Kristen Chase

We've been fans of Withings ever since we spotted their fitness tracker at CES a couple of years ago. Since then, they've added a ton of very cool new products, like their scale for one, which now allows expectant moms to track their pre…

With summer unofficially here and lots of road trips on the horizon, we're always looking for new podcasts. In our experience, personal recommendations go a very long way, especially from fellow podcasters (that's us!). Related: How to d…

Wait, what? You're not listening to our Spawned podcast ? Well, we're just going to have to help you change that! We think it's a wonderful way to spend 30 minutes in your week, and we hope after listening that you think so too. If you'r…

In this fast-paced age of technology, coding skills are pretty valuable, whether you're looking to change careers yourself, or you've got a teen looking ahead to college and beyond. Well, a new option just came available to you thanks to…

When Guy Raz, of NPR's TED Radio Hour and Wow in the World podcast fame, recommends a website for kids, you go, because, obvy. And no surprise, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Storyline Online is a fantastic resource for parents that you migh…

With my bigger kids in classes with more than one teacher now, particularly when it comes to the STEM subjects, I want to make sure they get as much thanks as their regular classroom teacher at the end of the year. And, let's just say I'…

In a recent survey of 1500 young people aged 14-24, researchers discovered that Instagram was cited as the most damaging to a young person , followed closely by Snapchat, and then Facebook. In fact, YouTube was the only of the 5 networks…

Imagine my surprise when I discovered the inactive SiriusXM radio in my car was suddenly blasting Channel 78 Kids Place Live again? Well, it turns out that it wasn't a fluke. Now through the end of May, SiriusXM has automatically turned …

Just yesterday I was chatting with a couple of my mom friends at my daughter's track club about podcasts and I was surprised to discover that neither of them knew that they could easily access podcasts right on their iPhone. "Wait, they'…

What can we say? We're suckers for geeky baby onesies , especially when they involve keyboard commands, which is why we had to share this new baby onesie from the folks at TwelveSouth . Command N. Get it? Of course you did. Related: 5 of…

There are no shortage of stylish activity trackers on the market today, all of which we think would make a very cool Mother's Day gift for the right kind of mom. (Raises hand!). But this one from Wisewear isn't just a pretty face. It can…

We're not huge fans of sending emails on the fly, even with the "Sent from our iPhone and talk-to-text hates us" warning at the bottom. But if we do, there are 3 handy iPhone email tricks we use to make them look as buttoned up as they w…

Maybe we need to be worrying more about our own social media addiction more than our teen's, at least, that's according to a new survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research . They discovered that teen…

Well, well, Amazon's Echo (aka Alexa) is now your own personal Anna Wintour thanks to the newly launched Echo Look . Think Alexa, now with eyeballs and a fashion sense. With this new gadget, you can actually take full-length photos of yo…

Just this week, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) released new recommendations for middle and high school students , stating they should not start school until 8:30am, which for my middle schooler would be a full hour and a h…

In a recent New York Times article , one of our favorite organizational apps Unroll.me was mentioned as selling user data (specifically emails with Lyft receipts) to Uber, and not surprisingly people are worried, including us. We've been…

Well, here's one way to ensure no one will ever throw away that greeting card you so lovingly wrote out and mailed. These Tine message tags allow you to send photos, video, even audio messages using a special code that you can stick pret…

If you think spying and snooping on your kids' social media behavior will help keep them safer, a new study in the Journal of Adolescence actually suggests otherwise, this recent post on Well Family discusses. In a survey of 455 adolesce…

If you've got Pokémon loving tweens and teens in your house, you better pop in some ear plugs before you show them the new line of Pokémon make-up from Korean brand TONYMOLY . They've got everything from nail polish to face masks, all co…

If you've got toddlers on screens during the day, a new study out of England suggests it could be cutting into their sleep at night. And as we parents know, sleep is a precious commodity. Looking at data from about 700 British families, …

Just when we parents were worried about all those scary parody videos on YouTube , an eight-year-old boy watched a regular old driving how-to video and decided to hit the road with his sister for a McDonald's stop. Nope, we're not kiddin…

Looks like Ford took a cue from all parents everywhere who have been stuck driving their baby around in their car to get them to fall asleep, and built a baby cot that actually mimics that exact experience. (Well, for the baby that is. T…

Just when you got the hang of Instagram Story, Facebook decided to launch their new Facebook Story, which you've seen across the top of your News Feed if you've got the most recent version of the Facebook app. This is not to be confused …

When it comes to tech organization, sometimes it's just as simple as a coin pouch transformed into a earbuds holder, which is exactly what these Triangle Coin Pouches from FashionABLE can do. And with style, too. Related: 3 smart tech or…