Technology

Texting and Driving

The week four topic in the LG Text Ed feature at BlogHer is Texting and Driving – a deadly combination for anyone but even more so for inexperienced teenage drivers. As my own son approaches driving age – I am acutely aware of all of the modern distractions that were not issues for me when [...]

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Prepaid Phones for Kids

For some reason – my mind is on phones today. I’ve done a lot of discussion about cell phones and kids on this site – but one thing that I never really thought about was using prepaid phones for kids. My older two children have cell phones. I have a family plan and added each [...]

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Using Google Voice on Kids Forms

I came across this tip regarding Google Voice recently that I wanted to pass along. For those unfamiliar – Google Voice is a free service that, in a nutshell, allows you to receive calls at all your phone numbers. When you sign up – you get a single phone number from Google. When anyone calls [...]

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Setting the Ground Rules For Your Kids Mobile Phone Use

As many of you know, I am an LG TextEd Ambassador and along with BlogHer we have been discussing lots of concerns that parents of teenagers have when it comes to cell phones. This is kind of uncharted territory – as this is the first generation of teens that predominantly are equipped with mobile phones. [...]

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Decoding Your Teens Text Lingo

Texting is a big part of a teen’s life these days. There are days when there is a constant buzzing noise emanating from my son’s pocket. Just a constant barrage of text messages. I take a look at these from time to time – and usually the texts consist of one to two words – [...]

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Teens and Texting

You know good things are coming your way when you are given the opportunity to post on BlogHer.com. And I am so happy to say that I have been invited to participate in a program with LG where I have been selected as an “LG TextEd Ambassador”! As parents of teenagers – that text A [...]

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Littlest Pet Shop iPhone App on Sale

Just wanted to shout out the the Littlest Pet Shop iPhone App is on sale for 99 cents throughout Labor Day weekend. Since I know I have a lot of LPS fans lurking about – I thought this might be of interest. I know my daughter will be excited. In addition, EA Games has actually [...]

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Evernote for Recipes

I have been MIA for almost a month. Did you miss me? In all honesty, I have been trying to keep up with the pace of my busy family life. Now that the kids are back in school, and my youngest is in kindergarten, I have begun to tackle all of the projects that have [...]