Over the last three weeks, I have read various articles on how parents are being caught unaware when their kids are using their smartphones, tablets or console gaming systems and then are horrified when they get their credit card statements. What parents realize is that they were
Read more →A while ago I wrote about an app game called Smurfs and how people could purchase an item called smurfberries. The kicker is that smurfberries cost real money and you can purchase smurfberries through in-app purchases. The Smurfs game is only one example of a seemingly “free”
Read more →I was recently checking out the Apple App store in the educational section (of course) and noticed a disconcerting trend – there is a LOT of the same content out there, particularly in the preschool/toddler age bracket. It may be packaged differently, ie it’s a fish puzzle
Read more →With my oldest entering kindergarten next year, I’m slowly becoming integrated into the public school system. One hot topic I’m hearing about seems to be the length of the summertime break. In Canada the school year begins in September and ends in June. For school kids this
Read more →Since we’re taking our tablet on vacation, I’ve been thinking about the apps my kids will use. Am I loading new apps onto it or simply letting them play the old ones? And if I’m purchasing new apps for the summer, what criteria am I using for
Read more →These days it is tough to be a parent with young kids in public spaces. Restaurants are banning kids under six, breast feeding in public is still an issue (let’s move on people) and sometimes a simple task such as shopping with kids is frowned upon. Recently,
Read more →So I was browsing my kids large lengthy app collection and it’s quite embarrassing really, the number of apps that we own. I did a quick scan and an interesting price pattern emerges. Early on I purchased/downloaded a lot of free and $0.99 apps for my kids
Read more →Since I’ve become a Mom I’m racked with guilt. I only breast-fed my kids for 4-6 weeks (eek!), my youngest sleeps in our bed (although maybe that’s good based on Time’s recent article) and both my kids go to full-time daycare (what can I say – I’m
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