Resources

Along with lifestyle tips and experiences, NYC Tech Mommy highlights how she incorporates technology into fun activities that engage children. From apps and gadgets that she uses daily to conventions she attends showcasing the latest in family tech, the ideas for tech use at home are endless. She embraces the use of technology and uses it in a way that both entertains and educates her children. 

Our Home is an app intended for families that allows you to list chores or tasks for your child to complete. The child can see the chores assigned and the parent can see what has been completed already as well as the tasks assigned to each child. They allow you to monitor each child’s progress as well as assign points that can be used on rewards pre-chosen by the parent. It is a great way for children to take initiative by having a visual of what needs to be done. 
 
You can download Our Home by finding it on the Apple or Android store. 

This article is a great resource for parents on how to reduce children’s screen time. Due to the rise in technology use because of the pandemic, it is becoming easier to overindulge in technology. These helpful tips are just a few ways that we can limit children’s screen time as well as monitor the ways in which technology is used. 

Headspace has a section curated for children where they can practice mindfulness through guided meditations. They have the option to choose meditations customized towards their likes that are guided or unguided and only three minutes in length. By using this app, children will be able to strengthen their focus and self-awareness through consistent use as well as focus on decreasing stress and anxieties. 

You can download Headspace by finding it on the Apple or Android store. 

How to Entertain, Distract, and Unplug Your Kids: Tricks, Tools, and Spontaneous Screen-Free Activities by Matthew Jervis provides ways to entertain your children without resorting to the use of technology. It can be easy to provide technology to children as a quick and easy distraction which is why this book provides a variety of options you don’t have to think about. Whether you need short or lengthy activities, this book provides great ways to unplug and entertain the kids. 
 
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Moshi is an app that creatively works to decrease the effects of blue light in children and provides a platform where children can choose stories, lessons, meditations, music, or white noise. It can be used at home before bedtime or in the classroom during story time. A resource for parents and educators intended to creatively use technology while diminishing the effects.
 
You can download Moshi by finding it on the Apple or Android store. 

This article explains what blue light is in technology and how it affects an individual’s sleep. Along with an explanation as to how it functions in the body, it also provides some suggestions for diminishing the effects of blue light in your daily life.