We feel your pain, parents. Having a crying baby can be immensely stressful. Why is he crying? What does she need? Before you start beating yourself up for not knowing how to translate infant screams into English, try this geek-approved approach to calming down your baby. Star Wars fans have […]
Monica Vila is co-founder of TheOnlineMom, an organization that provides technology education to families and helps moms connect with brands they can trust. When my daughter Sam does a school project, it’s usually quite involved. This month she’s planning to create a board game to highlight the qualities of hydrogen, […]
Engagement season starts around the holidays, when your Facebook feed blew up with giant rings and running mascara. Then another explosion of betrothal hits around Valentine’s Day. Suddenly, everyone from a distant cousin to that kid from study hall switches their status to “engaged.” Like a binge-marathon of House of […]
Image: Flickr, Jordy Clarke When Nellie Mead and Teresa Espinosa conceived their daughter, they did it without sex, a fertility clinic or medical supervision. Instead, Espinosa injected a friend’s sperm into a menstrual cup she bought at a drugstore. She then inserted the cup into Mead’s vagina in their Spring […]
The weekend started off with a bang, thanks to the dazzling opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. That was spectacular enough to get everyone super-ready for the athletic competition involving our entire planet. There were plenty of stories about the Olympics, and at the same time, your intrepid Mashable […]
Are your kids eager to get their hands on a tablet device? Your kids may love their video games, but a recent survey shows the popularity of tablets is surging faster than video game consoles. Although families love gadgets of all types — the survey also showed that households with […]
The classic Jitterbug cellphone with big buttons, designed for seniors and users with low vision, now offers a 25-day standby battery life, Facebook photo-sharing capabilities and more connectivity. The Jitterbug Plus is one of the easiest phones to navigate on the market. Its large “yes” and “no” buttons make in-phone […]
Watch These 10 Babies Taste Lemons for the First Time 1. Lemon Sucker This little guy owns the “sour face.” 2. Baby Eats a Sour Lemon Lemon is amusing to this happy toddler. 3. Braeden’s First Lemon It’s the head shaking that makes us chuckle. 4. Lemon Face You can […]
10 Great Geeky Onesies 1. RSS Feed Me We enjoy this witty play on words. Cost: $18 2. Old School Mac Computer Design Give your baby an important history lesson with this old school Apple design. Cost: $17 3. There’s a Napp For That There is always a napp for […]
Teenagers live online — nearly 58% of teens own smartphones and make up the market’s largest growing sector. However, mobile-crazed teenagers aren’t as unconcerned about online safety as some people think. Non-profit organization Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) partnered with nine tech companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Google to build […]