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Posts by: Mary Heston

The Future of Tech and What it Means for Families

By Mary Heston On February 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android and Apple App Markets, Family, Parenting
Future of Family Technology

Those young whippersnappers today and their new fangled technology.

You may have fought it. You may have sworn it would never happen to you. But it has. You have turned into your mother or father. It really [...]

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Online Safety – How to Deal with Unexpected Questions

By Mary Heston On February 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Technology News and Opinion
Online Safety for Kids

Your child has just come to you with a question about something they saw online or on their phone that made them uncomfortable.  What do you do?

In the Internet safety world, there is one [...]

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More than Meets the Eye: When a Game is More than a Game

By Mary Heston On January 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Parenting
Board Games for Kids

As parents, we look at digital games and sometimes memories of playing Monopoly while sitting around the basement with our cousins until someone left the room crying come to mind.

Too often we place that [...]

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Finding the Best Apps for Kids and Parents

By Mary Heston On January 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps
Best Free Android Kids Apps

This is a Petrified Pickle. A What? A Petrified Pickle.

That is how the game always began.

It is a simple game that we played over and over when I was a kid. Everyone would [...]

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Top Apps to Help with New Year Resolutions

By Mary Heston On December 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps, Parenting
Top Christmas Apps Free Android New Years

If you ask any parent what they want for their child you will often hear:

“I just want them to be happy”.

This is great, but how do we do that?

Kids are often happiest [...]

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All Wrapped Up in the Holidays

By Mary Heston On December 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Parenting
Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas

It’s not a big surprise. The month of December is in the same place on our calendar every year.

But then somehow it happens.

It arrives. Almost as if it had snuck up on us. [...]

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Technology and the Perfect Stuffing Recipe

By Mary Heston On November 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Android and Apple App Markets, Android Apps, Family
Ideas for Turkey Leftovers

Turkey may get the big fanfare on Thanksgiving but for me it’s all about the stuffing.

For years we searched for the perfect stuffing recipe for our family. We were going to try grandma’s recipe [...]

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Parenting Teens Online & in Real Life

By Mary Heston On November 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Parenting
Teens Online Parent Control

Friends Online but Momma Bear In Real Life

What do you do when your teen refuses to take out the garbage? What do you do when they want a cell phone or a new account [...]

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Is Screen Time Halloween Candy for Your Brain?

By Mary Heston On October 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Parenting
Halloween Candy

Using Parental Controls to Manage our Kids’ Screen Time

As parents we often worry about what our kids eat. But sometimes we forget that what they are feeding their brain can be just as important.

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Children Copy Their Parents’ Technology Use

By Mary Heston On September 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Parenting
Kids Technology Use Guess who’s watching your every move?

 

Remember the the first time your baby uttered the words “Mama”?

OK, you had been saying that word to your child for months and waiting patiently for the [...]

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