What are Vault App you ask? You would be pardoned for not knowing this one yet but an article in the NY Times discuss apps that are disguised as calculator apps or other mundane tools but are actually smartphone apps with …
YouTube Kids originally launched earlier this year for both Android and iOS devices but for US-based users and it wasn’t available in other countries. It’s designed for the younger audience that wants to go to YouTube to watch videos and …
Our children live in a very social world – it’s no longer just face to face communication but a text, a photo, a video, a location share, etc. are all ways that our children are communicating thus growing …
Texting is slowly replacing face to face interactions for many children and teens (and adults!). For teens, phone calls are reserved for very close relationships according to Pew Research Center. Texting for younger children can be a great way for them …
Screen Time – the term is becoming mainstream in describing time spent in front of a glowing screen – typically of a mobile type of technology. As parents, we continue to tote the fine balance of our child being entertained and …
A recent article in GlobalNews shares how In-App purchases made by their children have cost parents dearly. Many parents will continue to experience this without a bit of education on the capabilities of their children’s devices. This even includes celebrities likes Kanye West and Jack …
Children are definitely visual beings and social media apps like Instagram and Snapchat are enabling a world of visual sharing that wasn’t possible even just 4-5 years ago. I previously wrote about why my son wanted an Instagram …
Boomerang includes Khan Academy’s web site link automatically in our onboarding steps. Khan Academy enables children of all ages to learn about various subjects via over 10,000 video and explanation tutorials with easy to follow animations. There are modules for …
YouTube is very popular among children today – the stats support it – but ask any parent with kids and they will share that their child spends a lot of time watching videos or even making their own and …
Parents should be aware that their family iOS devices do come with some basic built-in restrictions that can be quite useful for their child’s first iPod, iPad or iPhone. We’ve already covered one of the restrictions in detail …