Parenting and Technology

Looking for something to keep your kids occupied for ten minutes or a couple hours? Something that entertains but also educates, uplifts, and encourages creativity and interaction? Then consider the benefits of scavenger hunts for kids. Whether you organize an outdoor scavenger hunt—where…

If you’ve spent any time as a parent, you’ve doubtless been swarmed with other parents, teachers, or articles advocating reading as a key component in your child’s development and telling you how to motivate your child to read. Reading is a hard thing…

Tech has become an indispensable part of our lives. Most of us can hardly remember what it was like before cell phones and computers (we’ll chalk that up to our youthfulness rather than our memory loss. . .), and our kids have never…

Nowadays you can find an app for just about anything. Soccer tips? There’s an app for that. Pet care? There’s an app for that. You name it—there’s an app. Many of these apps serve as great tools for kids. They can use an…

I tend to trust the experts. When Guy Fieri told me (and millions of other viewers) to check out a burger joint in San Diego, I’m glad I listened. That was a delicious (if not entirely healthy) burger, fries, and shake combo. I…

Tech is an integral part of our world. Even for us adults who didn’t grow up with smartphones and laptops, tech is something we use on a daily basis. While technology provides us with amazing tools, too much tech use can be a…

Remember that time you looked at a pair of shoes online, and then you noticed ads for those same shoes showing up everywhere, from social media feeds to websites you visited? By this point, we’ve gotten used to the idea of companies watching…

Moms, can we talk for a minute, mom to mom, about social media and teenage body image and how our teenagers are impacted by the messages they hear and see on social media? I was going to say our teenage daughters, but then…