Category Archives: Safety

The Withings Smart Baby Monitor lets you use your iPhone to check on your baby

By Zara Rabinowicz Baby monitors used to be fairly basic devices. They’d transmit noises from a transmitter to the receiver and you’d be able to tell whether your precious was cooing or crying. Welcome to the next evolution of the … Continue reading

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Onaroo PBA (Personal Baby Assistant)

By Andrew Liszewski It’s not easy to write about a $50 device that can easily be replaced, and improved, by a $0.99 iPhone app, but I’ll try. The Onaroo is pegged as a PBA or ‘personal baby assistant’ and is … Continue reading

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SafetyWeb Lets Parents Monitor Kids’ Mobile Phone Activity

By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor Hey parents, here’s a way for you to monitor your kid’s mobile phone activity: “Parents can now use SafetyWeb to monitor their child’s mobile phone activity from anywhere by logging into SafetyWeb.com, or by … Continue reading

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Baby Bath Thermometer – 5 bucks

Not only a Child Thermometer for measuring water temperature, but also a lovely blue bear toy for your baby to play when he/she wants to have a bath; The range of the Bath Thermometer measurement: 34~44°C (93.2-111.2°F)

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A Parent’s Guide to Safe Online Surfing to Protect the Tech-Savviest Kids

by Leticia Barr The internet is a treasure trove of learning opportunities that are designed for young ages to practice developing skills but it also poses real risks for our children from the minute they visit their first website. As … Continue reading

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Facebook Alternative for Kids – Try Togetherville

Most of you know that kids under 13 are not supposed to use Facebook. However, you also probably know that there are lots of kids cheating on that limit. Some of them are doing so with their parents’ knowledge. I … Continue reading

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Toddler Goes on iPad App Buying Spree

By Nicole Martinelli Apps are so easy — maybe too easy? — to buy on an iPad even a three-year-old can do it. Toddler Sienna Leigh in Sydney racked up about $50 in app purchases before her mom noticed the … Continue reading

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Keep Tabs on Kids’ Social Lives

by Katherine Boehret from The Wall Street Journal It’s often said that kids need their parents to be parents, not friends. With the launch of its new social-networking tool, SafeSocial, AOL Inc. lets parents practice this adage in a literal … Continue reading

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CBS: How to Talk Tech with Your Family

(CBS) Is your family overloaded with tech? Don’t know how to get your kids to unplug? The fast-paced world instant communication is sometimes difficult to maneuver whether you’re tech-savvy or not. So on the broadcast Thursday, our “Early Show” experts … Continue reading

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Schools Now Tracking Your Kids’ Bus Rides Using GPS

Afraid that the almighty government will sneak into your driveway, attach a GPS device to your car, then track your every move? Perhaps you should be more afraid of what your child’s school has in mind? A Chicago-area elementary school … Continue reading

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