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Does Gmail have parental controls? Well, here’s the deal.

Does Gmail have parental controls? Well, here’s the deal.

by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks

In our Out Tech Your Kids group on Facebook, we’ve had several questions about parental controls for Gmail, with so many kids needing and using email accounts. We did some research to see what parents can and can’t do when it comes to monitoring their...
10 things you need to know before using a school-issued laptop

10 things you need to know before using a school-issued laptop

by Kate Etue | Back to School Tech

For lots of middle school kids, back to school means back to tech. Specifically: school-issued laptops. Of course, when we’re thinking about our kids and tech that they don’t own themselves, but they’re responsible for day-in and day-out, that comes...
How to set up a family account for your Kindle library. Yay for sharing books!

How to set up a family account for your Kindle library. Yay for sharing books!

by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks, Gear + Hardware

My daughter and I have the same taste in books, generally, so we love sharing anything good we’ve read lately. That’s typically been much easier to do with hardcopy books than digital ones, but now you can set up a Family Library for your Kindle library....
3 great podcasts to help you learn a foreign language

3 great podcasts to help you learn a foreign language

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

We get all sorts of awesome questions in our Out Tech Your Kids Facebook Group. You are a member, right? Recently, a parent asked for foreign language podcast recommendations for kids. So, we dug around and found these 3 great podcasts to help you learn a foreign...
3 free audiobook apps you need for back to school

3 free audiobook apps you need for back to school

by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps

School will be starting up soon, and that means my kids’ tech will be focused more on education than Fortnite in a few weeks. Sorry, kids. I’m going to start by downloading these free audiobook apps that let you borrow them (along with books, movies, and...
The new Minecraft x Pottery Barn Kids collection will make blockheads everywhere squeal!

The new Minecraft x Pottery Barn Kids collection will make blockheads everywhere squeal!

by Kate Etue | Life and Home

Gamer alert: your kids can now play Minecraft all night long—in their dreams—with the new Minecraft x Pottery Barn Kids collection that just launched. This is your chance to be the coolest mom ever, and we think if you have a Minecraft-obsessed kid (hands raised) then...
Wear your emotions on your rear window with Mojipic

Wear your emotions on your rear window with Mojipic

by Kate Etue | Tech Toys

I’m not much of a bumper sticker person, although I do love a clever quip on someone else’s car in traffic. But when I saw the new Mojipic mount for a car’s rear windshield, I thought maybe they were on to something. This small LED screen displays...
LEGO’s new NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander building set is out of this world.

LEGO’s new NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander building set is out of this world.

by Kate Etue | Tech Toys

This summer, July 20, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Lunar Landing. Even though space travel has been a reality my kids’ entire lives — and mine, too — they’re still incredibly curious about the cosmos. And since they’re...
3 great sleep tracking apps for parents. Because we need it.

3 great sleep tracking apps for parents. Because we need it.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

We know it can be really hard for parents to get a good night’s sleep, but tech is here to help. We’ve found 3 great sleep tracking apps that can track your sleep, and help you build better habits to improve it. From waking up at your body’s natural...
4 awesome YouTube alternatives for kids of all ages

4 awesome YouTube alternatives for kids of all ages

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

With all the not-so-great news coming out around YouTube recently — from their pedophilia problem to the horrific content spliced into kids’ videos to the infamous Momo challenge — I’ve been looking for some YouTube alternatives. From now on,...
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