.  This summer, our chef has a season long special: WeinerSpitzle.  WeinerSpitzle is an only in NY combination of hubris, stupidity, perversion, and blatant disregard for the law.  We take a little bit of working class Continue Reading

Starting Today, Your Kid is Gonna Need Your Social Security Number

Jul 1 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

I know.  Weirdest title of a post ever.  But today's the day the new FTC COPPA regulations go into effect.  COPPA is Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.  It's the law that governs how sites and apps collect information from kids. And that means that suddenly, a lot of the sites your kids visit Continue Reading

R Baby Foundation: Saving babies, saving families

May 5 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

I know it's hard to believe, but sometimes being a blogger brings things that are even better than swag:  like the ability to participate in this year's R Baby Foundation Gala.  Before I say anything more, look at this: Yes, that's me, looking all earnest.  But it's kind of hard not to be earnest Continue Reading

Florida Rocks: Part Deux – Ft Lauderdale and St. Augustine

Apr 19 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

Yesterday, you read all about my time in LBK and Orlando, Florida.  But since what is vacation for but to criss-cross an entire state, that's not the end of it. I was lucky enough to have AT&T sponsor me for SheStreams, the fabulous Social Media beyond the blog conference held by Maria Bailey Continue Reading

Bloggers: How Not to Work with Brands

Apr 4 Posted by nancyjrab 10 Comments

Last week, my post about How Not to Work with Bloggers evidently hit a chord. I guess there are still plenty of brands out there that aren't treating bloggers right. But in fairness - there are plenty of bloggers messing things up, too. So here's the other side of the story:  What Bloggers shouldn't Continue Reading

Funniest Twitter Message Ever

Feb 29 Posted by nancyjrab 2 Comments

Only some of you will "get" this.  But for those that do...it was a surreal moment when this message came through: On a more serious note - I actually think it's kind of a good reminder that Social Media is terrific, and I love it, and I've written about how much I love it more than once.  But it's Continue Reading

Family Travel: To Tech or not to Tech?

Jan 18 Posted by nancyjrab 1 Comment

Family pic from Lake Louise

Family vacations are supposed to be all about togetherness.  So does that mean that no one can be on their phone or handheld game, or ipad, or computer the entire time? Yikes. I mean, can you get the DTs from electronic withdrawal syndrome? Kim Orlando gave that a shot on her recent family Continue Reading

A Gift Guide for Tweens: A Ton of Giveaways!

Nov 25 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

If I need a gift for a toddler, or a first or second grader, I head on over the The Toy Insider, because I know they don’t just list a bunch of toys, these people research and test and try and can rattle off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of any toy on the market.  It’s almost  freaky.  Continue Reading

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