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Kids are Using Tablets for Education, Not Just Gaming | Nielsen Report

By Kegan Blumenthal On February 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Parenting, Technology News and Opinion
Kids Using Tablets for School

Last year the computing industry witnessed a big shift towards tablet use. One of the most staggering statistics about this shift was that 7 out of 10 children in households with tablet computers used them [...]

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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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The FTC, App Developers, and Children

By Yahya Haque On February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android and Apple App Markets, Android Apps, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps, Parenting, Technology News and Opinion
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At the risk of becoming Famigo’s resident privacy “expert”, I am going to dedicate another blog post to privacy. This one is a little different than my last one, today I will talk about the [...]

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The Phone Stack: The Best Ever Family Game for iPhone, Android & iPads

By Q On February 15, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Family, Parenting, Technology News and Opinion
The Phone Stack Game

Finally, a cellphone game your whole family can play at the dinner table and not feel bad about.

I recently read a post in a hip tech blog about a new social game you play [...]

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Managing Kids’ Time on TV, Phone and Computer

By Matt McDonnell On February 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Education, Family, iPhone and iPad Apps, Parenting
Kids Playing Outside

My girlfriend, Melissa, is a nanny for a 2-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy.  She and the kids spend a lot of time with their neighbor and her three boys who are 2, 4 and [...]

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Technology and Family Time

By Yahya Haque On February 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Parenting, Technology News and Opinion
rotary phone college dorm

Many people feel that technology has a negative impact on face-to-face social interactions.

They believe that social networks increase the number of connections a person can make, but that those connections are meaningless. These same [...]

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Apps for Pets – Ways to Keep Man’s Best Friend Happy

By Amanda of parenting BY dummies On January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Family, iPhone and iPad Apps, Parenting
Apps for Pets

So I’m what you would call a reluctant pet owner.

I’ve got nothing against the beasts, I just have everything against the added time and effort they require, should you decide to welcome one into [...]

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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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Best Apps for Kids in Elementary School

By Amanda of parenting BY dummies On January 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Android Apps, iPhone and iPad Apps, Parenting
Zombie Farm

So Santa brought my oldest son an iPhone.

Okay, not really.

Santa brought ME an iPhone 4.

And, out of the desire to not here him beg me for an iPod Touch anymore again ever [...]

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Family Low Down on Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures

By Andy Robertson On January 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Parenting
wii spyro skylanders Family Video Gaming

Videogames can seem intimidating and complex. However, as I often say, they are not hugely different from other things we do together as a family. Walks, mealtimes, watching movies and craft activities are all more [...]

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