parenting • education
by Mom It Forward on June 28th, 2012 | No Comments »
Nicole Lazarro, an expert in the emotions of video games, after conducting extensive research, identified four keys of fun, or four reasons why people play video games. They are "easy fun," "hard fun," "people fun," and "serious fun." I and my three-year-old son recently played Elmo's Monsterpiece, a…
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me • biz, tech, & social media • family fun • family fun-traditions
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on July 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
evo Conference—If you think Elmo, Rolo McFlurries, and hula hooping are just for kids... think again! At evo'11—a conference for women in social media—we took our family friendliness up many notches this year by having 7 family friendly sponsored suites, two family parties, day care,…
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mom • parenting
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on February 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After flunking out of Fashion Week the day before, I felt refreshed to find myself in the Hasbro Showroom yesterday with a much more familiar face—Elmo! He didn't judge my not-so-fashionista ways or my uncanny ability to screw up time zones. Instead, in his "let's take it up a few…
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