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Myrna is an advertising techie turned writer/blogger mom. She started her career in the Bay Area working on the advertising campaigns of many well-known technology brands including Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments and many others. Although specializing in technology, she did work on behalf of Coca Cola, Ghirardelli Square and other consumer accounts even heading the campaign to “Save the Cable Cars” when the system needed a renovation.
After moving with her family overseas to 3 different countries, she moved back to the Bay Area jumping back into the communications field. This time, as a mother of two teens, her interest skews towards teenagers and their use of technology. Wearing a slightly different hat, she is now a writer and speaker on issues surrounding teenagers and their use of technology. Using her 20 years of Marketing Communications experience to build-upon, she utilizes new Social Media tools to work with clients who are looking to market their brand in different ways.
In recent years she founded Tangerinetimes; A Sweet and Sour Life with Teens as a resource for parents of teens. She contributed to the SiliconValleyMoms blog for two years and was featured in the “Byte Out of Life” video series in partnership with Yahoo. She has been interviewed for an educational video for schools on subjects surrounding teenagers use of Social Media and was a featured Guest Editor for the Palo Alto Daily News (Week-end Edition), writing on the subject of Cyber-bullying. She was also interviewed by the local news station for the same story.
Recently, she launched TeensandTech to provide a more in-depth source of technology information for parents of teens. She also consults with companies on blogger outreach, outreach to “digital moms” and social media strategies. She is active on twitter as Bberrymom and works as a Brand Ambassador for the MomSendstheMsg outreach program that educates about Distracted Driving issues.
Interested in Myrna’s services as a blogger, speaker or consultant for your company? Please email her at tangerinetimes@gmail.com.
October 21st, 2008 at 21:17
I think I’m the only human on earth who actually liked it when my kids were teenagers. I liked it so much I ended up with an extra one living with me! Yes, they can be royal pains, but they are also on the verge of so much, and they are so open to life even though they are also painfully shy and tormented about things. Good luck with yours!
November 18th, 2008 at 07:19
My mum keeps telling me not to dread the teenage years. She says they were great fun. She thinks it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Kids know what they are generally expected to become when they reach the teens, and feel obliged to live up to the image.
I hope my mum is right.
January 21st, 2009 at 07:06
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February 15th, 2009 at 21:42
Do you have teenage boys? Because pretty much every mom I talk to each day who is a mom of a teenage girl (like me) is at her wit’s end. It’s the same story a lot of times, where we’ve just spent the entire day or the last hour doing something for our teen, like taking them shopping or chaperoning a choir event, etc., only to have our teen give us attitude, criticize us and tell us “you never do anything for me!!! I used to thank God I didn’t have boys when my kids were toddlers, but now I’m re-thinking that. Guess everything sort of evens out– it’s the boy moms’ turn to relax and smile now.
February 15th, 2009 at 22:07
I have a 15 year old daughter and 13 (soon to be 14) year old son. You hit the nail on the head about girls. But, moms of boys don’t get a pass either. My sweet boy who used to love me now has completely clammed up. We used to talk all the time, now I get grunts. Also, unlike my daughter who WILL at least tell me what is going on in her life (like friends, activities) – most of the time my son will not offer up who he talks to at school or….anything. I have to ask him about almost everything. sigh. In summation: my daughter is more dramatic, “You never let me do anything!” and my son is close-mouthed. I don’t know which is worse!
February 25th, 2009 at 08:51
Didn’t want to just lurk and not leave a comment. Always interested in “what’s on the horizon”. Our son is just 3 1/2 yrs. so there’s a long time to go before teenage years. However, I am getting tired of everyone telling us “just wait”. There has to be so many factors that dictate a smooth transition into adulthood vs. a rocky one. I certainly don’t want to dread the future. Hang in there all you teenage kid’s moms – keep talking with each other!
February 25th, 2009 at 23:53
Glad to see your thinking ahead! You’re always welcome to read “ahead” – just don’t let it scare you!
March 16th, 2009 at 13:03
Hey, is there a section just for latest news
March 19th, 2009 at 11:08
Hi Myrna-
I have been writing about parents and kids for years. My column appears in Silicon Valley Parent (I think that’s the name). I think your blog is terrific and that parents of teens are often overlooked. I know that when my kids got to be teenagers (two still are)…it felt like I was starting my parenting all over again. Felt like I had been handed new kids and knew nothing!
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August 20th, 2009 at 14:36
Just discovered your site. A real pleasure, as one with two teens, close in age, and (naturally) polar opposites. Which means the lessons learned with one are likely irrelevant with the other. Swell.
Anyway – good to find you in the blogosphere.