Finding The Good
How to find balance with digital technology in our lives using Google’s digital wellbeing tools and tips. Digital technology is an integral part of our lives now, and it’s not going away. But sometimes we can feel overwhelmed by technology and the need to use our phones and devices all the time. We feel a need for more balance so… Read More
How to teach your kids to be kind on the internet using the free Be Internet Awesome games and lessons from Google! Parents, this article is a must-read. Give me five minutes to tell you why. When I first started blogging 5 years ago, the internet was a place that I felt was still very dangerous for kids. As a… Read More
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How to regulate and decrease screen time this summer. Help kids (and yourself) disconnect with media and connect with each other using these 7 tips. I will be the first to admit that I LOVE my electronic devices, specifically my cell phone. I use it every single day for work AND for fun. It does so much for me, just… Read More
I’ve been thinking about happy families lately. It’s September, it’s a new school year. My kidlets are growing up and I sometimes feel like I’m grasping at straws to keep us all together–to figure out the uncharted territory of teens and the new problems we face. Having a connected family is extremely important to me. I’m one of those that… Read More
Today we NEED to talk about what kids need to know about being safe online. I’ve always been a huge promoter of safe internet for children. I believe the internet is not going away anytime soon and that our children have to learn to work online and use social media safely. But because there is so much online garbage and social… Read More
Every so often I talk about SAFETY on this blog. Well, I recently learned about how dangerous TVs or flat screens can be to small children if they are not secured down somehow. We actually are guilty of this for just one of our TVs. We have just recently moved and we didn’t have a lot of time to get… Read More
Follow my blog with Bloglovin So the other day I turned on the Safari internet on my iPad. I noticed that a child of mine had been surfing the internet for “Spy Kids 2” (the Disney movie). We have pretty strong rules at our house about kidlets searching through the internet unsupervised. My kidlets know they cannot search on the internet without… Read More
So my kidlets lately have been coming home from school saying that many of the children in their classes at Elementary School are talking about “all the stuff they see on YouTube.” They say it’s constant. Everyday. YouTube.com There’s a new study for Safer Internet Day out about YouTube that shows that children are only 3 clicks away from… Read More