Emily had the wonderful, and cheap, idea yesterday to have beans on toast for dinner. I had a can of baked beans in the cupboard, we had bread, and we have a toaster. Hooray for easy meals. I added mushy peas to the menu planning, and off we went. There was nothing authentic about the…
Author: Backpacking Dad
How I Manage Twitter: Tools, Tips, and Method
Hi, my name is Shawn and I spend too much time on Twitter. I follow a lot of people, I think (it was about 2700 when I woke up this morning), and I have a large following (roughly 6700). I’m not a celebrity, I don’t write books, I’m not a popular blogger, but enough people…
Parenting in the Digital Age: Two Problems with Technology
We’ve been hearing, and worrying, for years about the irresponsible and scary ways kids and teens use digital technology. They send inappropriate, and permanently scarring, texts and Facebook updates. They engage in cyber-bullying. They record video of themselves beating the hell out of each other and then upload it boastfully to video-sharing sites. They have…