019: Being Adults

Parent Driven Development

Parent Driven Development

Episode 019: Being Adults

00:25 Welcome, Jonan Scheffler!

Jonan is a free-range computer sciencer at Heroku and cheerleader for hire (all major hugs accepted). He is also a board member of RubyTogether and all-around swell human being!

We recorded this episode live and in-person at this year's RubyConf in Los Angeles.

01:09 Catching Up On Sleep, Spending Time with Friends, and Spending Spousal Points

• Conferences are NOT vacations, y'all!
• Traveling as a job.
• Being present at home.
• Partying is WORK.

11:16 Communicating to Loved Ones at Home

• Facetiming, calling, audio messaging.

18:50 Going Home / Reentry to the Parenting World

25:04 It Takes a Village... Support Systems When Away

29:30 Self-Care While Away

• Treats!
• Massage!
• Movies on the plane!
• Room service!
• Fancy coffee!
• Tattoos!?!

32:34 Genius / Fail Moments

• Allison: Her son drew her a picture "so Mommy doesn't scream as much". (#Fail); Attending an anger management for parents of small children class. (#Genius)
• Mandy: Forgot to download things to her devices on the way to LA! (#Fail)
• Josh: Mistook a sprained ankle for growing pains. (#Fail)
• KWu: Mistook roseola for windburn! (#Fail)
• Jonan: Ruined waffles for his kids. (#Fail)
• Andy: His daughter learned how to swim! (#Genius)

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Panel

Andy Croll
Mandy Moore
Allison McMillan
Josh Puetz
KWu

Special Guest: Jonan Scheffler.