019: Being Adults

In this episode that was recorded live and in-person at RubyConf in L.A., Jonan Scheffler joined the regular panelists to talk about what it's like to leave the kids at home while you're traveling for work or conferences: spending spousal points, communicating from afar, sneaking in a bit of self-care while you're away, and reentry back home into the parenting world.

An episode of the Parent Driven Development podcast, hosted by Parent Driven Development, titled "019: Being Adults" was published on December 19, 2018 and runs 43 minutes.

December 19, 2018 ·43m · Parent Driven Development

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Summary

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) Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel Andy Croll Mandy Moore Allison McMillan Josh Puetz KWuSpecial Guest: Jonan Scheffler.

Episode Description

Parent Driven Development Episode 019: Being Adults 00:25 Welcome, Jonan Scheffler (https://twitter.com/thejonanshow)! Jonan is a free-range computer sciencer at Heroku (https://www.heroku.com/) and cheerleader for hire (all major hugs accepted). He is also a board member of RubyTogether (https://rubytogether.org/) and all-around swell human being! We recorded this episode live and in-person at this year's RubyConf (http://rubyconf.com/) 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) Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev (https://twitter.com/parentdrivendev) on Twitter or email us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com (https://parentdrivendevelopment.com). Support us via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev) and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel Andy Croll (https://twitter.com/andycroll) Mandy Moore (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p) Josh Puetz (https://twitter.com/joshpuetz) KWu (https://twitter.com/kwugirl) Special Guest: Jonan Scheffler.