It’s every parents’ worst nightmare that something scary will happen to their child. It’s a fear that at times seems suffocating until I step back and remind myself that it’s very unlikely anything will happen to my daughter. But I still worry. [Read More]
In today’s tech-centric age, “taking a vacation” has taken on a whole new meaning. It’s not just about escaping your daily routine, home and office. It has become about taking a trip away from our technology.
(A crazy thought, right? Not really.)
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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]
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.
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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 [Read More]
“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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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]
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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