Dear Mommy,
I see you…on your phone...with littles in tow. Society sees you too. “Put your phone away!” they tell you -- the mantra of Gen X parents, right? Judgey McJudgerson is rolling her eyes at you because your eyes...
Social Media is What You Make of It
In the past few weeks, I’ve seen several of my Facebook “friends” disappear. Why is that in quotes? I’ll get to it. Sometimes they’ve just faded away, other times there was a...
It's NOT About the Creepy Girl :: Lessons From the Momo Hysteria
By now, we've all seen the creepy, bug-eyed girl with the long black hair jumping through our screens. These posts are shared by well-intentioned parents, caregivers, grandmas and...
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Five Reasons To Try Bottlesodes TV This Summer
I was recently lamenting the fact that our parenting generation has so much to worry about in terms of digital technology and social media....
Setting Limits :: Making Sense of the new Screen Time feature in iOS 15.6.1+
Like many children these days, my four have devices they can use to play games and watch movies. Managing the time spent in front of these...
How It All Began
My love for all things mysterious and true crime started when I was about 6 years old and watched my first episode of Unsolved Mysteries (I mean, kids of the '80s, am I right?). There is...
Just a couple of years ago, I met a lady at a party. I don’t really remember how we fell into conversation, but we did, and very easily. She was quirky and interesting, a software engineer by trade and...
Swatting :: It Can Happen To You Or Your Kids {An Online Danger Parents Need to Know About}
“I Got Swatted”
I was putting my kids to bed one night a few weeks ago when I received a text from a...
It’s 2004.
You’re in your layered tank tops and wide-cuffed jeans.
You just got home from driving around with friends blaring and singing along to Hillary Duff’s latest release because the lyrics just capture the essence of your soul.
You might have...
I work in software, and I’ve travelled all across the world for my job. I’ve been to Budapset, Warsaw, New York, California, Detroit, even Cincinnati … Once I was invited to Buc, France near Versailles to give a training....