This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass When I was growing up, using a computer was a treat. The single computer in my elementary school made rare appearances in my fifth grade classroom, often staying for just a day before being wheeled down the hall to be used elsewhere. Whatever time I didn’t have on…
Why There’s No Replacement for Calling Your Mother on Mother’s Day Even in the Digital Age
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Mother’s Day the movie. There is no doubt that today’s landscape of technology has changed parenting and the relationships with those we love, especially our moms. The days of “call your mother” have been replaced by the ability to text, Facetime, Skype, Facebook Message, or even…
7 Ways to Get Kids to Unplug From Devices and Plug into Nature on Earth Day and Beyond
It’s a great big world out there and there’s no better time to teach kids about environmentalism and inspire a love of caring for our planet than on Earth Day. After April 22nd, it’s important to kids learning about the planet and ways they can protect it but for parents who struggle to get their…
5 Reasons Every Teacher Needs the littleBits STEAM Student Set for Hands-On STEAM Learning
Parents always ask me how to encourage a love of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and I honestly believe that there is a different point of entry for each child. The great thing about STEM subjects is the numerous activities that can be done either at home or school but having open ended materials…
29 Ways to Protect Your Family from Mosquito Bites and Zika Virus
With temperatures that have fluctuated all winter, spring seems to have finally arrived but with it come the bugs that are associated with warmer weather, including mosquitos. These bugs aren’t just backyard pests whose bites leave itchy welts. They also carry diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and yellow fever but now Zika…
The Best Free Resources for Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
This is a sponsored post Even though April is Financial Literacy Month, financial literacy is a topic that requires ongoing conversations to impart different lessons at each age and stage to teach kids necessary lifelong skills. I remember learning how to write checks and balance a checkbook as part of my financial literacy education as…
5 Ways to Help Reduce Your Child’s Exposure to Blue Light From Digital Devices
This is a sponsored post written in partnership with VSP Whether or not you consider yourselves addicted to technology or not, we can all admit that we spend a lot of time looking at screens. From computer screens at work, smartphones that helps us stay connected to the people we care about most, and streaming…
Review: pureWash Pro Infuses Oxygen Into Laundry to Effectively Wash Clothes Detergent Free (w giveaway)
Like most families, we do a lot of laundry. I don’t hate the act of doing laundry but I’m always concerned about the impact laundry has on the environment whether it’s the use of water, energy required to run the washer and dryer, heat the water for a load, or the effect of high efficiency…
How to Print Photos for Same Day Pickup Using the CVS Pharmacy App #MyCVSApp
In today’s age of digital photos, as great as it is to snap and share images through email, text, and social networks, it’s always nice to have hard copies of a few favorite pictures to frame or give as gifts. But printing photos isn’t always easy. Uploading images from multiple sources to a computer or…
4 Things Parenting Books Don’t Tell You and Why Talking About Alcohol #StartsWithMe
There are so many books for parents-to-be to help them prepare for their new roles as mom and dad but what those books don’t tell them is that the tough stuff comes much later. As hard as it is to be sleep deprived and constantly having to adapt to every changing age and stage that…
