YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TALK BACK TO MOM

We're real moms with real kids... and believe us - there's plenty to talk about when it comes to media and kids. That's why we started this blog. To let you know what we're dealing with in our households -
what the kids are watching on television and at the multiplex, as well as the films and books we're watching and reading as adults.  Please feel free to talk back - let us know what you think, and what you're coping with in your house. 

TEENS OFF THE COUCH - Counterprogramming for the Facebook-ers

We just returned from a lecture about middle-schoolers and pot. The lecturer was a 22 year old recent college grad - so our information was pretty much from the trenches. The message? Kids smoke and drink because they are bored and our job as parents is to counter-program -- plan fun parties, take a group of girls to a ceramics studio...you get the picture.

Are the Spiderwick Chronicles Spider-Wicked? Judging Your Kid's Fear Factor

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