Hey Busy Parents! The Tovala Steam Oven & Meals Is Your Automated, Personal Chef (Review)
Review of the Tovala Steam which cooks with steam, convection baking, & broiling. Tovala Meals are healthy & delicious & perfect for busy parents & professionals. The combination of the two is a life-saver for families looking to have healthy meals with minimal prep and cleanup time.
7 Tips for Facebook Messenger for Back to School, Students & Parents
Facebook Messenger offers a variety of features that students and parents might find particularly helpful for Back to School and during the school year.
Parents & Kids – Set Up Emergency Bypass on your iOS10 Device Now!
For parents & kids, it’s critical to be able to connect via calls or texting. Setting up Emergency Bypass on iOS10 lets you get around “do not disturb.”
An Open Letter to Parents Picking Up Kids from School
An Open Letter to parents who drive or pick their children up from school. Some advice to take or leave as parents see fit.
Asking for Children’s Email Addresses in Stores – Bad Practice or Even Illegal?
Should brick & mortar stores be allow to ask for children’s email addresses or should laws similar to COPPA apply? A concerned father’s thoughts.
12 Ways the Apple Watch Helps You Be a More Efficient Parent
12 ways that the Apple Watch helps parents be more efficient and better managing their kids’ lives as well as their own.
Parents Guide to Social Media Apps Used by Kids
I was recently asked by a reader of my site (Denise) if I could put together a chart that lists out some of the main social media sites used by tweens and teens and if I could provide some commentary on how they are dangerous (or not) for kids – essentially, a Parents Guide to […]
Less “Stranger Danger” – Kik Messenger Updates App Over Privacy Concerns
Back in mid-2012, I wrote an article about the “dangerous” combination of Kik Messenger and Instagram. The article turned out to be quite popular (and controversial) in a few ways. Parents didn’t know about Kik nor how the “Kik me at” functionality was working with Instagram. Over 2 years later, Kik Messenger has taken a […]
The Back-To-School Hard Drive Questions: Use for Backups or Media? Size vs. Size?
Schools are booting up in the coming weeks and students are also Ctrl-Alt-Deleting their brains to get ready to upload GBs of essential data into their minds to help them maintain their upgradability down the line. As part of the back-to-school process, parents often need to think about the tech that they will provide their […]
Parents Be Warned! Ask.fm is a Dangerous & Deadly Social Site for Teens & Tweens
Back in 2012, I wrote about some potential dangers surrounding the Instagram and Kik Messenger combination. By now, hopefully many parents know what to look for and how to combat this social danger. Recently, I started to investigate a new social danger for kids, specifically Ask.fm which actually has a few documented teen suicides attributed […]
Did You Miss Us? We’ve Been Licking Lemon Ant Butts! Cast of Dads Podcast #57
Yep, we’re baaaack! Have you ever tried to organize the lives of 5 busy dads who are dispersed across the country and time zones? The image of herding cats comes to mind. The desire to record our Cast of Dads podcast is there, the free time, however, is not. Yeah, excuses, excuses. We did manage […]
Remember the Evil. Embrace the Good. Talk with your Kids.
Take a bucket full of water. Pour some oil into it, not too much, but enough so that is forms a small blob floating on the surface. Now find a large rock and drop it into the water and oil. What happens? Obviously there is a splash. And if you look down in the bucket, […]