Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa finance skills
Next up in our Alexa Organization Series, we’re sharing some of our favorite Alexa finance skills to help you keep your family budget it check. Whether you want to track your investments or keep up with your spending, even pay you bills, here are 4 finance...
Curb Your Screen Addiction series: Narrating your phone use aloud
Next up in our Curb Your Screen Addiction series, we’re featuring our easiest tip yet. This one comes from Kristen and Liz’s interview with The Art of Screen Time author and NPR commentator Anya Kamenetz, who offers some excellent, non-alarmist advice on...
Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa meal planning skills
With the new year starting up, if you’re like me, you’ve got organization on your mind. I’ve found that using my Amazon Echo — which is strategically placed in our kitchen, the hub of our house — can be a huge help. So, we’re...
Thinking Parent: A family that games together stays together
As a mom of four kids, I get all sorts of questions asked of me by friends and strangers alike. You can probably guess what they are. “How do you do it?” “Do you ever sleep?” and then a question about whether my kids get along, which is...
Curb Your Screen Addiction series: Turning off your notifications
Next up in our series on how to curb your screen addiction, we’re tackling the issue of notifications. Back when I first got a smartphone, those little red numbers next to my apps filled me with excitement. Someone had messaged me! Or liked my photo! Today, I...
Curb Your Screen Addiction series: Using the grayscale setting on your smartphone
As we continue our New Year’s series on how to curb your screen addiction, I’m excited to share our next tip since it’s been one that’s been so helpful in managing my own tech habits. Plus, it’s a change you can make in literally 5...
Curb Your Screen Addiction series: Make a tech-free sacred space in your home
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...
This viral iPhone keyboard trick really works
tThis morning I was scrolling through Facebook and found several friends had shared this iPhone keyboard trick that I had never seen before. And well, of course I had to give it a try. Guess what? It totally works, and it’s a gamechanger. Related: A smart trick...
This might just be the best way to organize your iPhone apps
I’ve tried many different approaches to organizing my iPhone apps, but the same thing always happens: I can’t find the ones I need when I need them. Logic says you leave your most-used apps on the main page, then put the others in files, but it turns out,...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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.
We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.
We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.
(Answer: It's complicated.)
We're so glad you're here! And we hope we can help you too.
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At-Home Learning Help
* 14 very cool virtual summer camps for kids
* 8 of our favorite online educational resources
* 10 awesome online STEM camps for kids this summer
* Homeschooling 101: Tips for newbies
* 8 ideas for homeschool schedules that may work for you
* Creative ways to socialize online
* 5 audiobook apps keep us entertained and learning
* The best ways to clean and disinfect your phones and gadgets
* 15 awesome podcasts to keep kids engaged
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