Here’s what happened when this teen deleted all his social media accounts.

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

When it comes to smart phone addiction, we’ve done our own experiments with putting away our phones around our kids here at Cool Mom Tech. We’ve even used various techniques to manage screen time for our own kids and tweens. That’s why we were so...

Parents, your screen time could be affecting your kid’s behavior.

by Kristen Chase | Social Media

Just when you thought you needed to worry about your kid’s screen time, it turns out that the amount of time you spend on your phone could be affecting your child’s behavior. According to a new study conducted at the University of Michigan with 170...

New study says screen time during the day is affecting your toddler’s sleep at night

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you’ve got toddlers on screens during the day, a new study out of England suggests it could be cutting into their sleep at night. And as we parents know, sleep is a precious commodity. Looking at data from about 700 British families, researchers discovered...

Put screen time management in your kids’ hands with the free unGlue app.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

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...

8 smart ways parents can manage screen time and not lose their minds

by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks

We’ve found that managing screen time is one of the most common across-the-board challenges parents in this digital age face. And hey, with six kids between us, we understand how difficult it can be, especially when just going gadget-free is not a feasible...

Screen Time Manager: Our cool free app of the week

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

It’s hard enough to juggle the after-school routine of dinner, signing homework folders, and making sure the laundry is done for tomorrow, not to mention screen time management. But lately I’ve been using the free Screen Time Manager app (for iOS or...

6 screen time management solutions that work, from been-there-done-that parents

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

With kids out of school and summer officially here, I’m pretty sure most parents are struggling to figure out how to manage their kids’ screen time. We’ve featured lots of screen time management ideas here on Cool Mom Tech, as well as smart gadgets...

Our editors’ most helpful tech tips of the year: Editors’ Best Tech of 2015

by Cool Mom Team | Editors' Picks of the Year

Over the course of the year on Cool Mom Tech, we’ve put together so many helpful tech tips and tricks, many of which are answers to reader questions we get via email, over Twitter, on Facebook, and heck, even from our friends and family in person! So we’ve...

KiDCASE is a clever, new iPad smart case that puts more screentime control in parents’ hands

by Nicole Blades | Uncategorized

Watching our kids maneuver their way through all this new tech is a joy. It’s just so cool to see how much they’re doing and learning on these glowing gadgets. But the other side of that is trying to stay on top of what they’re watching, monitoring...

Smartphone addiction: 5 things I learned when I put away my phone around my kids for a week

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

I’ve often wondered if I’ve had a bit of a smartphone addiction, seeing as how my iPhone often functions as my third arm. Or second brain. As a busy work-at-home-mom who runs her own business, my smartphone allows me freedoms that I wouldn’t...