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My Kids Are Not Ready For Social Media

August 16, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I do not know where I stand regarding my kids and technology. It’s a constant battle in my head. On the one hand, I realize that technology is now a thing. The thing. I understand that it’s not going anywhere and the kids need to know how to use it efficiently and responsibly. And I […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: iPad, ipod, kids and technology, musical.ly, musicly, rain man, snapchat, tech savvy, technology, videos, you're garbage

Dear NYAM — How much TV do you let a 4-year-old watch?

December 12, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

A couple weeks ago I got a message from a reader asking me about kids and screen time: How much, if any, TV/iPad do you let a 4 year old watch? I have a lot of anxiety in my personality and it stresses me out if he watches an hour after school, but I also […]

Filed Under: Advice Tagged With: iPad, Number 7, Sesame Street, technology, television, televisions, TV

Word Party

October 29, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We’ve had a long week, and today was a long day, and the kids are all wiped out. Tonight Number 7 hit a wall and lost her shit. Number 4 did something to piss her off, and then she just started pretty much throwing punches. Normally when she goes off the deep end like that, […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: attention, caillou, facebook, iPad, meltdown, Number 7, phone, quality time, special time, word party

Limiting Screen Time Has Simplified (And Improved The Quality Of) Our Lives

February 10, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

The other day Number 3 came home from school and said to me, “Mom, Brian brought his iPad to school and we were talking, and I told him I wasn’t allowed to use electronics or watch TV during the week and he looked at me and he said, HOW DO YOU SURVIVE???” I had a […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: device, iPad, ipod, kids and screen time, Kindle, limiting electronics, setting screen time limits for your kids, television, turn off the TV, TV

I wanted to punish her, but maybe I should thank her.

June 23, 2015 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 7 smashed my iPad screen on Saturday. Totally shattered it. I was a little bit pissed. I’m sure it’s fixable; I suppose I can have the screen replaced. But it won’t be cheap. So I’ve just left it sitting on my bedside table. And you know what? I haven’t missed it. I haven’t lost it […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: iPad, living the simple life, simplifying

Is there an inherent difference between boys and girls? Definitely.

August 22, 2014 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Since we had been out of bread and milk and any kind of fruit for two days, I decided I should finally drag my ass to the store this morning. I hadn’t showered in two days, (not even after a 90 minute run yesterday) but it was already 8:30 and the kids were starving. So I threw […]

Filed Under: Humor, Parenting Tagged With: differences between boys and girls, iPad, nature versus nurture, ShopRite, sugar and spice and everything nice

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