An app that makes it okay to pick your nose
I have a confession to make. While I was checking out the Faces iMake App for iPhone and iPad, supposedly designed for kids, I got absolutely hooked. The create-a-collage premise of the app is simple enough for a four year-old, and even a forty(something), to jump...
Minding your Peas and Quinces
I’m still on the fence about toddlers and technology. (Should I be admitting that here?) There are times when I look at my daughter effortlessly swiping through pictures on my iPhone and I marvel at the absurdity of it all. Then there are other times–like...
The joy of underwear
If you’ve enjoyed nice quiet family dinners with your toddler without anyone daring to yell fart or underwear, well enjoy it while you can. You’ve got a few short years, and then those very things will be pretty much the funniest things in the entire...
Custom videos from Santa that make me a believer too
This weekend on Cool Mom Picks, we uncovered an awesome custom video from Santa, and our readers are going nuts for it. As are our own children. So much so, it would be gross holiday negligence for me not to share it here so even more children can wake up their...
The cat in the app
For the past few months, my kids have been obsessed with the Talking Tom Cat app that has them yelling, singing and — yes — screaming at a cat who then repeats everything back to them in his own weird voice. Harmless fun but no redeeming educational value....
Cupcake making without cavity making
To say my girls are obsessed with the range of cake, cupcake, Jell-O mold, and cookie making/decorating iPhone apps out there is an understatement. It’s like the EZ-Bake Ovens of the smartphone era: So fun for kids, it doesn’t even matter whether they eat...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
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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* 5 audiobook apps keep us entertained and learning
* The best ways to clean and disinfect your phones and gadgets
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