Toddlers & TV & Screens Oh My
Our rule of thumb on the hot-debated topic of toddlers, TV, and screentime. Is there a right time to introduce programming as an actual activity?
Our rule of thumb on the hot-debated topic of toddlers, TV, and screentime. Is there a right time to introduce programming as an actual activity?
A longtime reader is trying to conceive now and needs help finding an online community that doesn’t indulge in cutesy talk. Would love your thoughts.
A reader needs advice about handling inappropriate comments, that are creeping her out, from a stranger on her personal blog. What should she do?
‘Tis the season for online shopping, which means it’s also the season for fraud. Protect yourself and don’t panic if it happens to you.
Should you let your kids get Snapchat? This popular app is creative, real and fun but also comes with some big drawbacks.
Happy to share our “Screen Time Dollars” printable and system since they’ve been working great in Brenda’s house for her newly implemented incentive-based rewards system.
We’ve uncovered a gem! Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda created a number of short educational rap videos for PBS’ The Electric Company several years ago and they are brilliant!
Did you ever check your teen’s texts and find yourself horrified by what their friends are saying? A reader wants to know if she’s overreacting.
A reader is worried her young teen son’s girlfriend is a bad influence; there’s lots to unpack, here, but I give it my best shot.
I don’t know if this has been obvious from my writing over the years, but… I am not exactly the hippest mother on the planet. Or the most permissive. This is why it comes as such a surprise to me that I absolutely love Snapchat.
Ever wonder what it’s like to date online? Here’s a little insight into the online dating adventures of a single mom.
Last week, my my 11-year-old son asked if he could sign up for an Instagram account. This was definitely an eye-opening experience for me and my husband and taught us an important lesson about our kids online.
An important topic for our teenagers, who may not grasp the concept of the long term consequences of what they are posting on social media.
Is talking about the Internet the new Sex Talk? I think about this a lot already, ESPECIALLY as a parent who blogs and uses an array of social networks and shares quite a bit about my life online.
A quick-n-dirty primer on copyright, trademarks and mommyblogging.
The other day, my husband expressed his concern that Henry is, at the tender age of 5 and a few months, a computer semi-illiterate. Surprising as this may be for the child of two parents who are on the computer almost all the time, Henry…