10 Reasons Work-at-Home Parents, Online Writers Need Smartphones

I finally bit the bullet, joined the 21st century and bought a smartphone.  I got a cheapie--$30. It's a Kyocera Event with Virgin Mobile pay as you go plan for 35 bucks a month. I fought smartphones kicking and screaming because I think people spend too much time messing with them. But I do realize there's a lot you can do it with smartphone especially as an online writer. Here are 10 Reasons Online Writers Need Smartphones

Back to School--Best Personal Calendar, Planner, Organizer Apps on the Internet

Okay, I admit it--I am an organizer-ophile. We online freelance WAHMs and SAHMs have to be if we want to juggle it all. With back to school on every parent's lips, personal planners are hot commodities.  But I am also a tightwad--I will not pay for cellphone organizers apps or software. And I don't have to, nor do you, when there are so many free calendar, student planner and personal organizer apps on the net.  Best Personal Calendar, Planner, Organizer Apps on the Internet 

For best parenting practices, nix frequent cellphone texts

During most of my early parenting, cellphones weren't so common and texting was virtually unheard of. Though I've had a mobile device for about 12 years, I still don't have a texting plan. In parenting, I can think of few good outcomes and lots of negative ones from frequent cellphone texting. I'm not referring to business cellphone use, but casual chat. Here's why texting and parenting don't mix. For best parenting practices, nix frequent cellphone texts

Teaching kids a healthy work ethic

There's a misnomer among kids that summer break from school entitles one to three months of leisure. Not only is that unrealistic, it's unhealthy. All work and no play may make jack a dull boy, but all play and no work makes him self-indulgent and irritating. Summer is a great time to build a positive work ethic. In order to do, we need to dispel and rethink some erroneous assumptions about work. Teaching kids a healthy work ethic

2Houses co-parenting website makes single parenting easier

Gill Ruidant is a co-parent. He shares custody of a son with his former spouse. To smooth the bumps of parenting between two families, Ruidant created an organizational website, based in Belgium, called 2houses. Although I'm not a single parent, Ruidant allowed me to set up an account to see how the site worked. He contacted me to say that I was one of the first to test-drive it. I interviewed Ruidant, asking about what goes into the creation of an organizational website (and soon to be cellphone app) how it can help co-parents. Here's what he had to say. Read more at 2Houses co-parenting website creator makes single parenting easier - Yahoo! Shine