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Cultural Condomnation: Let’s Talk About Sex (With Our Kids)

This song was a lot more fun when I thought Salt n Pepa were singing it to my generation… So there we were in rush hour, driving down the Long Island Expressway, and from the eleven year old in the ...

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Gizmo: The Tenth Intelligence?

Many people (especially teachers) are aware of the multiple intelligence theory developed by Howard Gardner: there are eight basic ways people learn, and a ninth is subject to debate. Verbal/Linguistic...

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Teh Interwebs Invades Halloween and My Home!

Internet memes and social media websites have become so popular that people take to dressing up like them for Halloween. Having a teenager and an almost-teenager in my household, it probably comes as...

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Take Back Dinnertime With The Phone Stack

I know a handful of people who can’t sit through an entire meal without looking at their phones. It starts with compulsive Foursquare checkins. (By the way, if you’re checking in on Foursquare at the...

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Geeking Out At Winter X Games

If you hang out here at GeekMom very much you’ll notice that a lot of our geeky posts center on things our writers geek out about, that may seem outside the stereotype for a woman. Some of us are crazy...

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WANTED: Rosie the Programmer

It’s a pretty uniform feeling among geeks with daughters: We want to raise strong, smart, independent girls who can stand above stereotypes. So when I’m faced with marketing geared toward girls, I feel...

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Keeping Your Children Safe Online: Why ‘Stranger Danger’ Doesn’t Work

If you grew up in the United States, or if you grew up in Canada and had access to American television networks, you may remember the “Stranger Danger” PSAs. If you are unfamiliar with this campaign,...

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House of Night Vol. 1 By Dark Horse Comics

The House of Night is the first comic book I’ve read that is not related to any "mainstream" characters. In the beginning, I was a little lost, but as I kept reading I was able to put most of the ...

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