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Sarah Kimmel

Lehi, United States, Utah
As seen in: Family Tech Zone, Substack, BioRxiv, Cell Press, CRN (U.S.), CMSWire, Techlicious, Middlebury Campus, Chief Learning Officer, ChannelE2E, Ecommerce Magazine and
Helping families understand and manage the devices in their home through blogs, podcasts, live classes, public speaking and in-home family tech support
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6 Tech Parenting Mistakes I Made, Even Though I Teach This For a Living - Family Tech

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By Sarah Kimmel
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Short version: I am a family tech expert with 20+ years in IT, and I have made the same types of tech mistakes I warn other parents about. Relaxed parental controls I never tightened back up. A family tech agreement I never actually signed. Browsing history I stopped checking. Devices at family dinners. A Discord promise I should have walked back. A consequence I threatened and never enforced.
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Lurking Counts! How to Find "Your People" Online - Family Tech

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By Sarah Kimmel
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download TL;DR The standard advice (pick a topic, search, join, introduce yourself, post daily) is the reason you feel stuck. It has almost nothing to do with how real online communities actually form. Most disappointing groups are not the wrong topic. They are the wrong verb. Same subject, completely different activity happening inside. You do not go find a community. You go find something you needed, and your people are standing right next to it.
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Your Kid's School Just Banned Phones. Now What? - Family Tech

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By Sarah Kimmel
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Last updated: July 2026. Written for US families heading into the 2026 to 2027 school year. Picture the first day of school. Your kid walks in, and their phone gets zipped into a pouch like it is evidence at a crime scene. That image is why my inbox is full right now.
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