Dealing With Your Personal Device

It’s important to recognize when your kids get stressed.  Stick to routines and schedule technology-free downtime of 15-30 minutes each day, so kids can read, draw, listen to music, or nap. Maybe even go a step further and mark some complete device-free days on the calendar. Finding ways to unwind with fun and entertaining alternatives to technology on these days […]

Technology Travel Tips for The Holidays

Five  Travel Tips for The Holidays If you have ever forgotten or misplaced a device, you’re in good company. Lots of people forget to retrieve their devices from wherever they’ve been.  Panic may be instantaneous or delayed depending on when the device is discovered missing!  Whether traveling by plane, train, or automobile, or just visiting Grandma’s house across […]

Echo Dot Dot Dot…

Remember when you first learned how to echo?  Maybe you were on a hike and your voice reflected off a wall or mountain.  Maybe you were imitating or repeating everything said by your best friend.  Maybe you were eliciting a sympathetic response to a sentiment expressed. Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses a smart […]

LiveMe: Live Streaming App or Pedophile’s Online Paradise?

Live streaming– Teens and adults are using it more and more to broadcast, chat, share and follow one another. But let’s take a look at the popular live streaming LiveMe app and explore who uses it, who benefits from it, what are the safeguards and is it appropriate for 13+ as suggested. LiveMe first advertised itself as the number […]

YouTube Safety: Get Involved

Are you involved with  kids safety online, especially when it comes to YouTube? If so, what tips could you offer other parents about  keeping kids safe on YouTube? What are some safety factors that parents tend to overlook but that are of vital importance to know about YouTube? When using YouTube ask yourself the following: Do you know […]