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Do you have a friend or relative who struggles with online etiquette and digital faux pas? Tell us their story (with their permission or by leaving their name anonymous, of course) for a chance to win [Read More]

November 8th, 2013|Stuff|

My Dot Complicated Story: Sharing My Miscarriage Publicly

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In my mind, Facebook is one singular friend with multiple personalities. My Facebook postings are normally a healthy mix of positivity and snark. As a general rule, I do not air my dirty laundry, though, so when I had a [Read More]

November 8th, 2013|Fam|

My Dot Complicated Story: The Impact of One Small Decision

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Three years ago, I made the decision to put the phone on silent when I drove my children. To help control any sudden urges to check the screen, I put the phone in my purse and placed it on the floorboard of [Read More]

November 7th, 2013|Fam|

My Dot Complicated Story: Private Pain in a Public Life

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My husband and I divorced when my son was five. School was hard. He was bullied daily. Scratch that. Hourly! Every day, I was met with a child who had been sent to the principals office, told he was a bad kid, [Read More]

November 6th, 2013|Fam|

Kid Complicated: Childhood Isn’t What It Used To Be

I love those commercials on TV where the 12-year-old kids are looking at the 8-year-old kids saying, “Man, those kids have it good. Remember when we had to wait a whole minute for a YouTube video to buffer?” “Yeah, I had to wait 30 seconds just to see a sneezing panda.” “Those kids wouldn’t last [Read More]

August 10th, 2013|Fam|

Our Favorite Time-Saving Apps And Tools

Is your calendar fully marked up with work meetings, appointments, and deadlines? Do you feel like sometimes there just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done?

Whether you’re running a business or simply running a household, staying up to date with emails, paperwork and schedules can be downright exhausting.

That’s why [Read More]

August 10th, 2013|Life|

Top Pinterest Tips For Parents: Inspiring Kids To Learn

With summer in full swing, many parents are using Pinterest to discover endless ideas on how to keep their kids engaged and learning over the summer. In fact, people pin more than 500,000 education-related pins every day.

Productive activities such as science experiments, reading lists, and outdoor crafts [Read More]

August 10th, 2013|Fam|

5 Ways To Make Money From Renting Stuff You Already Own

The Internet has made it easier than ever for people to make money from things they already own. From renting out your car, your house or even your wet suit, you can make bank while sitting on your butt (or still being active, whatever works).

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Here are [Read More]

August 8th, 2013|Stuff|

How To Declutter Your Facebook Friends

Hey, it’s perfectly ok to periodically go through your Facebook friend list and unfriend those you don’t keep in touch with anymore. We all have that random acquaintance who friended us after one brief interaction, or that friend of a friend we vaguely remember. We’re not designed to keep in touch with every single person [Read More]

August 6th, 2013|Life|

10 Tips To Avoid Posting Something You Might Regret

If 1 in 4 young adults regret some posts on social media, I expect it’s the same, or higher, for many older adults. Since we live in a time where what you post could remain permanently attached to your name, it might be important to add some quality checks and preventative measures to your social [Read More]

July 31st, 2013|Help|