Reflections on 2016’s Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day
Earlier this year, former White Sox ringer, Adam LaRoche, retired from baseball—and a $13 million-dollar-a-year salary—after being told his 14-year-old son could no longer be in the locker room with him. This expensive decision brought up, once again, the impossibility of a complete 50-50 work / life balance. So one has to choose, family first or [Read More]
Social Media’s Impact on Modern Parenting
It’s no secret that we are living in an increasingly digital society. This is a beautiful advancement, enhancing our lives in ways unimaginable a decade ago. We use our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices to log on and communicate wirelessly with our friends and family around the world. Today our cell phones are allowing [Read More]
Top 5 Baby & Parenting Apps
The Bump | Week-by-Week Pregnancy and Newborn Tracker - By The Knot Inc. This is a true gift for all the pregnant ladies and current mothers. The Bump offers real-time parenting advice through a feed of content personalized to the week of your pregnancy or your newborn’s development. With this app, you can get all [Read More]
Top 5 Digital Dad Apps
UN Foundation Social Good Fellow, co-author of Content Rules, and father of two, C.C. Chapman is a self-proclaimed Digital Dad and proud of it. “Having two teenagers in the house, tech is a big part of our lives.” Here are C.C.'s Top 5 favorite Digital Dad apps: 1) Bring! - This is a shared grocery list / [Read More]
The Bump Best of Baby Tech Awards
Owlet Baby Monitor, The Bump Best of Baby Tech Audience Award Winner The Bump is one of the largest pregnancy and parenting brands for Millennials, providing everything one needs to know about raising a baby through different websites, apps, and smart devices and Thursday at CES, The Bump, together with Living in Digital Times, producers of the [Read More]
Apps for the Holiday Season
The kids are out of school, the presents all will soon be played with—what's a family to do?? Here are a few family-friendly apps to use to keep your holidays stress free! CUT THE ROPE: HOLIDAY GIFT (Free on iOS; Original version only FREE on Android)— Gamers of all platforms can enjoy this popular puzzle [Read More]
5 Must-Have Apps for Moms
Mompreneurs Kate Nowlan and Kimberly Caccavo of the for-women, by-women athletic apparel brand, GRACEDBYGRIT, gave Dot Complicated their Top 5 must-have mom apps Teamsnap — (iOS & Android; Free) Track where and when the kids’ sporting events are. Aeries — (iOS only; Free) Check the kids’ grades to make they're where they should be. Kindle— (iOS & Android; Free) When [Read More]
Radio Recap: Mompreneurs
Balancing the stresses of running your own company while raising a family is no easy feat. Kimberly Caccavo and Kate Nowlan are co-founders of GRACEDBYGRIT, an athletic apparel line designed, built, and run by women for women. Aimed for use on both land and at sea, all of the GRACEDBYGRIT apparel is UPF 50 and [Read More]