by Deborah Quinn | Mar 25, 2014 | Books, family, Kids, marriage, Parenting, pop culture, ranting
…and when did “parenting” become a verb, anyway? Time was, back in the day, a parent was a noun, and what you did was “raise” kids or “try not to drown” kids or “don’t lose the kids in the mall.” But those...
by Deborah Quinn | May 31, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, pop culture, tech life, writing
The other day (okay, last month) I read this piece on the fantabulous Arnebya’s blog (she of the Chipotle story, among others) and read what she had to say about all the various ways we have to “communicate” with each other. Think about it: we have...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 27, 2012 | Children, family, growing up, Parenting, pop culture, tech life
The question came unexpectedly, as these questions always do. He’s a pre-teen, so probably I should’ve known it was coming, but of course, I’d wanted to pretend this day would never come. He’s been curious, looking around a little, bit, and I knew he’d noticed, but...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 29, 2011 | tech life
Maybe you’ve heard the flapdoodle about Facebook “improving” itself last week? Facebook changed its layout or interface or whatever they call it. If you’re a regular facebooker (and hello my name is mannahattamamma; I’m a facebook addict), then you...
