Parenting
What Parents Need to Know About COPPA
What Parents Need to Know About COPPA What is COPPA? The COPPA Act (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) was passed by Congress in 1998. It’s...
What No One Wants to Say About Teens, Screen Time, and Depression
What No One Wants to Say About Teens, Screen Time, and Depression Last year I read several articles on teens, screen time, and depression. I’ll...
Ultimate Technology Book and Podcast List for Parents
*This post contains affiliate links. Ultimate Technology Book and Podcast List for Parents It’s no secret I love reading and listening to technology podcasts. I...
5 Media Resolutions Your Family Should Make in 2018
5 Media Resolutions Your Family Should Make in 2018 The start of a year is always a great time to discuss parenting issues. And to...
Holiday Party Bar: The Ultimate Stress-Free Way to Entertain
Holiday Party Bar: The Ultimate Stress-Free Way to Entertain It's the holidays! I’m excited to gather with family and friends. For me, that means it’s the...
Giving Your College Student What They Need This Holiday Season
Giving Your College Student What They Need This Holiday Season Last year as I passed the halfway mark of my 12-14-hour commute from North Dakota...
Best Tech Gifts for College Kids
*This post contains affiliate links. Best Tech Gifts for College Students If you have a kiddo in college, I'm sure you're wondering how you are...
Mean Girls Online: The Grown-Up Bullies You’re Trying to Avoid
Mean Girls Online: The Grown-Up Bullies You’re Trying to Avoid I bet you thought when high school ended, you’d finally be free of the mean...
The Best Tech Gifts for Kids
*This post contains affiliate links. The Best Tech Gifts for Kids Technology makes toys way more interesting! To indulge this techy twitch, I've created a...
How to Talk to Kids About Cyberbullying
How to Talk to Kids About Cyberbullying As we head into September and a new school year, we prepare our kids in many ways. We...
Texting Terms Every Parent Should Know
Texting Terms Every Parent Should Know There are some things we need to know as parents. Texting terms are now on that list. I get...
The Cords That Connect Us: Friendship On The Web
The Cords That Connect Us: Friendship On The Web Remember when you were a kid, and there was always someone who claimed they had a...
Summer Audiobooks for the Entire Family
Summer Audiobooks for the Entire Family It's finally summer vacation! For many families, summertime means road trips and family vacations. And while the destination is...
Summer Technology Ideas for Teens
*This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclosure here. Summer Technology Ideas for Teens It’s summer! And while the first few days...
Summer Technology Ideas for Kids
Summer Technology Ideas for Kids Now that we're into the hot days of summer, you may find yourself struggling to keep your kids occupied. The...
5 Tips for Setting Summertime Screen Time Rules
5 Tips for Setting Summertime Screen Time Rules With summertime rapidly approaching, you may want to think about setting screen limits for your child. Whether...
5 Smart Strategies for Helping Kids Balance Media Usage
5 Smart Strategies for Helping Kids Balance Media Usage Helping our kids balance media usage is one of the big challenges of 21st-century parenting. Many...
The Blue Whale Challenge and Other Dangerous Social Media Games
The blue whale challenge, a dangerous social media game, has been causing fears among parents recently. This "game" has been allegedly responsible for at least...
The Right Age to Introduce Kids to Social Media
The Right Age to Introduce Kids to Social Media I often joke with my parents about how I was their best child. I’m one of...
Helping our kids tell truth from fiction
Helping our kids tell truth from fiction We are in the information age. But, not everything we read is truthful. Are we able to tell...