BBC’s smart keyboard helps kids live healthy digital lives

The BBC wants to help kids have healthy and positive interactions online, and it's hoping its new Own It app will do just that. The app is centered around a keyboard that pops up whenever a user begins to type. If the message is negative, the app can...

Technology alone won’t make your kids smarter

Ever plop your kids in front of some purportedly educational screen-based thing because you need 15 minutes of peace? Maybe, like me, you say to yourself, "It's 15 minutes. It's an educational app. It's not so bad. I just need to start dinner." There...

The best alternatives to YouTube Kids

On the surface, it seems like a great idea. YouTube is home to all kinds of quality video content, so a dedicated, age-appropriate version for children sounds great. However, even with a host of parental controls, YouTube Kids is still plagued with i...

How to buy tech gifts for other people’s kids

Gift gifting for kids has gotten a lot more complicated over the past two decades or so. Gone are the days when you could just buy a doll or toy truck and know that it would be enjoyed by the child and fairly noncontroversial with the parents. A lot...

How to track everything your baby does

As a first-time parent, I was fully expecting to deal with mountains of dirty diapers, constant feedings and losing lots of sleep. But despite reading plenty of parenting books, I didn't realize how important data tracking would be when taking care o...