Using Pinterest To Get Ready For Back To School
8 Great Back to School Tips for Parents on Pinterest: Get price drop notifications by pinning product pins -- Pinterest will alert you when the price drops so you can get the best deals for back to school. Create individual boards for each child to make it easy to organize different ideas and inspiration. Install the Pinterest iPhone or Android app to grab ideas on the go. Find a pin [Read More]
How Social Media Has Forever Changed Parenting
I became a mother at the dawn of the Internet and watched technology and social media change parenting in ways I could never have imagined. I got my first email address in the months before my last child was born and thus my family has quite literally grown up in parallel with the World Wide [Read More]
6 Hacks For Buying A Car Online
Buying a new car is no easy task. With an infinite amount of options and ongoing conversations with salespeople, making the perfect purchase can seem overwhelming. When you’re first starting out, we believe it’s always important to do your research. Here are several of our favorite apps and websites that give you great information so [Read More]
Helping Your Child Choose A Book Over Tech
A lot of us parents worry that the expansion of digital technology into our children’s lives will result in them reading less than kids of previous generations. It turns out that we needn’t worry at all. Children today are reading more than ever, in both digital and print forms, says a Scholastic Kids and Family [Read More]
If We Can’t Have “Face Time,” At Least We Have FaceTime
“Is Daddy coming home tonight?” my daughter often asks. She usually chooses to loudly ask this question at the worst possible time – when we’re in a crowded location like a mall or grocery store – the kind of places that elicit stares as people wonder why a four year-old would have to ask whether [Read More]
How To Actually Give Your Child A “Leg Up”
In 1996 a young couple, Julie and Bill Clark, from Alpharetta, Georgia, invested $18,000 of their savings to produce a VHS (remember those?) called Baby Einstein. Julie, a former teacher and stay-at-home mom, and her entrepreneurial husband quickly added an extensive line of videos with names like Baby Van Gogh and Baby Mozart. This kicked [Read More]
My Son Is More Tech-Savvy Than I Am
I am a true lover of all things tech and would even consider myself a tech-o-maniac; however, since becoming a parent I haven’t been as enthused about keeping up with the latest trends. Why? I am terrified my kid will be exponentially smarter than me in terms of technology. As a parent I want to [Read More]
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]