Kids and Technology

How To Stop Your Smartphone From Getting Between You And Your Child

Betsy Brown Braun | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Kids and Technology, Smartphones, Parents-Families-Tech, Parenting, Betsy Brown Braun, Parenting Advice, Tecnhology, Parents News

When your child sees that you are choosing to be with him and not the phone, the computer, the laundry, or the baby, that strengthens your connection.

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Why Technology Steals The Magic Of Childhood

David Wygant | Posted 05.01.2012

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We're becoming a fast-food, fast-technology, digital generation of over-sharing consumers with no real social skills. And it's time to save ourselves.

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Do Kids Know How To Use An Encyclopedia?

Posted 03.16.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Once upon a time, people used thick, heavy reference books to look ...

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Closing the App Gap

Lesli Rotenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Pbs, Digital Media, App Gap, Apple Ipad, Apps, Kids, Common Sense Media, Raising Children, iPhone Apps, Digital Divide, Kids and Technology, Head Start, Parents News

Some will continue to debate whether apps are appropriate for kids at all -- regardless of income. But we've found that not only are touch screen apps intuitive and age-appropriate for young children, they also have powerful learning potential.

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On Technology and Writing

Maddy Lederman | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Kids and Technology, Peer Pressure, Off the Grid, Teenagers, Culture News

The story was called Edna In The Desert; a bratty Brentwood 13-year-old is shipped off to her grandparents for the summer, sans cell phone service or internet access. Edna had a tough technology withdrawal to look forward to along with some serious soul searching

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Parenting By iPad: Writing The Rules As You Go Along

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Parentry, Ipad, Tablet Computers, Kids and Technology, Families and Technology, Parents and Technology, Kids and Ipads, Kids and Tablet Computers, Parents-Families-Tech, Parents News

An iPad is simultaneously our children's source of communication, procrastination, education and entertainment. What rules to make, then, for this hydra-headed tool?

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5 Crucial Lessons To Keep Kids Safe Online

Steve DeWarns | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Kids and Technology, Online Safety, Kids and Facebook, Kids and Internet Safety, Kids and Social Media, Keep Kids Safe Online, Online Privacy, Cybersafety Kids, Online Predators, Children Passwords, Parents News

To help lower the risk, children should only communicate with people they know from the non-online. Predators can pretend to be someone they are not, (like another child) and may show up in places where children like to play online.

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They Can Text, But Can They Talk?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Child Development, Kids and Technology, Kids and Texting, Parents-Families-Tech, Teens and Texting, Kids-and-Technology, Technology-and-Society, Children Social Skills, Texting, Parents News

Parents have a long list of concerns about children using technology: Will they be hurt by cyber bullying? Or meet with online predators? Will their h...

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Kids Spend More TIme With Screens Than Books

Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Kids and Technology, Kids and Television, Kids and Screens, Kids-and-Ipads, Common Sense Media, Toddlers, Video, Parents News

Even infants spend twice as much time watching screens as they do being read to. What is your child's media diet? What are your worries?

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Goodnight Moon Parody - Goodnight iPad Set to Hit Bookstores This Week (Video)

Rocco Staino | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Book News, Kids and Technology, Ipads, Goodnight Ipad, Video, Parent-Toodlers, Children's Books, Goodnight Bush, Goodnight Moon, Books, Parent News, Books News

This parody replaces the familiar Goodnight Moon room with electronic gadgets and "a fed-up old woman, who is trying to sleep" amid "the bings, bongs, and beep of e-mails and tweets" to spread the word "that some of the simple and quieter things get lost" in our device filled lives.

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WATCH: Animated Version Of ‘Goodnight iPad’

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Kids and Technology, Ipads, Video, Goodnight Ipad, Steve Jobs Tribute, Goodnight Moon, Childrens Books, Toddlers, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News

Video produced by The Other House In the grand tradition of "Go The F**k To Sleep," comes a new parody for bedtime. And today, this one goes straig...

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BlogHer Study Reveals 1 In 4 Kids Play With Mobile Phones By Age 2

www.sfgate.com | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Kids and Technology, Young Kids on Computers, Kids Using Phones, Technology Kids, Young Kids Using Phones, Parents News

Study finds 71% of online moms do not go more than a day without using the Internet, while 1 in 4 moms report their kids start playing with and using ...

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What Are Mobile Devices Teaching Your Kids?

Suren Ramasubbu | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Mobile Learning, Parental Controls, The Internet and Kids, Kids and Technology, Online Learning, Classroom Technology, Kids and the Internet, Technology in the Classroom, Mobile Learning K-12, Technology and Kids, Online Learning K-12, Technology News

Mobile learning blends traditional pedagogy with technology to reach every child. The question is not if your child should use a mobile device in school, but how to do it safely.

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To Tech or Not to Tech, That Is the Question

Jeana Lee Tahnk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kids and Technology, Tech Addiction, Iphone, David Pogue, Ipad, Technology News

I'm worried that my son will be exposed to more on the Internet than he needs to see, and I'm worried that technology will prevent him from fully experiencing life in the three dimensional world.

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Newsflash for Parents: Our Kids Would Rather Play With Us Than Watch TV

Romi Lassally | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Truuconfessions, Kids and Technology, Ikea PlayReport, Moms Confess, Kids Online, Kids Playtime, Kids Parents, Parent Kid Relationships, Healthy Living News

57 women admitted to cheating while playing board games with their kids just to end the games. I confess to being one of these cheaters. But I might be cheating my kids out of more then a fair game.

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