• Apps,  children,  Entertainment,  family,  technology

    Pokemon – A Different Way Of Looking At The Craze.

    Everyone remembers the original Pokemon being a trend of more than 25 years ago, when we were suddenly bombarded with video games, toys, collectors cards and even a movie. Today, in the age of the smartphone, we have Pokemon Go, where, with the aid of your phone, you can hunt Pokemon’s in the real world, on your street, home, town, quite literally everywhere. We also have the highly collectable Funko Pop figures, which are supremely popular with young and older collectors alike. Pokemon Trading cards Pokémon cards were officially introduced in October 1996 in Japan after the success of the video game – and the collectable card game now has…

  • children,  family,  Internet safety,  Lifestyle,  technology

    The Secret App That Makes Parenting a Breeze

    Anyone who has raised children (or seen parents raising children) knows this as a fact. One of the keys to doing it right, is being able to roll with the punches and draw from past experience – experience you have, that your kid doesn’t. The problem is, parenting has changed. Now, technology has entered the script, and it’s thrown off that whole ‘experience’ dynamic. Kids are what we call digital natives, while us parents are simply trying to keep up. There’s a knowledge gap, and it can cause a lot of tension. Banning tech altogether is not only not a smart parent move, but it also isn’t really possible. They’re…

  • Apps,  children,  family,  Lifestyle

    Never forget again with the ‘Must Remember That’ App

    In our busy modern lives, we seem to have more and more things to remember. From birthdays, important work meetings, appointments and family and friend dates, we can often fill a diary or a notice board twice over. Add in special dates concerning our children and their schools (and my lad has a busier social calendar than I do with football matches, Birthday parties, school events and sports training), and you would have to have a mind of an elephant not to forget some of these things, leading to some embarrassing moments. That’s why I am so pleased with the ‘Must Remember that’ app, which supports the website you can…