Now that the kids are back in school, the chaos has just begun! Between homework, reading and after-school activities, it can be a lot to juggle. Fortunately, Tech Lifestyle Expert Carley Knobloch and InTheNews.tv partnered with some great brands to share smart solutions to help your family to handle it all! Carley shares innovations that can help you stay organized and secure, including an eReader with a built-in notebook, a device that young readers will love, a system to improve your home’s Wi-Fi, and smart home security. It’s your Connected Parents Back in School Guide…check it out!
What if you could trade the chaos for calm with one simple, powerful device?
Kindle Scribe
Get organized and stay focused this back-to-school season with Kindle Scribe—a distraction-free device that combines the joy of reading and writing in one. Perfect for connected parents juggling schedules, school forms, and to-do lists, Kindle Scribe lets you import and annotate documents, jot down notes on customizable templates, and even write directly on books. Built-in AI tools help summarize notes or refine handwriting to be more legible and easily share, making it easier to stay on top of everything. With the ready-to-use Premium Pen that requires no charging or setup, staying organized has never felt more seamless or natural.
- Available for purchase and for more information, visit Amazon.com/kindle.
Ready to transform your child’s reading experience and lighten the load on their backpack?
Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids and Kindle Colorsoft Kids
Kindle Kids devices are the perfect solution for packing all your child’s reading for school or fun into one lightweight, portable device. Every Kindle Kids device comes with a kid-friendly case, parental controls, weeks of battery life, and a two-year worry-free guarantee. Plus, the included subscription to Amazon Kids+ gives kids access to thousands of books and audiobooks they love, like the Percy Jackson series and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Choose from Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids, or the new Kindle Colorsoft Kids, which brings book covers, illustrations, comics and graphic novels to life on a glare-free color display.
- Available for purchase and for more information, visit Amazon.com/KindleColorsoftKids.
This back-to-school season, the key to a smoother, less chaotic family life is not a better schedule, but a better connection.

eero 7 & eero Pro 7
As kids head back to school, keep your family’s digital life running smoothly with eero’s Wi-Fi 7 systems. eero 7 ensures reliable connections for homework, video calls, and online research, while the powerful eero Pro 7 handles it all—from kids streaming educational content to parents working remotely, all while serving as smart home hubs to keep your home running efficiently. As a bonus, if you subscribe to eero Plus, parents will get advanced parental controls to help manage screen time and set time limits on wifi per device. With advanced TrueMesh technology eliminating dead spots, families can move about freely in their home knowing that eero will automatically adjust to maintain the strongest connection. It’s the backbone of your family’s modern learning environment.
- Available for purchase at Amazon.com, eero.com, Best Buy, and Target.
- For more information, visit eero.com.
When you can see everything that happens at your front door, it brings peace of mind you didn’t know you were missing.

Blink Video Doorbell
Blink Video Doorbell is Blink’s next-generation Video Doorbell with a head-to-toe view, up to two-year battery life, and on-device person detection (with an optional, paid Blink Subscription). Blink Video Doorbell delivers an impressive value at the affordable price of $69.99, which includes a Sync Module Core and three AA Energizer lithium batteries. Blink Video Doorbell builds upon the first generation with an expanded head-to-toe view to see more at your front door. It also comes with the smart security features Blink customers know and love including two-way audio, crisp HD video, motion detection, and more. With an optional, paid Blink Subscription plan, you can access features like person detection, Blink Moments, and save and share clips in the cloud.
- Available for purchase and for more information, visit Amazon.com/blink.
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