If you're like me, you spend a lot of your day texting your spouse and kids, or calling to check in on them and coordinate schedules. Don't even get me started on the number of emails I send.
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While I consider myself to be tech-savvy, thank you notes are just one of those things that I always hand-write and make my kids do the same. And on the receiving end, there is something special nowadays when I receive a hand-written anything in the mail, which is why I'm digging a new iOS app and website-based service called lettrs.
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This time of year always brings about the same symphony of sounds in my house: namely, sneezes, wheezes and sniffles from dreaded seasonal allergies. The daily doses of Claritin help, but I've discovered a high-tech solution has provided additional relief inside the home.
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Here is a typical weeknight in my house. After dinner is made and I have digested, the dishes are all done and I hear snoring out of the monitor.... I think, YAY I can go sit down and wait for Jon Stewart. But then I remember, I have to pack her lunch.
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We've been big fans of the RedRover app since it first launched (and you heard it here first!), but let's just say their 3.0 version is completely different, and honestly the best yet. So much so that once you've downloaded, you will truly wonder how you ever survived without it.
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Mother's Day seems to have crept up on me this year and I have found myself in the past couple of days scrambling for last-minute gifts for special moms in my life.
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You know those things you don't even know you need until you try them? And then you realize they're so great you never want to live without them? That's the new tap technology of this super cool faucet.
With a second grader in the house who is increasingly reliant on the computer for homework and projects, I'm finding myself becoming much more vigilant about what he's doing when online, and researching ways to be better about monitoring screen and game time online.
With two tweens, I'm increasingly aware of all the trouble they might get into using social media like Instagram, Facebook and especially SnapChat, A.K.A. "the sexting app"--eep!
The Honest Company Jessica Alba and Christopher Gaffigan's awesomely pure baby company we've featured before on Cool Mom Picks has gone tech with its a new mobile app. And it is good.
As parents, we're huge proponents, obviously, of Internet safety and the many tools and services to help us out in that arena.
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