Comments on: Bridging the Communication Divide with Blogging, an interview with Vicky Hennegan of Remarkable Parents

By: Katja @skimbaco

Katja @skimbaco — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:54:52 +0000

Great interview! I love the tips which how different can use different online tools according what they are looking for, very well said and put together. I use all of them on almost daily basis, but for someone who is just starting it is nice to start just with one that fits their needs the best.

By: Mark David Gerson

Mark David Gerson — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:46:51 +0000

Great introduction, VIcky, to what can seem pretty overwhelming at first glance.

I’ll watch for your update in eight or nine years when my daughter’s ready for college!

Meantime, because she lives in a different state, we’re already using some of these tools to stay in touch. When I was on the road, we used Skype a lot. She’s not much on e-mail yet, but she’s busy sharing with me all her youtube videos!

By: ilaxi

ilaxi — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:07:30 +0000

Nice Interview and informative. However, it’s a time factor on places like Facebook as one tend to hang around. Twitter is nice to promote blogs and sites and keep in touch to follow friends. Web cam and skype is gr8 tools to stay connected.

By: Karen Putz

Karen Putz — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:42:18 +0000

Great tips for the tech beginner! My 80 year old mom is emailing and just now reading blogs. I don’t think she would dive much further into the other stuff though. I’m so thankful for the tech ways of communicating. Being a person who is deaf, this is a great visual playing field for me.

By: Jeremy (Discovering Dad)

Jeremy (Discovering Dad) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:06:33 +0000

I’d definitely agree that Twitter is the best one to learn for interesting social interactions. Also, whatever tool your kids are using, both to monitor and connect with them. Great interview - very thorough.

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:03:52 +0000

Great advice and tips for any parent, good stuff

By: Vicky H

Vicky H — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:54:22 +0000

Thank you Parent Power Index for highlighting great Parenting web sites and I am so grateful to be included as a contributor to this wonderful site.

I hope this interview inspires parents to take it to the next level for themselves and their family’s.

Remarkable Parents moto is “Use technology as an ally not an enemy! Remarkable Parents don’t fight the flow, they roll with it”

By: Nancy Sutherland

Nancy Sutherland — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:43:54 +0000

A great interview! Very informative. Keeping in touch with your family goes beyond college. My youngest son lives in Australia and we are in the US. He is expecting his first child and we plan on using social media tools not only to stay in touch with them, but my future granchild too using Skype.

By: Lara, The Data Digger

Lara, The Data Digger — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:25:04 +0000

Your interview with Vicky has churned my thinking wheels. My children are approaching the age where they can use these online social tools. I set them up with email accounts and our extended family is loving the communication flow. I like it that my children are technologically savvy.

I spread my online social net fairly wide. I have a presence on probably all of the widely used social networks. Now, I am wondering, do I want to connect with my children on those networks? I think I want a little breathing room. I know I want my children to have some space to goof off with their friends.

For me, I will take it one step at a time. No matter what, I will definitely be a parent that is connected to my kids via online channels.