iPlay’n Learn – They should’ve named it iDistract’n Calm
A few weeks ago I had some friends over to the house, and one of them brought her three-year-old, who immediately commenced leaping around on the furniture like a chimp on crack. Given that my children are past that phase (or can be reigned in with a simple, Knock it...
Trusting your teen? There’s an app for that!
It seems impossible to me that I’ll one day have a teen or two whom I’ll allow to roam the world somewhat freely, but the truth is that teenagerhood will be entering my house very, very soon. Hold me.Vanessa Van Petten has been helping parents communicate...
The perfect little gift for the tween who has everything. (And don’t they all?)
Got a tween girl on your list this year? I don’t, I confess. But if I did, I totally know what I’d get her. (See, isn’t that always the way? Now if only I could trade this great tween gift idea with someone who knows the perfect thing for a...
A new iPhone App that even the Grinch would love
I have to admit I’m a bit of an iPhone app addict, but even though the number of smart phone apps are growing into the hundreds of thousands I generally think that there are only a dozen or two that are worthwhile. The Dr. Seuss Camera–Grinch Edition...
iPhone cases for the terminally hip
I could count the many ways in which I am completely obsessed with Threadless, the original crowdsourcing art-to-product site, but who has that kind of time? Suffice it to say that the whole family enjoys their t-shirts, and I dream of rooms festooned with their Blik...
XBox 360 makes holidays more fun for everyone. Including those who need it most.
Deep down, I’m a 13 year-old boy with a thing for video games, as any of my friends who have ever seen my “drum face” when playing Rock Band will tell you. So I am totally coveting the new Microsoft Xbox 360 which I had a chance to try out at the...
A new iPhone app that will make your kids beg for a long check out line at the supermarket
It seems like App-mania is sweeping the nation and our neighbors to the north are responsible for a fantastic new one called NFB Film, as in National Film Board of Canada. Best of all, it’s free.The NFB App is packed with channels of easy to download,...
The Microsoft Office Parent Toolbox helps picky eaters, social butterflies and military wives all at once.
If you are into lists or DIY cards and invitations, or organization in general (or wish you were, ahem ) then you’ll definitely want to check out the smart Parent Toolbox group over at Slideshare. Basically Federated Media authors like Pioneer Woman,...
Parents of kids with food allergies: Your digital savior is here
Food Content Alerts may have a dry name but it’s not at all a dry idea — a website and mobile app that helps you navigate the difficult and sometimes scary world of “no, he can’t eat that either but thanks.” I’m lucky that my...
Hooray for iPhone apps for children that give you five minutes to yourself
My husband is taking my two kids on a transatlantic flight all by himself, bless him. My contribution to the experience is my iPhone, fully loaded with toddler-distracting applications. Three of the iPhone apps I have lined up for her are Hippo Hooray’s Colors,...
“Status symbols for the uber geek.” That’s our kind of status symbol.
I shrieked with joy last night when friend of CMP and Jimmies lead singer Ashley Albert turned us onto her new collaborative project with Phoebe Jonas, Survival of the Hippest. And by hippest we mean techiest, geekiest, and 2.0-iest, of course.The shop is going to...
