Out-Tech Your Kids, with Kristen + Liz of Cool Mom Tech

Need a little break from everything that's going on? Liz has lots of awesome new game suggestions you can play right on your phone. Whether you need a little distraction or want to keep your brain fresh. We think you'll love these recommendations! Find all the links from our show over on CoolMomTech.com//Join our Out-Tech Your Kids Facebook Group//Head over to our sponsor Sofia Family and check out their super awesome screen time manager.

If you've got a bunch of people online on your house all day like we do, we've got some suggestions - tips and gadgets - that might help give you a much-needed signal boost. Don't forget to subscribe, and if you love our show, your 5-star ratings really help us so much, so...thank you! // Show notes and links from today's episode: CoolMomTech.com // Graciously brought to you by our launch sponsor, Sofia Family and their new screen time manager.

Between work and online schooling, we're all getting a whole lot of screen time. So we decided to share a few helpful tips, product suggestions, and exercises to help you relieve and avoid eye strain and fatigue that your whole family can use. Don't forget to subscribe, and if you love our show, your 5-star ratings really help us so much, so...thank you! // Show notes and links from today's episode: CoolMomTech.com // Graciously brought to you by our launch sponsor, Sofia Family and their new screen time manager.

With cold and flu season around the corner, and well, the pandemic still here (yay 2020!), we decided to share our well-researched tips on how to safely clean you family's phones. // Don't forget to subscribe, and if you love our show, your 5-star ratings really help us so much, so...thank you! // Show notes and links from today's episode: CoolMomTech.com // Graciously brought to you by our launch sponsor, Sofia Family and their new digital activity time manager, whose crowdfunding campaign is now live. Go get one of their Digital Activity Managers!

For most of us, our kids will be engaging in some form of online learning this fall. So, we decided to poll our Out-Tech Your Kids Facebook Group members and get their favorite tech tips to help make the whole process a little easier. We hope they help you as much as they've been helping Kristen (and soon-to-be Liz in a few weeks). // Don't forget to subscribe, and if you love our show, your 5-star ratings really help us so much, so...thank you! // Show notes and links from today's episode: CoolMomTech.com // Graciously brought to you by our launch sponsor, Sofia Family and their new digital activity time manager.

Whatever kind of schooling you're doing this year, we've found some fantastic online resources that can help supplement what they're getting, wherever they're getting it. // Don't forget to subscribe, and if you love our show, your 5-star ratings really help us so much, so...thank you! // Show notes and links from today's episode: CoolMomTech.com // Graciously brought to you by our launch sponsor, Sofia Family and their new digital activity time manager.

This week, we're answer the question we're getting from SO many parents right now: How do I pick the right laptop for my kids for at-home learning? Whether you're embarking on distance learning with your current school, homeschooling, or just looking to trade up, we talk about all the factors you should consider as you comparison shop for laptops -- including some smart tips on making the most of your budget. // Don't forget to subscribe, and if you love our show, your 5-star ratings really help us so much, so...thank you! // Show notes and links from today's episode: CoolMomTech.com // Graciously brought to you by our launch sponsor, Sofia Family and their new digital activity time manager.

If you're like us, you're doing whatever you can to get your kids off screens and outside. Turns out, there are some clever ways to do that using technology. While it might sound counterintuitive, using technology with your digital natives is actually a smart way to get them to appreciate the great outdoors. We hope this ideas work as much as they did for our kids. // Show notes: Cool Mom Tech podcast page, and join our Out Tech Your Kids community on Facebook. // Thanks so much for listening and subscribing, and thanks to our launch sponsor, Sofia Family, makers of the first dedicated digital activity time manager built to work across all your devices, both on and offline. Sign up now to get first access to their soon-to-launch crowdfunding campaign.

If you're taking lots of photos like us these days, we think you'll appreciate these 5 simple tips to help you take better ones. From taking better selfies to a getting a portrait mode effect without portrait mode (plus how to snap pics of those on-the-go kids), we've got you covered. // Show notes: Cool Mom Tech podcast page, and join our Out Tech Your Kids community on Facebook. // Thanks so much for listening and subscribing, and thanks to our launch sponsor, Sofia Family, makers of the first dedicated digital activity time manager built to work across all your devices, both on and offline. Sign up now to get first access to their soon-to-launch crowdfunding campaign.

This week, we've got some quick, useful expert tips on cutting back on those screen time arguments with your kids -- because we've got other things to stress out about these days, right? And we're all for keeping the peace, in any way possible. We talk about getting your kids involved in decision-making, techniques that make guidelines clear, even ways to defend your positions so that kids question you less. // Show notes: Cool Mom Tech podcast page, and join our Out Tech Your Kids community on Facebook. // Thanks so much for listening and subscribing, and thanks to our launch sponsor, Sofia Family, makers of the first dedicated digital activity time manager built to work across all your devices, both on and offline. Sign up now to get alerts when it's live, plus some great earlybird discounts.