Episodes

Most people take pictures with their phones these days. Since it’s SO easy to take the pictures, we just take a lot and hope that one of them turns out well. Today I talk to Rachelle Packard, a professional photographer to help you improve your photos. Sarah Kimmel is a Microsoft Certified IT Manager, who is also a mom. She currently helps families understand and manage the technology in their homes through YouTube Videos, Instagram posts, podcasts, and her website Family Tech Zone. She can als...

High school student Jahan Taila and his friend Nathan have created an app to help kids learn coding. I will talk to Jahan about how his parents have helped encourage his passion for coding and how parents can help their kids learn how to code! Link to the Kickstarter! Let’s support this teen! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jahan/codera-a-fun-and-engaging-way-to-teach-kids-how-to-code

Kristen Duke, the expert in having a great relationship with your teens, talks to me about how to talk to your kids about social media and technology

How can you include a fitness routine in your life? What are the best streaming fitness apps and services? All that and more when I talk to Emily, co-creator of High Fitness

One highly neglected area of discussion when it comes to technology is how to best utilize technology to help our senior citizens. This week I sit down with Heather from Elder Care Navigators to discuss the challenges, the various products that can help, and the things we can do to make technology use more comfortable for our seniors.

The digital homesteading expert is here live to discuss indoor gardening tips, tricks, tools and more! Kris’ Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/aerogardenkratkyfanatics AeroGarden affiliate link – http://girlte.ch/AeroGarden Coupon code LTG20 takes $20 off a purchase of $100 of more Full list of all gardening (and other) affiliates – https://littletechgirl.com/littletechgirl-affiliate-links/

School Resource Officer Gomez sees it all when it comes to our kids and teens. He’s in the trenches every day and knows the dangers that can exist online for our teens. I love his thoughts on what is cyberbullying and what is not. It was extremely eye-opening!

We are talking all things Cricut, 3D Printing, and more! Learn about all of the technology you can use to make crafts, finding simple crafts for you to do with your kids and get started with crafts!

Live discussion with Megan Hillyer from Know Your Ancestors about easy ways you can start recording your family history, and how you can get started finding your own ancestors!

Discussion with Bill Brady about kids smartphone use, and how to help keep them safe. Also a little bit about Troomi, a kids safe smart phone, specifically. iGen Book Discussed – https://amzn.to/3Ycdny9 Troomi Phone – https://troomi.crrnt.app/A7pW5Yry

The Autism Dad, Rob Gorski, and Sarah discuss the best technology for kids with special needs, including apps and devices, and how best to manage the technology with your neuro-divergent child. All links to discount codes and products can be found here https://www.theautismdad.com/shop/ Bridging Apps – https://search.bridgingapps.org/all-list Website – https://www.theautismdad.com/ Podcast Apple – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t… Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/0Kl8mzC… Google Pod...

Join me as I discuss everything from how to protect your kids on video games, and how to enjoy gaming with your kids and family! Learn about gaming in moderation and healthy gaming with your family. Andy Robertson of FamilyGamerTV and author of Taming Gaming literally wrote the book on healthy video game habits – https://amzn.to/3cXe9Nv Check out his YouTube channel for more tips! – https://www.youtube.com/c/FamilyGamerTV Resources discussed during the live Board Games: https://www.taminggaming....

Join me for a discussion on some of the most popular tech company court cases like epic games vs apple and parents vs snapchat and other social media sites. How much responsibility do tech companies have to protect children? Should tech companies be forced to comply with certain technology standards? Why can’t I purchase digital content outside of the Apple app store or Google play store? All of these questions and more with Lawyer Liz!

This week I interview Amy Roskelley from Health Beet! We talk about apps and technology you can use to help you lose weight, get healthy, and get fit!

Parenting technology is difficult enough, but add divorce and shared custody into the mix, and it gets even harder. Michelle Dempsey-Multack is a divorce coach and has navigated these waters herself. Find out how to coparent technology and what you can do to make coparenting technology work for both parents! Michelle’s Website – https://momsmovingon.com/ Buy her book – https://amzn.to/3o6srha

Get the most out of your phone by using some of the advice from Blake and me during this live recording.

Join me for a live conversation with my own teens. Use this conversation as a jumping-off point to talk to your own children about technology. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ObSjYzF0DK0

This week I sit down with Erin Woodruff from the podcast “Time is On Your Side”. We talk about the best productivity apps, tips on managing your time, and discuss if those digital assistants and smart home devices are really helping us be more productive!

Join me and the Secure Dad as we discuss the best home security system, solutions, and setup to help you get your home secured! We will talk about the best products, and how to get started with a DIY home security system, and how to protect yourself from having your system hacked.

If you are lost on where to get started to help protect your family, listen to this episode of Family Tech Talk to help you get a handle on it!

Introducing a new segment of the podcast… Family Tech Tips! These are short episodes that tackle a specific tech question I have been asked. If you are interested in me answering your question, feel free to hit me up on the DMs in Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. My username is FamilyTech on all three! Today’s episode tackles the question I probably get asked the MOST. Kids will tell their parents they need this application to help make their phone faster or work better. The app they want is a V...

Today I interview Justin Payeur, owner and co-creator of the Boomerang Parental Control app. It is by far my favorite parental control app to help keep kids safe with the technology you hand over to them. Justin and Sarah discuss technology and kids, rules, and how they have changed in this new pandemic.

Emilee and Sarah talk back to school tech, in light of heading to school online! We also breakdown the Disney+ release of the Broadway play, Hamilton!

Today I kick off a new series in my podcast called Family Tech Live. These are live interviews with the people making technology happen. The interviews are live on Instagram every Monday at 1 PM PST. This week I interviewed Ethan Arenson, head of Digital Safety at Verizon. We talk all about kids and technology and what Verizon is doing to help keep kids safe.