Attention, parents of fourth graders! With the newly launched Every Kid in a Park initiative, your fourth grader can bring family and friends into our national parks, forests, seashores, wildlife refuges, and more for FREE for an entire year....
Tidy Tech >> Parenting & Kids
Fix It: Kids Dropped My iPad Now the Display is All Funky
If you drop your iPad and now can't read the display, here's how to restore the colors to normal. You won't believe this fix!...
Aha! Finally a Way to Limit Time on the iPad
If you have young kids you might be familiar with "Guided Access" for the iPhone or iPad, which locks the device on one chosen app. With iOS 8, you can further restrict use by setting a time limit. Hurray! Here's how....
No Ordinary Gift Registry – More Fun & Less Stuff with SoKind
SoKind is an online registry service that encourages the giving of homemade gifts, charitable donations, secondhand goods, experiences, time, day-of-event help, and more....
Two Little Mice Agree: ABCMouse.com is Awesome
I signed Avery up for ABCMouse.com, a fun and creative educational program for preschoolers and kindergarteners. She loves it, and I may never get my computer back!...
Three Tech Toys Under Our Tree This Year and One That Is Not
Introducing three of the tech toys that will be under our tree this year (and one that will not), chosen because Santa believes they will be either fun or useful....
Jazzing Up the Desktop
What's boring? Default icons. I just jazzed up my Mac desktop with some fun alternatives. It's super easy to change them. Even better, I used this trick to help my son find the Spelling City website that he uses for homework every week. Now he can find it easily by clicking on "his macaw"....
I Let My Seven Year Old Have Email
I let my seven year old have email, and it's a lot of fun! The free Maily app for iPad lets Brian send his own special notes to family members, helping foster strong family ties....
Easy & Creative Thank You Notes
With apologies to Emily Post, I've adopted some social etiquette shortcuts with the help of technology. See how I replaced handwritten thank-you notes with an easy and creative alternative using PicMonkey....
Faces and Places: Turn Off Geo-Tagging
Turning off photo geotagging helps protect your faces and places. Here's how....
