Apps
- Apps, Awareness, Books, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Love, Parenting, Play, Reflections, Relationships, Slideshow, Spotlight, Tech, Writing
How a Hug Changed My Son’s Life Forever
Small acts can have a big impact. We’ve all heard this in inspirational speeches. We’ve seen memes scroll by in our newsfeed. But I’ve personally witnessed the impact and ripple effect caused by a simple act by my son’s teachers almost 20 years ago. It all started with a hug. Like so many on the autism spectrum, my son’s first experiences at school were difficult. The kids at school either ignored him or bullied him. The teachers at this first school just didn’t work well with students who learned differently. Though he wasn’t diagnosed at the time, we could see that he was struggling to keep up with his peers,…
- Apps, Awareness, Creativity, Culture, Dwell, Family Travel, Garden, Giveaways, Laugh, Lifestyle, Play, Slideshow, Spotlight, Tech, Travel, Wellness
Whether in your home, garden or traveling, here are tips for surviving mosquito season!
Just the other day I was talking to a friend about how mosquitos LOVE me! No joke, if I am with a big group of people, guess who gets eaten alive? Yep! Not sure exactly what attracts mosquitos to one person more than another but I hope to find out after taking the Orkin’s “Buzzer Beater” blog app. During my travels through Vietnam and Thailand many moons ago, I use to have to slather on tons of mosquito repellant but really to no avail. It didn’t really matter what I put on, they’d find the areas I’d not reached and have a little feast. Do you have the same…
- Apps, Awareness, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Life Management, Lifestyle, Parenting, Plan, Play, Relationships, Slideshow, Spotlight, Tech
Lifestyle Expert Chi-Lan Lieu Offers 6 Tips on Staying Connected and Managing App Stress
An Expert Offers 6 Tips on Staying Connected and Managing App Stress Last week I had a chance to speak with Technology and Lifestyle Expert Chi-Lan Lieu about how busy moms can utilize technology and all that it offers without feeling overwhelmed by it all. Ms. Lieu is currently the Technology & Lifestyle Expert for CBS’s hit daytime talk show, THE TALK. She’s appeared on numerous show to talk tech, including GOOD MORNING AMERICA, ELLEN, THE VIEW, TV GUIDE, E! ENTERTAINMENT, among others. She offers some really fantastic advice for our lovely dandelion moms about family goal-setting and figuring out what apps would work best for your needs. …
- Apps, Awareness, Books, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Games, Laugh, Life Management, Lifestyle, Love, Parenting, Plan, Play, Relationships, Slideshow, Spotlight, Tech, Travel, Writing
Tips for Raising a Reader
Next week I will be speaking to parents at a preschool about the benefits of reading aloud to your children, so I thought this would be a good time to write about raising readers. I think back to when my son was about 6 months old. How I would hold him and read board books in the rocking chair. He would have let me read to him all day. Today, he is a 7-year old book-aholic who reads everything he can get his hands on. I like to think that reading consistently to him beginning at an early age helped guide him to that path. Reading to young children, including…
- Apps, Awareness, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Get Organized, Giveaways, Kids, Parenting, Plan, Play, Reviews, Slideshow, Tech
Tech :: 5 Google Apps that Help with Homework
Is it a daily struggle to have your kids work on their homework ? Sometimes I am amazed at how much homework my daughter has at such a young age. I don’t remember having that much homework until junior high. But there are tools that can help you get and keep your kids motivated and excited about learning. I think that is key – to have them look at their homework as less of a chore and focus on all the cool things they are learning about their world! Google Play is here to help! Google Play just launched a new collection of free back to school-themed apps and below…
- Apps, Awareness, Creativity, Culture, Disney, Entertainment, Games, Laugh, Play, Products, Slideshow, Tech
Interview with some Disney Dreamers and Innovators
If I am feeling a little down I know if I take a local trip to Disneyland with my daughter it will immediately cheer me up. There is something so magical about walking through the gates of Disneyland and it always takes me back to being a kid. You can’t help but feel like a big kid again where the world was open wide in front of you. What a magical thing that Walt Disney created and the spirit is continued with today’s Disney Dreamers and Innovators! As part of the Tomorrowland Media Event we met with some Disney Dreamers including the Director of Tomorrowland, and the two…
