Parenting Bytes

This week Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Andrea Smith are in the studio with Babette Roberts from Camp Mom

This week hosts Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Andrea Smith are speaking with blogger, Senior Movie Reviewer for Common Sense Media, and creator of Teen Lit Rocks, Sandie Angulo Chen. Sandie shares some fantastic book recommendations for summer reading for middle schoolers. Also, Rebecca and Andrea speak to J.J. Johnson of Sinking Ship Media, creator of the new Amazon show Annedroids. And our Bytes of the Week!

This week hosts Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Nancy Friedman are in the studio with cellist, composer, and now game inventor Philip Sheppard.

Hosts Rebecca Levey, Nancy Friedman, and Amy Oztan talk to writer Michelle Ruiz about the Internet's latest star, six-year-old Cece Price

This week on the podcast Rebecca, Amy and guest co-host Nancy Friedman are joined in the studio by three time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and Human Podcast Machine host, Taz. How does a big time athlete handle his teenage son and balance celebrity with parenting? Plus, why is Father's Day such a lame imitation of Mother's Day and what are some gifts for dads beyond BBQ, booze and gag gifts? And our bytes of the week!

This week on Parenting Bytes Rebecca, Amy and Andrea discuss school shaming - from school lunch to carnivals that leave out kids, why are school administrators shaming students from lower income homes? Then we talk about teacher gifts - great, easy ideas that teachers actually want! Plus, our bytes of the week.

This week Rebecca, Amy and Andrea discuss Robert de Niro's tough love graduation speech and what makes a great commencement address, plus gifts for grads. Then we tackle the impossible task of packing for summer camp and summer family travel. Plus our bytes of the week!

This week Rebecca, Amy and Nancy discuss how to mind your online p's and q's. When is it OK to send a digital thank you card? Should you have a no-phone policy at your kid's birthday party? Then we discuss Scott Simon's new book and when public grieving is too public. What is the fine line between sharing personal information and plain old TMI? Plus our bytes of the week!

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This week Rebecca, Amy and Andrea discuss the 12 year old girl who shamed the gaming industry into including free girl characters as their default avatars. Then we discuss calendar madness, tips and tools for scheduling your busy family. Plus procastinator's guide to Mother's Day and our bytes of the week!

On this week's podcast Meagan Francis of TheHappiestHome.com joins Rebecca, Amy and Nancy to talk about what makes a happy home, how she manages her kids who range in age from 6-17, and how moms can try to find balance - or at least sanity. Then we tackle Mother's Day - do we need it? Do we like it? And what do moms really want? Plus, tech for homework and our bytes of the week.

This week Dan Tynan of Yahoo! Tech qualify as spying?

This week Rebecca, Amy and Nancy are joined by Abby West, Executive Editor of Essence.com. We talk to Amanda Lenhart, author of the new Pew Research Study all about teens and social media - what are they using, and how are they using it? Then we dive into the new Mommy Den section on Essence.com where moms are forming a new community and talking about everything from entertainment to really tough parenting issues. Plus, should a baby monitor be a necessity for new parents and how connected is too connected? And our bytes of the week!

This week Andrea and Rebecca are joined by Nancy Friedman to talk about apologizing for your kid's terrible behavior

This week Rebecca, Amy and Andrea talk about a new study showing quality rules over quantity when comes to time parents spend with their kids.

This week Amy is in the studio with Eric Messinger of New York Family Magazine while Rebecca and Andrea join in from Sandbox Summit in Cambridge, MA.

This week on the podcast, Rebecca, Andrea and Amy talk about the pros and cons of homework and whether it's necessary at all

This week on the podcast Rebecca is joined by Andrea Smith and Nancy Friedman as they discuss Katharine Zaleski's working mom apology in Fortune Magazine, and Vodafone's new generous maternity leave policy. Then, we tackle the trend of gift registries for kids and standing up to bullies on social media after Curt Schilling stood up to his daughter's trolls on twitter. Plus our can't miss bytes of the week.

This week on the podcast Rebecca is joined by Amy Oztan and Nancy Friedman to talk about the new YouTube for Kids app

Lance Somerfeld, Co-Founder of the City Dads Group joins the podcast to talk about modern fatherhood, stay at home dads, and the changing image of what it means to be a dad, and the Dad 2.0 Summit (and how brands are trying to reach the new dad market.) Plus we talk about how to unplug and be more present for your kids and our bytes of the week!