Smartphones and the internet now dominate our daily lives. We use different kinds of internet-enabled electronics every day who have become our main source of learning, entertainment, and interaction with others. With all these digital devices, we can reach out to our loved ones very quickly, regardless of distance. The advantages of internet access for […]
Google #DigitalWellbeing Tools for YOUR Family Wellbeing
This post was sponsored by Google in partnership with the Forward Influence Network so I could fill you in on these Google #DigitalWellbeing Tools for YOUR family wellbeing. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The internet is an awesome thing, friends! Think about all the things we can do with a computer or phone […]
The Family Link You Need for Your Family’s Screen Time!
Thank you to Google for sponsoring this post and compensating me as part of the Mom It Forward Influencer Network so I can fill you in on the family link YOU need! All opinions are 100% my own. Ahhh! Any other parents panicking a bit over how to handle all this technology with our kiddos […]
Screen Time Balance
It’s probably fair to say that we all spend too much time in front of screens these days. I’m in front of one right now writing these thoughts down, and I know I will be back in front of it later on today. When it comes to our kids, we often let them spend their […]
myCharge It Up this Mother’s Day!
****Thanks to myCharge for sponsoring today’s post with compensation and the HubMax 9000mAh portable charger so I could share this fab new product with you!**** So here’s the thing, friends, I’ve become “terribly important” in my own life. As in, when the SignUp Genius link for the school’s Teacher Appreciation luncheon goes around, a gal’s gotta […]
Track Milestones and Don’t Miss a Single Step
When I kicked off this parenting gig, I had it all perfectly lined out. I had the baby book at the ready AND a blank stork-themed calendar that would allow me to make daily entries recording notes about my son’s activities and development after he was born. It was a gorgeous affair–that lasted for a solid […]
Where the Boomers and the Millennials Meet Up
I get the Sunday paper every week. And I actually read it. Like, sit at the table, try desperately to ignore my children, and bury my nose in the newsprint so I can pretend to have some idea of what is happening in the rest of the world on the other six days of the […]
Time to Trade In and Get Phone Fancy!
We had a very sorrowful day last week. My husband’s phone screen cracked. Together, we just sat and stared at it, as if we could some how will it back into wholeness. You see, we aren’t due for new phones until next summer, so he was looking at a whole year of a shattered view with an […]
Go Hollywood with Your Kids: UrLife
Aren’t our fancy smartphones fabulous? It is entirely possible to capture almost every minute of your child’s life with one sleek device. Back in my day, video recording required more large equipment than NASA’s shuttle launches and there was this crazy thing called rolls of film. You’d drop them off at your local Kmart, wait […]
Need an Extra Shot of Energy? Win It with MyCharge!
Did you know that the average smartphone users checks their phone 110 times per day and that 2.7 hours of that is just for fun? Did you also know that without an available power source 77% of phone users will have a dead battery by 4pm? Whether at work or play all of these things […]
