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Here's How Using Your Cell Phone Can Negatively Affect Your Child, A Study Finds

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Your smartphone may help you coordinate your schedule and keep you connected with work, but it’s doing a lot of damage to your relationship with your children, according to a new study. Researchers from Boston Medical Center did an undercover study in 15 fast food restaurants to observe parents and children together. Parents in 40 out of the 55 fa[...]

Email Apnea Is A Real Thing — Learn How To Stop Holding Your Breath While Scrolling

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You might be waiting for a text from your sweetie with bated breath. As it turns out, too many emails and texts can be dangerous for your health. And there's a name for it: email apnea. What Is Email Apnea? Researchers have found that there’s a new risk associated with electronic devices — email apnea. Whether it’s from excitement or anxiety (or a litt[...]

The Peanut Bump Buddies App Lets You Find Friends With Similar Due Dates

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Even though friends and family (and even strangers) will be so excited for you and want to touch your belly all the time, pregnancy can actually be an isolating experience for the mom-to-be. And if it’s your first pregnancy, you might want to have someone to share your joys, concerns, and “Is this normal?” questions with other than your partner. Well, Peanut[...]

Caryn And Wade Teman Are Superhero Parents — And The Creators of Herotainment

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Parents We Love: Caryn & Wade Teman of Herotainment How did Herotainment come to be? The “a-ha moment” for us was watching our kids gravitate towards playing online and mobile games, and we knew instantly that future brands would be created in the digital space. We also noticed that while our daughters were genuinely entertained by this new[...]

This Wireless Phone Charger From Eggtronic Fits Right Into Your Décor

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The thing about charging your phone is that it isn’t pretty. There are tons of cables that tangle and create a lot of clutter. But the Wireless Phone Charging Stone from Eggtronic is sleek, sexy, and powers up your phone fast. If you constantly lose your phone charging cables, you’re not alone. That’s what makes the Wireless Charging Stone ($70) so pe[...]

This Is Why Your Kid Hates Zoom, According To Experts

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You wake up in the morning and check your schedule — and of course, there’s a Zoom meeting. But then, you look at your child’s school schedule, and (welp), they have one, too. If it feels like your family can’t escape Zoom, well, you’re right. But if Zoom meetings have both you and your kiddo wanting to hide under the covers, you’re not alone. Many peopl[...]

Sitepal Can Help Set Your Business Up For (Virtual) Success

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Business owners looking to bring their companies – and their bottom line – to the next level should definitely check out Sitepal. A speaking avatar platform, Sitepal allows users to custom create "virtual employees" to appear on their websites. Says Yujin Sohn, Sitepal's Senior Director of Marketing: "SitePal speaking avatars add a very unique and powerful[...]

The New iPhone Emojis Are Focused On Fun & Inclusion For Everyone, Especially Moms

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Sometimes all of those iPhone updates can get annoying, but there’s a good chance that you’re going to love this latest one. Emojipedia announced that there are brand spanking new emojis with the latest iPhone iOS 13.2 update. And we’re not talking 10 or 20 cute little characters to choose from, but a whopping 398 icons to take your texting to the next l[...]

Legacybox Allows You To Leave a Digital Legacy For Your Family

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Chances are, you probably have an abundance of photos albums stored away somewhere in your house. And most likely, the last time you took a look through them was ages ago. You don’t want to pitch your pics into the garbage, but the process of digitizing all of those images, slides, and yes, VHS tapes is downright daunting. And that’s where Legacybox comes in[...]

Study Finds that Small Screens in Children’s Bedrooms Can Harm Sleep

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When your little one asks to watch just one more show before bedtime, it could actually be doing him harm. Research has shown children who have a television (or even a smartphone or tablet) in their bedrooms have later bedtimes and aren’t getting enough sleep at night. The study, “Sleep Duration, Restfulness, and Screens in the Sleep Environment,” sur[...]