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Curb Your Screen Addiction series: Make a tech-free sacred space in your home

Curb Your Screen Addiction series: Make a tech-free sacred space in your home

by Caroline Siegrist | Tips and Tricks

Who else here is planning to curb your screen addiction in 2019? As parents, we often spend so much time worrying about our kids’ screen time (and how to preserve my sanity during a 700th viewing of Cars 3), but everything I’ve heard and read points to me...
These glasses have us asking ourselves if this is real life or is this just fantasy?

These glasses have us asking ourselves if this is real life or is this just fantasy?

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories

Sorry for the earworm, but the second I saw these IRL Glasses on Kickstarter, I couldn’t stop singing Bohemian Rhapsody, because they seem pulled right out of a sci-fi movie or Black Mirror. If you think I’m exaggerating, you need to see what they can do....
Thinking Parent: Tackling screen time in your home begins with looking in the mirror.

Thinking Parent: Tackling screen time in your home begins with looking in the mirror.

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

A few weeks ago, my youngest was angry with me about losing her iPad privileges, and in her fit of rage yelled “I bet you couldn’t be without your phone for 12 hours.” We all know that the truth hurts, but to hear it out of the mouth of your child...
What’s the best way to manage your kid’s screen time? This expert’s answer might surprise you!

What’s the best way to manage your kid’s screen time? This expert’s answer might surprise you!

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

We often get asked the best way for parents to manage their kid’s screen time, and while we have our own opinions about screen time management, we never miss an opportunity to get another expert’s opinion. That’s exactly what Kristen did on this...
The Light Phone lets you ditch your smartphone. Is this what it’s come to?

The Light Phone lets you ditch your smartphone. Is this what it’s come to?

by Kristen Chase | Gear + Hardware

A few years ago, we featured the Kickstarter campaign for The Light Phone, a gadget that was designed to help people separate themselves from their smartphones. Well, they’ve recently launched The Light Phone 2 and it’s blowing up Indiegogo. And no...
New study says too much screen time leads to unhappy teens

New study says too much screen time leads to unhappy teens

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you’ve been concerned about the amount of screen time your teens might be consuming, you’ve actually got some cause. According to a new study, teens who spent more time on their devices were less happy than those who invested more time in other...
A new WiFi booster that does way more than boost your WiFi. Take note, parents!

A new WiFi booster that does way more than boost your WiFi. Take note, parents!

by Kate Etue | Internet Safety

My internet at home has been so slow lately, so I recently upgraded to the top-of-the-line WiFi option our cable company offers. Even still, our service can get spotty when 6 people all arrive home, and want to get online at the same time. So I was excited for the...
How to disable an iPad touchscreen using Guided Access: A huge lifesaver for parents

How to disable an iPad touchscreen using Guided Access: A huge lifesaver for parents

by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks

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...
6 things that happened when I banned screen time in my home for two months

6 things that happened when I banned screen time in my home for two months

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you’re like me, then you do your best to manage screen time using myriad methods. In our house, I’ve done The Marble Jar to read for screens, and pretty much everything in between. And still, there are tantrums and arguments when it’s time to get...
Summer screen time making you nuts? Here’s how to manage it, parents.

Summer screen time making you nuts? Here’s how to manage it, parents.

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you’re like us, then your kids having been begging for screen time the second they got out of school. But hey, just because you’re home more doesn’t necessarily mean you get more time on your screens, kids. So, to help you manage the summer screen...
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 Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks 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.

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