MotherTalk and Parent Bloggers Network

I've recently been invited to join MotherTalk and The Parent Bloggers Network. I'll be reviewing books and other products for them and I'm pretty excited about it because sometimes I get tired of talking about myself and my kids. Sometimes.

I'm only going to review things that are interesting to me and hopefully to you. In the interest of full disclosure, these things are being sent to me for free. Both MotherTalk and Parent Bloggers have encouraged me to give my honest opinions, which I will always do.

Getting free stuff in exchange for a review is a hot topic on the Web these days, but it's not new to me. When I worked at TechTV we had an room full of products that we were given to review. Then, as now, we chose what we wanted to review. And we still gave lots of stuff bad reviews.

I will always mention if I've received a product for free to review and I will always tell you who I'm writing the review for. I haven't been asked to review these products on the podcast and I probably won't, unless I fall deeply in love with said products.

If I'm talking about something you can buy and you don't see a disclosure on the blog, that means I bought the product myself and am telling you about it just because I felt like it. For examples, see here, here, here, and here.

If you have a book or another product that you want me to review, please send me an e-mail at megan.morrone at earthlink.net.

Comments

[Paul Cyopick]

Congrats on the invite. I have to be honest, I never really started reading parent blogging/web sites until I started listening to your podcast with Leo. (Who has the time with a 7 yr old son and twin 3 yr old girls).

I'll add this to the list of readings when I get a moment.

BTW, it's very, very important and commendable that ou disclose gifts etc from companies. There are far too many "reviewers" out there that are in it for the freebies, in exchange for a favourable review. I know Leo does the same thing, mentioning sponsors etc., as does Cali Lewis on geekbrief.tv. AS usual, the cream rises to the top.

[Dale]

That's a good point that I hadn't thought of. I always just assumed that people understood that reviewers in the media get free stuff for review. When we started our podcast, we reviewed games we already owned, including Leapster titles, which nobody else was doing. Well, Leapfrog found out about us and started sending us games to review, but both sides made it clear that the reviews were to be absolutely honest and fair. Of course, having a 5-year-old review the games helps--I couldn't get her to lie if I wanted to, unless I asked whether she washed her hands.

My point? I need to make a point in our next episode to let people know which products we've received for free and which ones we've bought. Thanks for bringing that up, Megan.