by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps
I’m grateful for this list of the best apps for road trips with kids, because it turns out, I’m not allowed to put my kids in a hilarious sidecar by themselves during long drives. So I’ve been prepping my phone and the kids’ iPad for the long...
by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Google With a new tablet for kids high up on lots of holiday wish lists this year, it’s important for parents to ensure that the new device is set up properly. But it’s not just about making sure the tablet is charged...
by Caroline Siegrist | Holiday Picks, Best Apps
This holiday season, I’ve been researching apps for holiday planning as one of many ways to make big holiday meals easier. Whether you enjoyed last year’s COVID-mandated reprieve from big get-togethers, or you’re just raring to baste another...
by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Back to School Tech, Life and Home
I’m always on a quest for the best digital planner for the school year, because I have developed a very bad habit: Every year I get tempted by the beautiful, fun, old-fashioned paper planners I discover on Etsy or in our local stationery stores. They’re...
by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
It’s been a while since we shared our favorite apps to help you get better sleep. So long, that our last post about favorite sleep apps seems to include apps all recently acquired by mattress companies. Hm. I did recently write about my favorite iOS tip for...
by Christina Refford | Back to School Tech, Best Apps, Educational Apps
As a former homeschooling parent, I am a huge fan of math apps for middle school — and for tweens and teens whatever their grade level. I used to say that I was okay teaching math until around 3rd or 4th grade, and then I needed some help explaining certain...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks, Best Apps, Internet Safety
This week in our Out Tech Your Kids Facebook group, we were asked how to prevent a Facebook hack, and specifically, if were any security measures to take that might help. And yes, yes there are! Here, a few really simple tips to help prevent a Facebook hack. They can...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Life and Home
Who else is thinking about gardening this spring? Along with our own Liz and Kristen who recently hosted the We Time Project and took a food gardening course (yay!), it seems like everyone is ready to put down the sourdough starter and get their hands really dirty....
by Cool Mom Team | Out-Tech Your Kids podcast
We’ve been having some lively discussions over in the Out Tech Your Kids Facebook group about lots of topics this past week, from screen time to video gaming, but the one we decided to chat about this week was our favorite apps, inspired by this post from Liz...
