Web coolness: Women of NASA come to LEGO, why Tinder is good for families, the best parenting podcasts
Here are some of the coolest tech links around the web this week. We hope you like them too. All the details on the upcoming Women of NASA LEGO set! Finally! Online dating may be changing the American family in positive ways. Including Tinder. Whoa – Netflix is...
A clever trick to boost your kids’ reading skills while they watch TV
During the dry spell of summer, when our favorite TV shows were in their off season, my 10-year-old daughter and I got hooked on a fun Korean high-school drama series. But while we watched I noticed something I didn’t expect: her reading skills improved. And...
How to disable an iPad touchscreen using Guided Access: A huge lifesaver for parents
My youngest child loves watching movies on our family iPad, but if your kids are like her, they can’t help tapping and touching the screen which then requires you to rewind, fast forward, or turn it back on 400 times. So when I found out how to disable the...
Addicted to your iPhone? Try this one easy trick to seriously curb your screen time.
I’ve been seeing a lot of research lately that seems to find a correlation between how much time we spend on our phones and our kids’ behavior. Specifically, their bad behavior. The constant distraction of pings and alerts from my phone that takes my...
10 questions parents should ask when writing a cell phone contract for kids
Last year my husband and I gifted our two older kids with their own iPod and Kindle, and along with the devices came a contract that outlined our expectations for using them. As my friends have started getting wifi-connected tablets or phones for their kids, these...
Stridepost: A free chores and calendar app for the whole family. Yep, even the kids.
I’m always a little more motivated to get to my chores when there’s a little reward involved, like watching a guilty pleasure TV show while I fold laundry. It’s the same for my kids, and the Stridepost app (iOS and Android) helps them see how doing...
Put screen time management in your kids’ hands with the free unGlue app.
My kids are master negotiators when it comes to screen time, which is why we’ve never been successful with cookie-cutter methods to manage it. Sorry, Marble Jar. So that’s why I’m excited about the free unGlue app (iOS and Android), which actually...
12 of the coolest products and tech gadgets for parents from CES 2017. Holy cow, the future is here!
This year at CES 2017, family and baby tech each had its own summit (wow!) and bevy of exhibitors sharing some of the hottest new gadgets for parents. Seriously, where were all these incredible gadgets when my kids were babies? While there were tons incredible...
Hello Sitter app: Our cool free app of the week
Don’t you hate when a sitter cancels last-minute on a much-needed date night, or when you can’t find one for that important parent meeting at school (the night when everyone else in your social network also needs a sitter)? I’ve seen friends...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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