The Famundo Blog: Tag parenting

Managing a Shared Parenting Family

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:22:00 -0400

I just received an e-mail from someone asking how effective Famundo would be in managing a shared parenting situation.

Because of Famundo’s has different permission levels, it is ideal for use in a shared parenting arrangement.

Since Famundo is internet based, both parents have access to the same Famundo site. Each parent can view their childrens’ schedules, so they know when they are available, when they need a ride or to be picked up. And, if their schools are using Famundo, their school schedules are filled in automatically, so neither parent has the chore of inputting the daily schedule.

But, since each parent has their own login, they can have their own private events, lists and documents.

If you have any questions on using Famundo, please send me an e-mail at the address found on this page.

Parent Covenant

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:03:27 -0400

We just had our annual parent meeting at our daughter’s middle school this week and, as we did last year, we ended the meeting with, for lack of a better term, a parent covenant. This is where parents agree to set limits on what our children are allowed to and not allowed to do, especially when it involves activities that include other children in the class.

This provides a real safety net when your children are having a sleepover or visiting a friend, you know that the other family has agreed to certain standards won’t be broken. It makes a very powerful statement when you can tell your child that the parents in the class have decided this as a group that some activity is not acceptable.

It is interesting how the concerns of parents have changed over the years with changes in technology . Although the Internet and e-mail is still a concern, there was much more discussion over issues like social networking sites, such as MySpace, and text messaging. These weren’t even on the radar when our son started middle school three years ago.

You can read my post regarding last year’s meeting here.

We are very appreciative that our school provides this opportunity and actually encourages this dialog among the parents.

As if we didn't know this already

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:37:35 -0400

Women working more—and parenting more

From an article in the San Francisco Chronicle (via the NY TImes),

Despite the surge of women into the workforce, mothers are spending at least as much time with their children as they did 40 years ago, and the amount of child care and housework performed by fathers has sharply increased, researchers say in a new study.

With more mothers in paid jobs, many policymakers have assumed that parents must have less time to interact with their children. But the researchers say the conventional wisdom is not borne out by the data they collected from families asked to account for their time. The researchers found, to their surprise, that married and single parents spent more time teaching, playing with and caring for their children than parents did 40 years ago.

Read the entire article here.

Parenting Blogroll Project

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:14:57 -0400

Having some free time this weekend, I did more research on my Parenting Blogroll project and came up an astounding list of over 300 parenting blogs!

I’ve taken my prior list off the sidebar, since it would be too long to be practical, and placed a link to another page.

To be honest, I’ve only had the opportunity to look over about 50 or so of them, there may be broken links, old links, and of course, the need to be somehow categorized.

If you see any errors or ommissions, please let me know.