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Beginning Monday, I’m proud to announce that I’ll be running a new series called “Time Out,” here at The Playpen. The premise is simple. Having two children has opened up my eyes to even more questions and more ways in which I screw up on a daily basis. Parenting is just plain hard and, more often than not, I find myself muttering “There is absolutely no way I am doing this right.” With that in mind, I’ve decided to hand over the reigns for a week to a bunch of moms who can get it right, and do.
I’ve assembled five moms from very different backgrounds, each with their own unique take on parenting. Each day, for five days in a row, I will be asking the panel a question regarding parenting, all of which are based on topics that have caused me (and probably other parents) some degree of stress or concern in the upbringing of my children. I will post all of their answers to the question each day, and encourage everyone to join into the debate. I respect each and every one of these women a great deal, and I am honored to have them as participants, even if I did have to beg, lie and bribe to get them all involved.
LET’S MEET THE GUEST MOMS!
Mr. Lady
Whiskey In My Sippy Cup
Mr Lady is someone’s mother, three times over, and someone’s wife, just once so far. She likes to type and loathes ironing, so blogging’s worked out pretty well for her.
McMommy
The McMommy Chronicles
Kids: Matthew (5) & Carter (3 next month)
Favorite 80′s hairband album: Poison’s Look What the
Cat Dragged In
Likes: pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, and commenters
Dislikes: stepping on Matchbox cars, running out of wine, and Jay Leno replacing Conan O’Brien
Barbara Boucher
TherExtras
Summarizes her career as “been there done that” in the world of pediatric occupational and physical therapy. Barbara feels that blogging is WAY more fun than teaching graduate students to become physical therapists. She done did that, too. [Bloggers are much more respectful than know-it-all students.] “Even with PhD behind my name they still thought they knew more than me,” states Barbara. “The few students who had children of their own understood WAY over the others. Mommies know everything. I learn from other Mommies and give them what I know.”
Kori Jones
See Kori Rant
A working mom of four writing her thoughts about politics, religion, and everthing in between
Aline Pfingsten
RedSparks
Co-founder of RedSparks online baby boutique (yes, the little business attached to this very blog). Favorite things include spending time with her four-year-old daughter, Frankie and seven-month-old son, Dominick, Led Zepplin and getting together with friends at new restaurants for drinks (which she has not done in almost five years). Aline is also a certified chocolate snob, and will turn up her nose at anything less than delectable, high-quality confection.
Clearly, I am lucky to have such a distinguished panel of intelligent and compelling women taking part in my little series here. I encourage everyone to tune in each day and take part in what is sure to be a very interesting discussion. Thank you, ladies, I’m looking forward to it!
-Matt
While you’re waiting for Monday so you can start reading this awesome series, why not pop over to RedSparks and check it out for yourself?
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:11 am
[...] on Monday, my friend Matt over at The Playpen is kicking off a new series called time Out; he is featuring five different moms, one of whom is [...]
January 22nd, 2010 at 10:29 am
I think this is going to be a real kcik, Matt-but hey, what the heck did you bribe the others with? Clearly, I am too easy.
Kori´s last blog ..Friday Fragments 01/22/10
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I have a LOT to learn from YOU, Matt and Aline – about blogging! Thanks so much for including this (older) Mommy in the panel.
Was Kori saying there’s a prize?!
Barbara´s last blog ..The handwriting is on the wall.
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:01 am
[...] is it! The very first installment of my weeklong series, Time Out. In case you missed my last post, I was lucky (or pathetic) enough to persuade five lovely moms to come graciously to my assistance [...]
January 25th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
[...] second day of Time Out is here! This series runs every day this week, and features five brilliant moms from all over the U.S., answering five different questions on five different days. [...]
January 28th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
[...] last day of Time Out is upon us. I want to thank each member of the Time Out Panel for being honest and straightforward; I think the series was a terrific success, and I learned a [...]