{"id":12891,"date":"2022-08-23T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/23\/make-your-back-to-school-routine-better-with-these-smart-home-tricks\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:39:37","slug":"make-your-back-to-school-routine-better-with-these-smart-home-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/23\/make-your-back-to-school-routine-better-with-these-smart-home-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your back-to-school routine better with these smart home tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/22\/23317067\/amazon-alexa-google-assistant-smart-home-back-to-school-routines<\/a>
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This week, my kids headed back to school. For most parents, that means a weekend spent buying composition notebooks and Ticonderoga pencils and unearthing moldy lunchboxes from last year\u2019s book bag (just me?). In my household, it also means reenabling all my back-to-school smart home routines.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been using my smart home as an extra pair of parental eyes and ears<\/a> for years now, and I think all parents need some home automation in their lives. The little things the smart home does well \u2014 lights that turn on when you walk into a room, a TV you can shut down with just your voice, a doorbell that shows you who\u2019s there \u2014 are so much more useful when you are also juggling little people and their various demands.<\/p>\n

(A caveat to all this: I use these gadgets, routines, and automations to help our household run smoothly and give us back some time, not as an alternative to actually parenting.)<\/p>\n

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