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How To Maximize Savings On Black Friday

Black Friday is all about snagging great deals and saving a ton of money. This is the time to buy the brands that rarely go on sale during the rest of the year, and to maximize your savings on everything else! 1. Save big on LEGO at Walmart. It is very rare to find steep…

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School Zone’s Little Scholar Learning Tablet

With so much technology in our world today, I often find that my kids know how to work iPhones and iPads much better than I do!While it’s tempting to give them my phone to play with as a distraction for a little bit so I can relax for 5 minutes, I’ve noticed they tend to play mindless games that certainly aren’t doing anything for their brain development.Luckily, School Zone has …

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Are Smartphones the New Pacifiers?

In times past, parents have pacified unhappy or tired children by giving them a toy or game (or a pacifier). The concept is alive and well today, but something has changed. With the rise of tablets and smartphones, parents are starting to use them to pacify a restless child.

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June Astrology Reading

Bookended by a Scorpio moon from beginning to end, June rolls in under two significant eclipses, a day apart! The June 4th lunar eclipse, 4:10 am PDT, is followed by the very rare Venus eclipse of the sun, June 5th, 6:10 p.m. for about 3 hours.

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Mom’s Guide to Online Espionage

The Wall Street Journal (which, refreshingly for a biz publication, frequently captures the wacky dynamics of modern motherhood) ran a piece last Wednesday chronicling all the ways kids try to outsmart their moms and get onto Facebook and other social media sites that parents have forbidden. I read the article in our kitchen via old-school newsprint while my three kids hovered around me immersed in our familys iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks.