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Get Your Child Offline and Outdoors

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jun 28th 2011 10:00AM

Summer offers a great time to enjoy your children -- unplugged. Credit: Getty Images
The average American kid practically lives plugged in.
That's not an exaggeration, either. A report by the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates kids ...Summer offers a great time to enjoy your children -- unplugged.
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How I Barely Survived When My Hard Drive Died

by Katherine Stone, Posted Apr 6th 2011 11:00AM

Hard drives can die, apparently. Mine did this week, without any warning. It's not like it had been suffering a cough for a while, or experiencing aches and pains, or giving off some other indication that it wasn't feeling well. The entire ...When my hard drive died, I cried. I ran scans. I called my mom.
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Little Cyborgs Leave Their Elders in the Dust When it Comes to Technology

by Tom Henderson, Posted Feb 4th 2011 2:15PM

Kids use their phones for much more than just talking. Credit: Getty
"I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen."
-- HAL 9000 (from "2001: A Space Odyssey") ...Kids increasingly have mobile devices and -- eek! -- know how to use them.
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Are Your Children Obsessed With Technology?

by Brett Singer, Posted Nov 8th 2010 9:47AM

Forget this -- I want an iPhone. Credit: Corbis
An article in USA Today says that children, some only a year old, are more comfortable with iPhone apps than their parents. Some of these techno tykes are even asking for their own iPad for the ...
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Kids May Be Away at College, but More Parents Are Keeping Them Close Through Chat

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Aug 2nd 2010 2:00PM

Is he calling? Oh, it's Mom. Again. Credit: Getty Images
You'll need quarters for the laundry machines. And definitely shower slippers and a bath caddy. Highlighter pens and notebooks? Better stock up on those, too. Oh, and sweetie, whatever ...
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Opinion: How Will Technology Change Our Kids?

by Brett Singer, Posted Jan 15th 2010 8:45AM

How is technology changing our kids? Credit: Jamie Madigan, Flickr
We know that technology is advancing faster than ever before. But what do those changes mean for our kids? And should it change how we approach parenting? A recent essay by ...
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Teachers Using Cell Phones As Educational Tool

by Amy Hatch, Posted Dec 7th 2009 12:00PM

Students once banned from using their cell phones in class are now being asked to use them for school work. Credit: khedara, Flickr.
Teachers who once viewed cell phones as their natural enemy are now embracing them as a technological tool that ...
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Cyber Bullying and How to Stop it

by Sandy Maple, Posted Oct 20th 2009 9:40AM

Cyber bullying is abuse that takes place through the use of information and communication technologies. Cyber bullies use social networking sites, chat rooms, cell phones, text, email and more to threaten, abuse and bully their victims. A victim of ...
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So Much For Penmanship, School Replaces Cursive With Keyboarding

by Amy Hatch, Posted Aug 31st 2009 3:11PM

Should handwriting be taught in school? Credit: Jupiterimages
In another knockout to the handwritten note, keyboarding lessons are replacing time spent learning cursive in the Brownsburg, Ind. school district. Parents of third-graders in ...
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Jon and Kate, Class Rings for Kindergartners and More - Links We Love

by Bethany Sanders, Posted May 21st 2009 4:00PM

Is it a boy or a girl? A new at-home test might give you the answer. Photo courtesy sxc.hu. The latest in home pregnancy tests: Finding out if your baby is a boy or a girl. The test claims to be 90 percent effective. A good idea? Or wait for the ...
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Good Housekeeping's Very Innovative Products

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 26th 2009 10:00AM

Good Housekeeping, like many magazines, gets inundated with new products that manufacturers hope they will review favorably. Some they do and, of course, some they don't. Each year, however, some of those products stand out from the rest. Now, Good ...
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Girls More Tech-Savvy Than Boys

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 22nd 2009 11:00AM

Moms are the most tech-savvy people in the family, and more than 94 percent of girls have used a laptop or computer, compared to 88 percent of boys, according to a new British survey. The poll included more than 4,000 children ages six to 14 and ...
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Favorite Holiday Toys of Yore

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Dec 18th 2008 9:02AM

They just don't make toys like they used to. I'm all for advances in technology and whatnot, but I really appreciate--and miss--the quality and craftsmanship of the toys that were around when I was a kid. They seemed to be built better, last ...
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Did Your Parents Become the Grandparents You Thought They'd Be?

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Dec 11th 2008 10:02AM

For most of us, there was a point at which it was hard for us to imagine ourselves as parents. And, possibly, in the farthest recesses of our minds, it was even harder for us to imagine our own parents as grandparents. Inevitably, as we became more ...
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Technology Overload

by Angie Felton, Posted Nov 10th 2008 9:00AM

Through both necessary replacement and holiday gifts, our household was swamped with new technology last year. Over the course of a few weeks we amassed: a washer and dryer, a printer/copier/scanner, Wii system, HD television, and for the first ...
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