*Advertorial Feature* During this lockdown I have been discovering a new normal with Joshua and Jacob and since I am no classroom teacher I have been looking at spending time with the kids doing fun things but yet still learning so I was excited to hear more about the new online experience create ...
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Discovering IMO Mobile Phones For Pre Teens & Teens (+ Competition)
*Advertorial Feature With IMO* If you’re a parent of a child capable of speaking, then I am sure you will have heard the requests to have a phone of their own. My eldest daughter was asking for a phone from the age of about 5-6 years and my son who is a little later has just started asking now ...
The Working Mind Of An 8 Year Old According To His Alexa History!
At Christmas I gifted my husband Ollie an Amazon Echo. The family loved it so much that Joshua was desperate for one of his own and although I was concerned originally after downloading the app and realising I could in fact keep tabs on what he was using it for and restrict him being able ...
Every Mum Planning a Trip Needs This Cybersecurity Checklist
One week's worth of clothes. Check. Travel insurance. Check. Sunscreen. Check Cybersecurity checklist…. We don’t need to tell you; there’s nothing better than taking a week or so to relax and unwind with the family. It’s the perfect opportunity to create memories your kids will cherish ...
Affordable Security With A Neos SmartCam
*Featured Advertorial* Recently I was sent a fairly new product on the block. A Neos SmartCam to try out at home and I was genuinely excited. Normally technology comes with a fairly hefty price tag so knowing that the Neos SmartCam has a low price of just £19.99 (excluding shipping) I ...
The Fundamentals Of Home Security
Managing a home is hardly the easiest thing you could do in life. However, it’s perhaps one of the most worthwhile. After all, without a place to root you, to call home, there’s chance you’ll never fully feel settled. Even those who pride themselves on their traveling and adventuring spirit wish to ...
A Review Of The Eufy RoboVac 11
If you are a regular reader you will know that I love a good gadget and anything that can help save me time is a winner with me but having spotted a number of robotic vacuums on the market I genuinely wondered if they were really for show or could handle the day to day mess that a family can ...
Family Printing And The Epson EcoTank ET-2750
I know my family can't be the only family that seems to prints out random things each day but our printer has had a hard and painful life of overwork. It has also cost me a small fortune in inks over the last 2 years too. With ink cartridges (of which I needed 2, a tri colour and black) and each ...
Cocoon – A New Way To Protect Your Home
Protecting my home is something I like to think I am super efficient at. With having cameras on the outside of the house, good door and window locks and standard house alarm but for me there is nothing wrong with looking at other possibilities too. Recently I had such a chance when I was ...
Discovering Playstation At Their Family Event
This weekend I had the pleasure of taking Joshua to an event in London to discover all about PlayStation. I have to be honest however and say it was all new to me as I last owned a Playstation in the 90's with their very first PlayStation console. Games technology and consoles tend to be ...
Technology And Our Kids At School
*Sponsored Feature* Children now have access to technology in school as part of their curriculum, not something which I had when at school but in this day and age it is rather essential that they learn from an early age. My children are of course around technology perhaps earlier than I may have ...
Capturing The Remainder Of Summer – With A Tablet
*Sponsored Feature" I have talked in the past about how technology can sometime hinder family life with so many hours spent in front a screen its easy to get carried away and miss real life. This summer I have had my mind changed, which has surprised me. On our holiday in Italy ...
Growing Up In A Digitally Connected World
This month I have had an epic battle with a phone provider over my broken phone and throughout the 16 telephone advisors conversations on the phone, the 17 direct messages on twitter and a whole heap of tears, 16 days without a phone later and its confirmed one thing. Customer services need to up ...
Why I Am Relaxing While Driving With The Philips ADR 810 Dash Cam
When dash cams first started showing their faces a while back they were bulky and immensely expensive and if I am honest I thought they were a passing fad. Over the last year I have been more and more intrigued by dash cams and how easily they could fit into family life but also were they worth ...