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Your Favorite Memories Of Dad

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Happy Father’s Day! This week, we asked our readers to share their favorite memory with their dad. Here are some of the touching responses we received:

Childhood Memories

Dancing on his feet – him teaching me to waltz when I was 5 – Shelley [Read More]

June 15th, 2013|Fam|

Why You Should Dine Tech Free At Home

Last weekend I was visiting Coronado Island in California with two of my brothers. During a live, interesting lecture on the history of the gorgeous Hotel del Coronado, I found myself letting my mind wander a moment. I startled myself back into the present and wondered what I’d missed the speaker say. For a moment [Read More]

June 15th, 2013|Fam|

How Families Can Find Tech-Life Balance This Summer

Written by Randi Zuckerberg

My 2-year-old son Asher already knows how to navigate multiple apps and games on an iPad. As a parent, one of the questions I struggle with most in this increasingly digital world is how I can raise him with the right balance of tech in his life, while still showing [Read More]

June 12th, 2013|Fam|

Run Your Home Like You Run Your Business

Posted on 6/12/2013

Written by Abbie Schiller and Samantha Kurtzman-Counter

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Once a month I do my best to get together with the “girls” to go out, have some dinner and catch up on our busy lives.  What promises to be a night of culinary delights (hooray for not [Read More]

June 11th, 2013|Fam|

Awesome Tech Gifts For The Retro Dad

Posted on 6/12/2013

We all know a Dad who is into technology but is still nostalgic for ‘the good old days.’ For Father’s Day or just because, here are a few thoughtful gifts to bring back some classic retro touches into his life.

This unique SONY Walkman clock ($55.72, Etsy) is made from a recycled [Read More]

June 11th, 2013|Fam|

Why The World Needs Innovators And How Your Child Can Become One

Posted on 6/12/2013

Written by Glen Tripp

For many years, everyone from President Obama to CEOs to author Thomas Friedman has been calling for the development of a new generation of innovators. Indeed, our world needs innovators to build our economies, strengthen our democracies, solve big problems and pursue new opportunities.

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June 11th, 2013|Fam|

What’s Dot Complicated?

Dot Complicated is an online community aimed at “untangling” our modern, wired lives, created by Randi Zuckerberg. Technology has changed virtually every part of our lives: how we interact with friends and family, how we raise our children, how we announce major life news, how we find love, and how we manage our [Read More]

June 7th, 2013|Fam|

How To Live Life Completely “Hands Free”

 

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Recently, I have had the opportunity to speak to various groups of children about becoming an author. However, the minute I explain what my prospective book is about, the topic at hand goes right out the window and a bleak reality envelops me [Read More]

June 4th, 2013|Fam|

You Are Your Child’s Tech Role Model

Being a parent is an awesome responsibility.

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Kids, in particular, are strongly influenced by what they see and experience. As the wise saying goes, “Children learn what they live.”

Because we want efficient tools that help us manage our [Read More]

June 1st, 2013|Fam, Life|

Tips For Locating A Babysitter Online

Posted on 5/29/2013

Written by Liz Wassmann

As the end of the school year approaches, parents everywhere are scrambling to figure out who is going to watch their children all summer. Traditionally, parents find sitters through word-of-mouth recommendations. While it’s great to know that friends have used and trusted sitters, it can be hard to find [Read More]

May 28th, 2013|Fam, Help|