Should You Let Kids Go Online?
Should you let your kids go online? The simple answer to this question is yes, and you should. While the Internet is filled with dangers, it can be an educational tool that is simply too good not to use. So perhaps a better question is whether you should let your children online, unsupervised. At a […]
An Adult’s Guide To Staying Safe While Browsing The Web
As a parent, you never imagine that you could be unsafe when you are browsing the web. No, it is the children that we must protect, isn’t it? Of course, the kids are your big priority because there are unscrupulous people out there who are looking to take advantage. Every child should know the warning […]
How Social Media Can Help When You’re a Dad
If you’re not already a user of social media, you really should be. There are so many reasons for dads to be active on Twitter and Facebook. Read on to find out more about those reasons. Parenting Tips Can be Shared On Twitter, there are lots of accounts that help parents with tips and advice. […]
10 Best Apps to Keep a Dad Organised
Every daddy geek has responsibilities. Responsibilities to family, to friends and to work and it’s hard to find time to fit everything in. Being organised is key to using your time efficiently. For me, my smartphone is an essential bit of kit for the running of my day-to-day life. I write on it, socialise on it, […]
Amazing Ways Your Children Can Use An iPad
As a parent, it’s often difficult to match my love of gadgets with raising children. I can’t help but fall in love with video games and the newest iPad. Children always like to follow and copy their parents, so, naturally, I have a family of technology geeks! The trouble is, I know that this isn’t […]
A Newbie’s Guide To Restoring And Archiving Old Photographs
Every family will have some old and cherished photos taken many generations ago. As time goes on, these pictures will get subject to damage from the sun, people mishandling them and so forth. Eventually, these photos will no longer look as good as they did the day they got taken. For the most part, people […]
Top Video Games Of 2014: What Have You Been Missing?
2014 was one heck of an exciting year for the gaming world. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox Once consoles started to pick up speed after their 2013 launch and there was also some fantastic advancements in games as well. Outlined below are some of my favourite games of 2014. The following are ‘adult’ games, in that, most are […]
Software Review: Photo Story Deluxe 2014 | PC
Photostory 2014 Deluxe is a fantastic slideshow creation tool with over 100 transition effects, 500 pieces of music and sound effects and an array of useful tools to give it creative flair. Going into this review my exceptions were pretty low, partly due to the cost and also being used to using the Adobe suite […]
Top Children’s Games this Christmas
When it comes to child-friendly video games this Christmas, you are spoilt for choice. Depending on the age and inclination of your child, there is myriad of different games across the different platforms. So whether you like the furious thumb action of Disney Infinity, waving a wand in Sofia the First or busting-a-groove on one […]
The Best Interactions For Children in Zoo Tycoon
When it come to Xbox One games for children, the choice is pretty limited. Zoo Tycoon is one of the few games that entertain my girls, whilst also introducing them to the gesture and motion control that the Kinect offers. Whilst I do not foresee my one and three year olds building a Zoo from […]
App Review: Tesco Shopping App | iPhone | iPad
I have spent many years walking up and down supermarket aisles hunting down bargains, getting the necessities for our weekly life and grabbing the odd bottle of wine, chosen purely by the the fact that it was under a fiver. As soon as I had my first daughter, however, the idea of dragging her round […]
3 Fantastic Free Toddler Apps
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]e rely on apps to enable our family to function a daily basis. As anyone with two children will know it is not always possible to provide them both with stimulating activities and messy play opportunities. Sometimes you just need five minutes peace and this is when the use of apps comes into its […]
Oculus Rift lets you train the England rugby team
O2 have teamed up with the England rugby team and announced their new ‘game’ called ‘Wear the Rose’. This “360-degree virtual reality sports experience” is available for the Oculus Rift that places the wearer within a training session with the English team. The video shows that players will be asked to jump, tackle and catch […]
Xbox One Games for Children
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he Xbox is not synonymous with child friendliness. It’s had it’s fair share of Lego games and games that appeal to both adults and older children, but overall, the choices for young children and toddlers is very limited. Nintendo has always attempted to cover this market, and for the most part, they have covered it […]
Totlol: A Kid-Safe Alternative To YouTube Online & Mobile Devices
[dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]otlol is not a new idea, in fact it actually started back in 2008. The idea was to offer parents a child friendly collection of video clips that exist on YouTube in one safe environment. However, being only a one man operation at the time, the project hit a rocky patch and soon disappeared. […]
Interview: Beansprites | Game Developer For Children
When it comes to children’s games, not many indie developers have such an extensive back catalog as Beansprites, a small team from California who have covered cafe culture to dentistry is their myriad of colorful games. 1. What made you want to make games primarily for young children? The decision to make apps for kids […]