Category: Media Mom

  • Encourage Creativity with Book Creator App

      I am thankful my kids have a love for books like I do, but it can be challenging to encourage them to grab a paperback or hardcover with the fancy electronic devices around. I found a way to balance it out with the Book Creator app for the iPad. Best part – it is…

  • Garden Apps to Help Make Gardening Simple

    Garden Apps to Help Make Gardening Simple

    If you are a novice gardener or want to make gardening a bit simpler this season, there are some great garden apps out there. I am excited about growing  my own produce this year but have been a bit intimidated by the process. Below are three apps I found in my garden app search that…

  • How the Movie “Frozen” Can Help You & Your Kids

    How the Movie “Frozen” Can Help You & Your Kids

    If you need a lesson in love and how to live life authentically, watch the movie “Frozen”. It is more than a Disney movie…it is entertainment therapy – FOR ALL AGES!  I can’t remember the last time I was this excited and pleased with a film…which is funny because I wasn’t really excited about going…

  • Free Apps for Healthy Kids: Get Kids to Wash Hands

    Free Apps for Healthy Kids: Get Kids to Wash Hands

    Free apps for healthy kids – why not? Using apps to keep our kids healthy and washing their hands may sound outlandish to some people but in my opinion if it works, then I am all for it.  I bang my head over how hard it can be to get a child to wash their…

  • Photo Collages on Removable Wallpaper: A Tool for Happiness

    Photo Collages on Removable Wallpaper: A Tool for Happiness

      Photo collages on removable wallpaper can be a great tool to bring happiness. Finding health and happiness is simple, but it is not easy. One of the biggest things I stress with my clients is that the road can be much smoother if you make your scenery nicer. If you surround yourself with what…

  • Simple Holiday Shopping Apps

    Simple Holiday Shopping Apps

      With Thanksgiving later this year, I am hearing more and more people stressing about holiday shopping. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, I decided to feature three mobile apps that will help make shopping simple and stress-free for you. I found 3 simple holiday shopping apps that will save you time, money,…

  • Manage Kids’ Technology and Media Time With Wellness Incentives

    Manage Kids’ Technology and Media Time With Wellness Incentives

    It is getting colder outside, which means my kids are grabbing for their electronics more. While I love technology, I hate it when my kids become techno-zombies. You know that glazed-over, zoned out look they get when they are glued to the TV? They get all bug-eyed and develop selective hearing, it drives me crazy.…

  • Halloween Safety Tips: GPS Tools for Tracking Your Children

    We’re talking Halloween safety tips along with other free online games for kids on “Media Mom” on Local Five Live, a CBS affiliate. I was on the fence about featuring these tracking apps today. At what point are we being too paranoid as parents? When I was a kid, I remember trick-or-treating until all hours…

  • Great Apps for Halloween Fun

    Great Apps for Halloween Fun

    I am not a big fan of Halloween but I will admit…I am having a ton of fun with some of the sites and apps I found. If you watch this segment, you will see me cover them all. It was a pretty entertaining one! If you just want to read about my top picks…

  • Thanks Ellen DeGeneres, Best 99 cents I have Spent

    There is a question I dread hearing from my kids…”Mom, can I get another game on my iPod?” For some reason, it is like nails on a chalkboard. I mean come on, my kids both have a million and one games on those things already, why do they need more!? Well, last week I caved…