technology

  This content is sponsored by the Breastfeeding Shop.   Technology isn’t always a bad thing, but more and more kids can’t tear themselves away from electronics, whether it be video games, cell phones, or the TV. The child obesity rate is higher now than it has ever been, in part thanks to the mass […]

Health care providers now have exciting new resources to help them work with patients from military families, thanks to research-based content on the Sesame Street for Military Families website. In a video on the new provider section, Vice Adm. Raquel Bono welcomes health care providers to the website while standing beside Sesame Street’s Elmo.  Bono, director […]

This post is sponsored by The Breastfeeding Shop. I seriously wish that I had The Breastfeeding Shop app about a year ago. Actually, make that four years ago. As a new mom, I struggled a lot. The biggest challenge was keeping track of everything on very little sleep. Every doctors visit brought endless questions about […]

Track your workouts with Strava paired with a fitness watch of some kind? Yeah, me too. Apparently we’ve all been coughing up our location to the terrorists without a second thought. Or at least I was until Monday. That’s when I saw this story about a bunch of presumably intelligent troops and operators who were (I’m guessing unknowingly) letting […]

Tired of doing the same workout routine? Not seeing the results you’d like? Guard Your Health, a health and wellness campaign for Army National Guard Soldiers, is here to help. Use these tips and resources to train smarter: Download Guard Fit Take the guess work out of training with Guard Fit, the first and only […]

We’ve all seen the way homebuying has changed over the years. Today’s savvy buyers are doing more research ahead of time than ever before, and they walk into a real estate or sales office educated about their choices. Social media — especially Facebook, Pinterest, Foursquare, Twitter and YouTube — has become increasingly important in the […]

Diana Smith is growing so concerned about the potential perils of technology on kids’ psyches and behavior that she devised a refreshing solution this summer. Call it pay-per-not-view. Smith, principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., challenged her eighth- and ninth-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video […]

We’ve all heard the phrase “bloom where you’re planted,” especially in military circles. Most have their own opinion about the phrase itself — some love it, some hate it. You can’t argue that it’s one that military families can identify with. It’s supposed to inspire us to go out and conquer the world no matter where […]