technology

Parenting Tips & Advice

Creative ways to put your cell phone on lockdown

Does texting trump talking at your dinner table? Does your teen spend more quality time with his smartphone than you? Are you even...

Mom & Dad

Managing technology and family

Technology can certainly be convenient, but it can also be a distraction too. Unfortunately in many families, parents and children...

Child Development & Health

More than white noise

Children are exposed to almost four hours of background television a day on top of their active viewing time. Surprisingly even...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Reboot your holiday traditions tech style

You know how that old saying goes: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? You might want to consider updating some of your lovely (but...

Family Travel

Travel with kids: Should you take technology?

Do you dream of a vacation away from it all? No email, smartphone, computer -- nothing! Well, maybe just your iPhone... and your...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Parenting Guru: Want to raise a future innovator?

If you thought getting your kids “college-ready” was the key to a bright future, think again. Though business leaders, educators and...

Tech-savvy How-tos

How to extend your iPhone 5 battery life

With the newest Apple release of the iPhone 5, there's been much speculation about whether the battery life is all it's cracked up...

Kid-friendly

Using technology to connect with your teen

The more gadgets in your teenager's hands, the further they seem to drift from you. These days it is hard to have a conversation in...

Parenting Tips & Advice

When should your child start emailing?

You feel like you've just wrapped your head around the fact that your child has a cell phone and texts on it incessantly. But now...

Television

How to connect with other women in the digital world

In this fast-paced world, women have more than one way to connect with other women. Connecting digitally gives us a way to form...

Television

Relatable TV: 6 Ways to connect with Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake has always been big on social networks and digital devices, so it’s no surprise that her new show, The Ricki Lake Show,...

School Tips for Moms

Helping encourage technology in the classroom

We all know it’s essential that our kids are tech-savvy. They’re growing up in a world that’s ruled by technology, and that becomes...

School Tips for Moms

Back-to-school technology every kid needs

It’s back-to-school time again, and that means it’s time for you to hit the stores. You may be surprised when you see the supply...

School Tips for Moms

Techy mom: How learning today’s tech can help your kids in class

Technology permeates every aspect of our lives. Until recently, being computer savvy was enough to help your kids in class. Now,...

School Tips for Moms

Most creative uses of technology in schools

These days, technology is used in every realm of nearly every industry. To best prepare students for the ever-changing technology...

School Tips for Moms

Ways to save on back to school technology

According to the National Retail Federation, when it comes to back-to-school spending, parents of children in grades K-12 will spend...

School Tips for Moms

How Skype is being used in schools

Are you on Skype? If not, you should be! Skype is free software that allows users to make free phone calls and video chat with other...

School Tips for Moms

Today's tech: How kids communicate in and out of school

Forget about face-to-face conversations. Phone calls and emails are even a thing of the past. Today’s kids are using technology to...

School Tips for Moms

Keeping connected with your college student

Your college student is packing up and ready to head out into the world, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be in touch. We have a ton...

School Age Kids

When your iPad becomes a babysitter

Many would argue that iPads and other electronic devices have made parenting easier in recent years but are we depending upon them...

Dating Tips

5 Crazy dating apps

Dating in "the future" (which is now, by the way) is getting weirder and weirder, largely thanks to technology. Some gizmos we see...