Family and Parenting - Tips & How-Tos
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How to Share Your Amazon Prime Benefits with Someone Else for Free
Amazon will let you share your Prime benefits with another adult and your children, including free 2-day shipping, Amazon Prime Video, and free eBooks.
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Worried About Your Teen’s TikTok Use? Here’s What You Can Do
Parents, if TikTok safety is on your mind, you're not alone. Discover how Family Pairing can help manage your teen's use.
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Making Snapchat Safer for Your Teen: A Guide to Parental Controls
With Snapchat's parental controls, you can monitor who your teens are interacting with and enable content filters. However, there are big limitations.
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Is Your Spouse Cheating? Tech Clues that Give Them Away
Find out if your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend is cheating on you. Here's how to catch them..how tech provides clues that your spouse is cheating.
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Holiday Card Sites & Apps That Mail Cards for You
Save yourself a trip to the post office with these site and apps that let you customize your holiday cards and then mail them out for you.
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Tips for Setting up Your New Tech
Plan on giving a tech gift? Check out our tips for making the out-of-box experience a good one.
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How to Restrict Kids Screen Time Inside and Outside Your Home
Whether your kids are using your home WiFi or your carrier's cellular network, there are tools that let you monitor and restrict screen time.
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How to Tell if Your Child Is Using Risky Apps
There are plenty of apps that can put kids at risk of sending inappropriate pictures, chatting with strangers and bullying. Here’s what you should do.
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5 Tech Faux Pas You Don't Want to Make
The five worst tech mistakes guests can make at events. Plus, five tech strategies you can employ to ensure a great time is had by guests of all ages.
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Find Great Last Minute Meal Ideas
Need a great recipe for just the ingredients you have on hand? These sites will rescue you in your time of need.
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How to Block Porn on Your Kid's iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch
A few simple steps can block your child from viewing inappropriate content on an iPhone and other iOS devices.
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Test Your Internet Slang: 10 Terms You Should Know
Keeping up with the latest slang can be a challenge, especially with texting teens inventing new words every day. Here's a guide to the latest in trendy terms.
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The Best Places to Print Your Own Wall Art & Wallpaper
Decorate your home cheaply and easily with these web sites that help you turn your photos and more into beautiful wall art.
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Managing Digital Accounts Before & After Death
When a loved one dies, what happens to their various accounts? What you should know and what options do you have to protect and honor your family and friends.
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Are Cemeteries Obsolete?
Online memorials are becoming more common, but are they making cemeteries obsolete? Plus, how to create an online memorial and what privacy concerns you should be aware of.
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Is It Time to Stop Paying for Cable TV?
With giants like HBO and ESPN offering standalone services, it's getting easier to ditch cable. Here's what you need to know before cutting the cord.
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Health & Fitness Apps for Pregnancy & Postpartum
Track your pregnancy and beyond with these simple and helpful apps designed to track your trimesters, doctor's visits and more.
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10 Tech Issues to Consider If You're Going Through a Divorce
From splitting shared photo accounts to what to say (and not to say) on social media, we've rounded up 10 tech tips for couples going through a divorce.
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Manage What Happens to Your Online Accounts After You Die
If you don’t want your Facebook or email account living on after you do, consider creating a digital will.
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The Biggest Online Dating Red Flags
Improve your chance of online dating success by keeping an eye out for telltale no-nos as you sort through potential date’s profiles.
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Best Sites for Finding Qualified Pet Sitters
Going on a trip? These sites connect pet owners with sitters that will care for your pet in their home or yours.
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Keeping Santa’s Secrets Safe in a Digital World
Make sure your holiday presents remain a surprise with these simple steps to erase your digital tracks from prying eyes of eager, tech-savvy kids.
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Great Apps for Christmas & Hanukkah
Celebrate the holidays with a digital menorah, interactive games for kids, and classic Christmas stories, all on your smartphone or tablet.https://www.techlicious.com/images/misc/https://www.techlicious.com/images/misc/
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7 Things Every Child Must Know Before They Go Online
Here are the top seven things we recommend parents can teach kids before they go online.
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3 Critical Tech Issues for Divorcing Couples
A break-up can be even worse if you don't deal with the tech issues in today's relationships. Here's 3 big ones to watch out for.
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5 Tech Tips for Wedding Etiquette
A few simple tips can keep you from embarrassing the happy couple with your tech faux pas.
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How to Find Free Kids eBooks
Buying ebooks for kids can get expensive, but there are plenty of free options.
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How to Tell if Your Child is Being Cyberbullied
Teens have always teased each other. But using the internet, they can do it 24/7 and truly disrupt each other's lives.
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Pinterest 102: Tips For Smarter Pinning
Get the most out of your Pinterest addiction with these 3 resources.
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Create a Digital Wish List
With options for sharing and easy one-click operation, online wish list sites are better than ever.
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How to Help the Hurricane Sandy Recovery
If you’re compelled to donate to the Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, there are organizations ready to harness your dollars, products and time.
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Volunteer Opportunities Big & Small
Find volunteer opportunities that match the time you have, starting at as little as a few minutes.
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3 Ways to Send Gifts to Your Facebook Friends
These websites and apps make it easy to be generous to your online pals.
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Apps and Sites to Keep Parents Organized
As school moves into full swing, there are all of the logistics to figure out: carpool rotations, scheduling playdates, organizing classroom volunteers.
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The Easy Way to Find Good Apps for Kids
Finding good kids apps that have educational value takes some legwork. Here are helpful tools to narrow down the choices.
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Keeping Track of Your Kids
Know that your child's gotten to school and getting there safely.
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Pinterest 101: Understanding the Basics
Dive into our Pinterest primer and learn what Pinterest offers and how you can use it to discover new things and tell others about your exciting finds.
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3 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe on the Road
While parents can't always to be riding shotgun to intervene when kids drive negligently, technology can.
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Are Online Legal Services a Good Idea?
Online legal sites can save you tons up front, but you may pay for it later.
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The Best Ways to Save on College Textbooks
Renting and buying textbooks online can cut costs for textbooks.
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Printer Craft Projects for Rainy Days
Rainy days are perfect for a craft project with a little help from technology.
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How to Publish Your Child's Book
Creating and publishing your child's story is a fun, easy and inexpensive.
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How to Set Parental Controls for Your Game System
Here's how parents can get a handle on what type of content kids can access through the game consoles.
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Is it Safe to Back-up Your Kids' Photos Online?
Family photos are priceless and irreplaceable. That's why it's important to back them up.
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Save Money on Kids Clothes by Renting or Swapping
Cut your kid's clothing expenses by as much as half when you rent or trade in your kids’ clothes using these websites.
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Bridesmaids Dress Rentals Give You the Designer Look for Less
Renting dresses, jewelry and handbags for your wedding can save money and deliver the designer look you want.
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How to Baby-proof Your Home Theater
Baby-proofing your home entertainment gear will help protect both your investment and your child. Follow these seven tips to a safer home.
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Finding the Best Local Schools
Quality of the teachers, test scores, extracurriculars: these sites to help sort out some of the most important information when choosing a school.
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The Best Sites for Sending Holiday eCards
Send your holiday greetings with style and get them there on time with elegant digital cards.
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Tech Tips to help Prep for the Holidays
Some tips to help you shop smart, save money and avoid technical glitches on the big day
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What You Need to Know About Electronic College Applications
Follow our tips for making the digital college application process go more smoothly.
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Eight Tips for Taking Great Pictures of Your Pet
Eight simple tips to help any pet owner take better photos of his or her treasured companion.
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An Easy Way to Track Your Family’s Health
MotherKnows.com and MyMediConnect.com collect and store your family's health records in one secure spot.
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Protecting Your Child's Personal Information at School
According to the FTC, back-to-school is prime-time for identity theft. Here's how to protect your kids.
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Photo Tips Every New Parent Should Know
The first year of your baby’s life is filled with so many don’t-miss moments. Make sure you get great photos.
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Recordable Books for When You're Away
Record your voice for playback later on physical storybooks and e-books.
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How to Block Internet Porn
Blocking porn on all the myriad devices kids have access to is no easy task. Here's how.
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6 Kids Craft Projects You Can Make with Your Printer
Turn your inkjet printer into a craft center.
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ThredUp: A Swap Site for Kids Clothes
Have old gently-used kids clothes? Need the next size up? Swap them online.
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Free Group Video Chat Brings the Whole Family Together on Mother’s Day
Get the whole family together this Sunday to wish Mom a happy Mother's Day with group video chat.
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Contemplating Divorce? Beware Social Networks
Here's how to make sure online evidence doesn't prevent you from putting your best foot forward, should your day come in divorce court.
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The Kids Are Online: How to Keep Them Safe
These days every parent has to teach his or her child how to navigate our very connected world. Here's what you need to know at every age.
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Get Your Online Dating On-track in Five Minutes
Creating that initial online dating profile is one of the hardest things to do, so get some help from a profile creation service.
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What to Do if You Feel Sick Watching 3D Movies
If you feel sick when watching 3D movies, it may be a sign that you have a common binocular vision problem. Diagnosis and treatment can help.
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5 Fun Santa Activities You Can Do with Your Kids
Create a little Christmas magic for your child with these websites and apps that provide a direct connection to Santa.
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5 Fun Santa Activities You Can Do with Your Kids
Create a little Christmas magic for your child with these websites and apps that provide a direct connection to Santa.
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The Best Site for Sending Digital Holiday Cards
Send your holiday greetings with style and get them there on time with elegant digital cards from Paperless Post.
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How to Baby-proof Your Home Theater
Baby-proofing your home entertainment gear will help protect both your investment and your child. Follow these seven tips to a safer home.
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10 Ways to Improve Your Home Movies
There's no reason home movies need to be boring affairs filled with shaky footage and blurry scenery. Follow these ten tips to make your home movies shine.
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10 Tips for Taking Better Photos of Babies and Toddlers
Sabra Krock, a Manhattan-based child photographer, shares some easy tips you can follow to consistently get amazing “keeper” shots of your infant, toddler or young child.
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What Happens to Your Online Accounts When You Die?
You're dead. Now what? How will your family access your online accounts? And how can you make sure things best left private get buried when you do?
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10 Tips for Taking Better Birthday Party Pictures
Getting great birthday party photos takes some planning and direction on your part. Here are 10 tips to get you started.
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Prevent Headphones from Damaging Your Child's Hearing
Young children are highly succeptable to hearing damage when using headphones at too high a volume. Find out what you need to keep them safe.
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Websites that Help Young Kids Learn How to Read
Nothing beats reading a book out-loud to your child, but sometimes technology can help. These websites offer a number of engaging activities for 3-5 year-olds that teach your child early reading skills.
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How to Protect Kids from Inappropriate Content Online, on TV and in Video Games
With so many potential avenues for your kids to access inappropriate content, you need to be savvy about the ways you can control what your children are exposed to. This video, produced in conjunction with Parents TV, will guide you through the options.
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How to Create Custom Memo Pads
Whether you run a small business and are looking for professional note paper or want to create unique party favors for your kid, custom memo pads are fun and easy to make.
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10 Tech Clues to Uncovering a Cheating Spouse
Infidelity is not limited to celebrities, sports stars and politicians. According to a report in the New York Times in 2008, 10 percent of spouses—12 percent of men and 7 percent of women—admit to having cheated within the past year. If you suspect your spouse may be unfaithful, here are 10 tech clues to be on the lookout for.
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New Toddler Game System Combines Action, Fun and Learning
The Zippity learning system from Leapfrog uses interactive, full-body play to help kids learn.
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Baby-safe Computing
The next time your tot wants to take a crack at your computer, load one of these programs and let him or her at it.
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GPS Keeps Dogs on a Virtual Leash
Between 6 and 8 million dogs and cats enter shelters every year. Ensure that your pup won’t stray far, or will be easy to found if he does, with a GPS tracking device.
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The Virtual Parent Inside Your Video Game Console
Video game parental controls help you manage the content your kids are exposed to and prevent unauthorized online activities, such as chatting with strangers or making purchases.
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Take Notes Digitally
Two handy digital note-taking solutions promise to make life a little easier this school year.
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Good for Your Soul, Bad for Your Hearing
Did you know you could be damaging your hearing with your music player? Find out how to limit your risk.
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Take Better Baby Photos
New parents have a lot to worry about when they bring baby home--not the least is getting a good shot to email out to family and friends. Professional shutterbug Nick Kelsh suggests following these tips to increase your odds for success.