JM 29: Suzanne Kantra of Martha Stewart Living, Emotional Armor, free kids playdate for NYC bloggers and the danger of too many safety measures...




Jumping Monkeys (Audio) show

Summary: <p>Our guest is <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.a869edc68b016ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=0fb579b1a0a80110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.a869edc68b016ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=0fb579b1a0a80110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&amp;vgnextfmt=default" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzanne Kantra</a> of Martha Stewart Living</p> <p>SPEND: <a href="http://www.emotionalarmor.com/girls.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emotional Armor</a> - Great t-shirts for strong girls. My favorite is "Princess. Not in need of rescue." Recommended by listener Mar.</p> <p>SAVE: <a href="http://nykcbloggerparty.smnr.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York KiDs club</a> offers free playdate for bloggers in NYC. Kids ages 6 months to 4 years can enjoy enrichment activities led by instructors. Free WiFi is available. RSVP.</p> <p>GIVE: <a href="http://bookmooch.com/charity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookMooch charity section</a>. We've interviewed John Buckman of BookMooch before, but I wanted to highlight the charity section.</p> <p>AUDIBLE BOOK PICK: <a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_LILI_000441&amp;BV_UseBVCookie=Yes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a></p> <p>VIDEO OF THE WEEK: <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do</a> by Gever Tulley (founder of the Tinkering School). Great talk from TED about the danger of too many safety measures and some simple things we can do to raise our kids to be creative, confident, and in control of the environment around them.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="http://www.meganmorrone.com/" target="_blank">Megan Morrone</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/SuzanneKantra" target="_blank">Suzanne Kantra</a></p> <p>Full show notes available on Megan's blog, <a href="http://www.jumpingmonkeys.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JumpingMonkeys.com</a>.</p> <p>Bandwidth for Jumping Monkeys is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>. The Jumping Monkeys theme is by <a href="http://paulywood.vox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Minshall</a>.</p>