6 of my favorite TikTok parenting experts. Yes, TikTok. It’s not just choreographed dances.

by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps

Like a lot of elder millennials, I resisted TikTok for a while. After all, why would I want to watch videos of toddlers spilling drinks when I can just look across my kitchen table? Sorry, Yeet Baby. But the more I delved into it, the more I realized TikTok is...

My favorite new iPhone trick to help me fall asleep — and stay asleep

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks, Best Apps, Gear + Hardware

Over the past year, I have been so grateful for the sleep stories on Calm and some of the Apple Music playlists to help me fall asleep. The one issue: I was sometimes waking up in the middle of the night, my AirPods still in my ears…my music still playing. Then,...

How can I prevent a Facebook hack? Reader Q&A

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...

3 helpful gardening apps to turn your thumb green, finally.

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....

The 6 apps we use all the time | Out-Tech Your Kids episode 25

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...

3 apps that help you manage your subscriptions, even the ones you didn’t know you had

by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps

Like a lot of you, I’m looking to get a tighter rein on my budget in 2021. First up: subscriptions. If you’re like me, you’ve got a lot of them, some of which I didn’t even know I still had. Thankfully, there are apps that can help you manage...

Why Todoist is the first to-do list app I have actually stuck with for an entire year

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Every year I swear, this is the year I get organized! This is the year I find the best ever to-do list app and put everything on it and finally check things off my list instead of losing them forever and make more time for the things I love and life will be grand....

Our favorite self-care apps to help you develop a self-care plan. Because winter is coming.

by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps, Fitness + Health

Let’s talk about self-care apps! While I took a no-holds-bar approach at the very beginning of quarantine (It’s the end of the world! Why not scroll all day?), I’m realizing that might not be the most sustainable solution for a pandemic that shows no...

5 ways to use tech to document your family’s stories from the pandemic

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

When our state was put under a stay-at-home order back in the middle of March, 2020, I told my 11-year old that she should start writing in her journal every day because this was going to be a time in history that her kids and their kids after them would be hearing...

4K Video Downloader lets you safely download YouTube videos, online recipes, and so much more, with just one click | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment

This is a sponsored message for 4K Video Downloader Want to watch your favorite YouTube or TikTok videos without WIFI or cellular, save that favorite recipe to you computer, or catch a Twitch stream later on? You and your family can do all of that and so much more...