The Frozen Games online that you want your kids playing, never.
It’s been a whole year since we discovered unlicensed Plastic Surgery Barbie apps for kids that made wonder what the freaking heck is wrong with people, and now, hooray! Here comes another series of games to file under Kids Games That Make Us Want to Scream WTF,...
The top Cool Mom Tech posts of 2014
We can’t start the new year without first taking a quick look back at the 2014 posts that were most popular of the year. If you’re interested in what caught the attention of our readers for the past 12 months, here are the top ten of the year. One thing is...
Web Coolness: A cool chemistry advent calendar, Google looks to become more kid-friendly, and decorate the White House Christmas tree using code
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Teach your kids about a new molecule every day with this cool, interactive chemistry advent calendar. (via Laughing Squid) We love this fun...
Web Coolness: the new iPads, Apple paying women employees to freeze eggs, and good reasons not to check your email
Here’s a bunch of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did. Will you get to the end of this post? Chances are, no. (via @CharlieCapen) Can you believe that’s an Xbox cake (above)? Talk about...
How to talk to your kids about 9/11
If your kids are like ours and asking questions about 9/11, you’re looking for appropriate sources to help you explain it to them rather that some network keeps replaying plane crash video footage over and over again. That’s why year after year we turn to...
Web Coolness: Star Wars in Minecraft, Forty over 40, and maybe the best use of Photoshop ever.
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web from this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. The entire Star Wars movie in Minecraft. We know more than a few kids who will be going nuts for this. Fascinating: a day in the life of a NYC Taxi...
99 texting acronyms and phrases that every parent should know
By now, texting acronyms like LOL and OMG are pretty pervasive in pop culture; my daughter knew them in preschool, you hear them from the least hip anchors on TV morning shows, and heck, your own parents probably have texted you an LOL at some point. But when...
Web Coolness: Limiting screen time for kids, iOS8 news for parents, and more
Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. What a fun, simple DIY tech photo project. This is such a sweet letter from a mom to her son on why she limits screen time. Here’s how to text...
Cricket’s Circle: The baby registry help you’re looking for
The new site Cricket’s Circle is out to clear things up for new parents. And we get it; accurate baby registry help is hard to come by and it’s hard to figure out exactly what to include in yours. In fact, it can be one of the most confusing parts of being...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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