kids and tech

Tech Hacks to Stay Connected During Family Travel Abroad

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Traveling Abroad With Kids? These 13 Tech Hacks will Keep the Whole Family Connected: Picture this: you survived the red-eye, wrangled two carry-ons and a car seat through customs, and finally collapsed onto the hotel bed. Then your youngest asks for their favorite show, and the app flashes an error message. Or you get to

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Teaching Kids That Not Every Career Needs a Four-Year Degree

A 4-year college is NOT right for all students, and isn't the only path to a well-paying, in-demand career. Does your kid know their options?

Now that both my kids are in high school (!), we’re starting to think about what they want to do after they graduate. They are so fortunate to attend a large regional high school, where each graduating class is about twice the size of my entire high school (!!). Because of this, they have opportunities

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Fun and Easy Ways for Kids to Learn Coding

Want to encourage your kids to learn to code? From free apps and games to kid-friendly bootcamps, there's a program for every budget.

In my last post, I wrote about the importance of imaginative play for helping children develop problem-solving skills, creativity, and the ability to collaborate with others. Likewise, when kids learn coding, they gain so many more valuable skills than you might think. Should kids learn coding? Absolutely! Coding for kids is a basic skill that

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Protect Kids Online: Do’s and Don’ts for Parents

Do you know how to protect kids online? It's easier than you might think to keep kids safe on the internet, but takes some planning.

Most of us who are parents now are raising children in an era unlike anything we grew up with. Artificial intelligence was the stuff of science fiction, people didn’t carry computers in their pockets because smartphones didn’t exist, and social media was also nonexistent. Thus it makes sense that figuring out how to protect your

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