Web coolness: A tasty Porg, a cell phone prison, and Alexa now in your nursery!
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. We love this porg rice ball for feeding our Last Jedi fans. (And check out these rice substitutes that kids will eat from our sister site). This school locks up...
Web coolness: Star Wars snowflakes, a super blue blood moon is coming, and more!
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Trying to avoid too much tech when school is unexpectedly out? Bookmark these screen-free snow day activities, like the Star Wars snowflakes from Anthony Herrera...
Web Coolness: The STEM American Girl, how to fix your iPhone battery, and more.
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Here’s everything you need to do to a smartphone before you hand it over to kids. This is a perfect wheelchair costume for a Star Wars fan. Hooray for this...
Our top 10 most popular Cool Mom Tech posts of 2017
From scary apps your kids might be using to the solar eclipse of 2017 (remember that?), we rounded up our top 10 most popular posts here on Cool Mom Tech from 2017. 10. Is Unroll.me safe to use? After the controversy over their use of data (which is common amongst...
Our most popular Spawned podcast episodes of 2017
We’ve covered a ton of topics on our Spawned with Kristen and Liz podcast in 2017. From kids and social media to vagacials (yes, it’s a thing), we’ve had a blast chatting with each other, and our esteemed guests, about parenting and parenting...
Web coolness: Why you can’t have a lightsaber, the trouble with airline boarding passes, and more!
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. 15 ways Alexa can make your life easier over this holiday break. Be sure to rip yours to shreds: Boarding pass barcodes reveal a lot of information about you. And...
11 STEM subscription boxes for kids that make perfect last minute gift ideas | 2017 Holiday Tech Gift Guide
Looking for cool last-minute gifts for kids that don’t feel last minute at all? We are big fans of STEM subscription gift boxes. These cool boxes will encourage their interest in science, technology, engineering, or math, and inspire creativity no matter what...
Raising kids to be good digital citizens: The only 4 things you need to tell them.
Raising digital kids, we parents all want to raise them to be good digital citizens, make wise choices, never bully, never be bullied, use their platforms for good, and be the change we want to see in the world. Not much to ask for, right? Since starting this site...
Beyond Snapchat: 12 risky apps parents should watch out for.
By now, everyone knows about Snapchat and kids right? It’s like Snapchat has come to epitomize the “watch out for kids and their apps.” But the truth is, there are so so many apps that can get kids into trouble, and it’s hard to keep up with...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.
We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.
We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.
(Answer: It's complicated.)
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