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New York Post
5 days ago
- New York Post
Forget gentle parenting! This viral chore tool brings back structure —$50 off on Amazon
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Have you heard? Parents are ditching gentle parenting in favor of a 'F-around and Find Out' method, and it's not all about letting kids deal with natural consequences. More parents are also laying out clear rules and expectations for their little ones, according to the recent report by the Wall Street Journal. Rather than just going with the flow, parents are implementing scheduled routines and holding their children accountable for daily chores. It's a trend that's also arrived on TikTok, where thousands of parents share their favorite tools for getting kiddos to complete their tasks. One of their favorite parenting hacks: the Skylight Calendar — a 15-inch digital wall planner that is said to help build positive habits and encourage independence. With over 20,000 purchases in the past month alone, the viral tool has become a bit of a phenomenon in the parenting world, with some social media users saying it's their secret to managing multiple kids' schedules. Others have claimed that it's helped their children with behavioral problems and ADHD. 'Honestly, the Skylight calendar has made our school morning and afternoons so much easier,' TikToker Cassandra Lynn shared in her video. 'There are no constant reminders, there's less fighting, the kids know what to do when it's expected and where they're going.' There's just one catch: the Skylight Calendar is not cheap. At almost $300, the future-forward wall planner is definitely an investment for your family's future. But today, it's available for almost $50 on Amazon — a rare opportunity to snag it on sale before the school year. Still skeptical? The Post Wanted team also reviewed it and gave it our Type-A stamp of approval, too. Amazon Amazon's best-selling touchscreen planner offers a range of unique features for parents, including a color-coded system to assign chores and a reward system, so kiddos can earn star points when they complete tasks. There's even a meal planner to help curb everyone's daily 'What for dinner?' question. It syncs up with Google, iCloud, and even Outlook, so you can add events and reminders right through your device. Neat, attractive, and intuitive, the Skylight Calendar is just the tool your family needs to smooth out the schedule and cross off the chore list this school year. This article was written by Miska Salemann, New York Post Commerce Journalist. As a Gen Z first-time mother of one, Miska tests baby, maternity and postpartum products ranging from stylish new kids clothes to long-trusted diaper brands with her daughter. She evaluates baby- and mom-approved products for practicality and quality, and consults medical and parenting experts to weigh in on safe ingredients, usage and more. Before arriving at the Post, she covered the lifestyle and consumer verticals for the U.S. Sun.
New York Post
30-07-2025
- New York Post
From chaos to clarity: How Skylight Calendar brings order to my schedule
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. If your fridge is doubling as a chaotic command center — covered in color-coded calendars, cryptic reminders, and a grocery list from three weeks ago — it might be time to level up. Say hello to the Skylight Calendar, the digital sidekick you never knew you needed but now can't live without. Picture this: a sleek digital screen perched on your wall, puting every other planning system to shame, obliterating it with style, smarts and a sprinkle of tech magic. Now, I'll be honest, I approached this little gadget with a healthy dose of skepticism. My Type-A personality has tried the planners and apps, but the Skylight? This slim, professional-grade system may have presented itself with the poise of Mary Poppins and the brain of Albert Einstein, but I wanted to know if it worked for someone like me. Advertisement In the paragraphs ahead, I'll dive into the features, pros, cons and whether this digital dynamo deserves a permanent spot in your home. Spoiler: it may just become the family member you never knew you needed. What is the Skylight Calendar? But before I launch into full-on calendar evangelism, let's rewind. What exactly is this magical time-organizing box? Amazon Pros: Effortless to set up and sync with your calendars (Google, Apple, Outlook) in just a few steps Beyond just scheduling, it's also a meal planner and grocery list keeper, wedding checklist, brain dump list and photo frame all in one Clean, color-coded interface and touchscreen-responsive. Plus, the frame looks sleek and fits nicely into home decor Cons: Requires constant power and WiFi, which could be a dealbreaker for some shoppers No voice activation (like, 'hey, Alexa!') App meal planning feature sometimes lags The Skylight Calendar is a digital touchscreen display that syncs with all your existing calendars — including Google, Outlook and Apple — to serve as a central hub for all of your brain dumping needs. Unlike your phone or computer, it's designed to be shared. Mounted on your wall or propped on a counter, and turns your entire household into a synchronized symphony of appointments, birthdays, and chore charts. In terms of aesthetics, this thing looks good. Its modern-day charm is void of garish colors and blinking lights. With Skylight, you'll only find a clean, minimalist design that shows that you have your life together. Dimensions: 9.9″W x 1.4″H My Review Victoria Giardina I never thought I'd say this about a digital calendar, but the Skylight Calendar has genuinely made life feel a little more poetic. My fiancé and I picked it up during the thick of wedding planning chaos, thinking we just needed a place to dump our checklists and shared appointments. But it turned into something way more layered, kind of like a family command center mixed with a warm daily ritual. Set Up Setting it up was refreshingly painless, which I appreciated because my attention span starts to dissolve when tech gets too complicated. You plug it in, connect to Wi-Fi, and then sync it to your existing calendars — Google, Outlook, Apple, whatever your flavor is. We had our shared Google Calendar connected in less than five minutes. From there, it pulled in all of our events like magic, and just like that, we were off to the races. No extra logins, no endless 'now click this' steps; it was like the calendar wanted to work with us. Victoria Giardina The touchscreen is surprisingly responsive. It doesn't lag like you might expect from a digital display this size, and the interface is clear, colorful, and just customizable enough to feel personal without requiring a graphic design degree. We set our calendar to show the full week view because it helps us keep track of our rhythm: meals, workouts, errands, date nights, and now, an ever-growing list of wedding to-dos. Features One of the most underrated features is how the Skylight lets you create multiple calendars and toggle them on or off. My fiance and I have one for appointments, one for workouts, one strictly for wedding stuff, and another for fun things, like concerts, friend hangouts, and weekend trips. It keeps us from feeling overwhelmed. If I'm just trying to figure out when we're free for dinner next week, I don't need to mentally sift through dentist appointments and color-coded vendor calls. I just tap and filter, and the stress from planning melts a bit. We also share the grocery list function like a digital baton. When either of us notices we're out of almond milk or parsley or whatever, we just type it in on the Skylight or the mobile app. Whoever ends up at the store has the list ready to go, all without frantic texts. Setting Up Meal Planning Setting up meal planning on my Skylight Calendar was surprisingly straightforward and has become one of my favorite features. First, I made sure I had the Plus subscription, since meal planning tools are only available with the premium plan. Once I had that activated, I opened the Skylight app and navigated to the 'Meals' section. From there, I could begin adding meals for specific days and times. I loved that I could assign breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snacks to each day and even include notes. What really stood out to me was how easy it was to import recipes. Skylight lets me copy a link from any recipe site — like AllRecipes or even Pinterest — and it automatically pulls in the ingredients and instructions. It's also smart enough to recognize meal types and suggest slots for them on my calendar. I can drag and drop meals into my weekly view and even repeat meals I've previously saved. It helps me stay organized and cuts down on last-minute dinner stress, especially during busy weeks. Another feature I've come to rely on is the grocery list integration. When I add a meal, I can choose to send its ingredients directly to my shopping list. That list syncs across all family devices, so whoever's at the store can check things off in real time. It's made meal prep feel less like a solo task and more like a shared responsibility. Overall, meal planning on the Skylight Calendar has made our kitchen more efficient and our weeknights calmer. Automatic Software Updates One of the best low-maintenance perks of the Skylight Calendar is its automatic software updates. You don't have to worry about manually downloading or installing anything. Updates happen quietly in the background, usually overnight, so your device is always running the latest features and improvements without lifting a finger. Whether it's new layout options, better syncing capabilities or bug fixes, Skylight keeps things fresh and functional without disrupting your routine. Creating Profiles Skylight allows you to have different profiles, and the setup for that is also quick and painless. Just tap 'Add Profile,' choose a name, pick a color and you're good to go. You can add as many profiles as you need, and they all stay synced across your Skylight device and app. It's especially helpful for busy households where everyone's juggling their personal calendar. If used with the Skylight Plus subscription, profiles can also tie into meal planning and chore tracking, making it easier to personalize routines. It's like giving each person their own mini calendar within the bigger family view. Organized, colorful and totally stress-reducing. Victoria Giardina Displaying Photos A small but impactful detail is that the Skylight looks clean and modern, so it doesn't make the kitchen feel like a tech showroom. It's just sleek enough to feel intentional and designed, but not cold or overly sterile. During the weekdays, my fiance and I lean hard into its meal planning features. We use the list function to track grocery items, and the meal prep section. It's like a cross between a Pinterest board and your mom's handwritten dinner list, if that makes sense. We also started using it to organize and share photos, something I thought I wouldn't care much about, but wow, it makes a difference. There's something surprisingly comforting about seeing random snapshots of our weekend hikes or goofy selfies from late-night pizza runs rotating throughout the day. We've even developed a little habit of adding a quick 'Good luck today, you've got this' note or a favorite photo of the two of us with a heart when one of us have a meeting or a stressful day ahead. Think of it as a sticky note lunchbox message, 2025 edition. Skylight allows users to upload photos via the app or email them directly to your Skylight address, and it's something genuinely satisfying about walking past it and catching a glimpse of your week, like a little window into the life you're building. Cost Here's a breakdown of the Skylight Calendar pricing, comparing the free basic experience versus the paid Plus (premium) plan: Basic (non‑premium) Skylight Calendar ( $320 $315) : With no subscription required, the Skylight Calendar includes calendar syncing (with Google, Outlook, Apple iCloud, Cozi, Yahoo, etc.), simple chore charts, lists (to-dos, grocery lists), and routine tracking. These foundational features let families manage schedules and share tasks without subscribing. : With no subscription required, the Skylight Calendar includes calendar syncing (with Google, Outlook, Apple iCloud, Cozi, Yahoo, etc.), simple chore charts, lists (to-dos, grocery lists), and routine tracking. These foundational features let families manage schedules and share tasks without subscribing. Plus Plan (premium) Skylight Calendar (additional $79 a year): This unlocks advanced capabilities, including Sidekick/Magic Import (AI‑powered email, screenshot, PDF parsing into calendar events and meal planning), chore rewards, photo/video screensaver mode and recipe/meal tools. Features such as rewards and Sidekick conversion tools require a subscription. Chore charts and basic lists remain free, but automatic imports and screensaver/photos features do not. Why Skylight Is Great for Professionals and Students Using the Skylight Calendar for work has completely leveled up how I organize my day; it's like having a personal assistant, but one that lives on my wall and doesn't need coffee breaks. Work meetings, deadlines, lunch breaks that I swear I'll take — it's all right there. I've synced every calendar I use (and trust me, there are a lot), and can update stuff from my phone on the fly, and it magically appears on the screen like I've got calendar superpowers. Now, if you're a student — or know one — the Skylight is basically the ultimate academic sidekick. You can organize your class schedule, upcoming exams, study sessions, club meetings and essay deadlines without thinking twice. Instead of forgetting about that big history paper until midnight the night before, everything is right there, bright and bold. You can even use it to block out chill time, which honestly is just as important. The best part? It's actually fun to use. The touchscreen feels sleek, kind of like using a giant tablet, and organizing your life becomes weirdly entertaining (think: digital Tetris with your time). Plus, when everyone in the house or team is connected, there are fewer 'Wait, what time was that thing?' moments. It doesn't matter if you're running a business, managing a household or trying to survive finals week — the Skylight Calendar makes you feel like you've got it all under control…even if you're just winging it half the time. Final Verdict Victoria Giardina If I had to pick one word to describe the Skylight Calendar, it would probably be anchoring. It brings us back to the things we care about: being organized, spending time together, remembering the little stuff, and actually seeing our life play out in a way that feels calm and intentional. And as much as I'm excited for the wedding, I'm equally excited to see how the Skylight keeps evolving with us in our daily routines afterward. Honestly, I didn't expect to love it this much. It was just supposed to help us survive wedding planning. But it ended up being this soft, steady presence in our home — a little light-up rectangle that somehow makes the day feel more doable and more 'us.' I've had the Skylight Calendar for about six months and truly can't picture my routine without it. For over 200 years, the New York Post has been America's go-to source for bold news, engaging stories, in-depth reporting, and now, insightful shopping guidance. 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Global News
30-07-2025
- Business
- Global News
Must-have back-to-school organization tools to start the year right
The Curator independently decides what topics and products we feature. When you purchase an item through our links, we may earn a commission. Promotions and products are subject to availability and retailer terms. Whether you're a parent managing your family's multiple schedules, your own commitments, or even are a student trying to master time management ahead of that dreaded deadline crunch, there are tools to help us prioritize, organize, simplify and track to tame the chaos that life (and the return of a new school year) can throw our way. But of all the tools out there, the one that's proven most useful in our busy household of five (six if you count our pup) is our family's de facto command centre: The Skylight Calendar. While many large-format wall calendars aim to relay important information like dates and events, the wifi-enabled Skylight calendar's digital touchscreen capabilities scale beyond anything a standard calendar can do. It truly makes a case for why digital tools are superior to traditional wall calendars. Here are a few reasons why. Story continues below advertisement 1. It allows you to manage multiple schedules with ease. First thing's first: A calendar that gives you and your family a bird's eye view of everyone's upcoming appointments, outings, practices and more makes life so much simpler. But here is where the Skylight offers an advantage. By colour-coding each person's profile and schedule, it provides an easy snapshot in one location of what each of your family members has going on in the coming days, weeks or months. You can even filter the schedules by person, if you need to drill in on that. In this way, the Skylight calendar offers a clear, uncluttered view of who's got what coming up and how often–no missed appointments, or miscommunications. You can also tag different individuals for each event, so it's easy to see who's doing what and when on any given day (we have profiles and colours dedicated to each of our family members and one that includes the whole family). Story continues below advertisement 2. The calendar syncs with your existing calendars. Skylight works with existing popular calendar options, so you don't need to worry about doubling the work for yourself here either. It's compatible with Google Calendar, iCloud Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Yahoo and more. You can configure which calendars or appointments you want to sync by connecting to wifi and going from there. If you prefer, you can also add your events manually on your phone through the Skylight app, or directly onto the calendar's touchscreen clear interface. More on that shortly. 3. It's so simple to use, everyone can contribute. If your kids are old enough, it's an excellent teaching tool to help your kids grasp organization, planning ahead and time management. You can empower your little ones to manage their own important dates, like practices, on the calendar (this not only eliminates one extra task off your plate, but it teaches responsibility and empowers each member of the family to have input). Bonus: Because Skylight isn't a smart tablet but a digital planning tool, you don't have to worry about it being misused to surf the web or watch YouTube. And even the students in your life can benefit; they can add important assignments due dates and exam dates, assigning different colours to each class. In this way, they can spot particularly busy periods and plan ahead. Story continues below advertisement 4. Intuitive touchscreen display and easy setup. The Skylight Calendar comes with a convenient, beautiful and intuitive clear 15' HD Smart Display (there is a 27-inch screen option, but for now is only available from the brand's store). You can either mount it on a wall or set it up as a digital frame on a table top. It is powered through an outlet, so you will need one of those nearby. The setup is quick and easy and the materials feel sturdy and high-quality. The display also features multiple view options to toggle between, including daily, weekly or monthly views, giving you control over how many details you want displayed. There are other customizable features too, such as whether you want to start your week on a Sunday or Monday. 5. It doubles as task manager, chore chart and meal planner. In addition to being a great digital calendar, the Skylight offers a task management function, so you can keep track and tick off all your completed to-dos. And, for a paid subscription to Calendar Plus ($110 for the year, but you can bundle it with a calendar purchase for less), you also get access to additional premium features such as a digital photo frame that acts as a focal point and conversation piece when the Skylight is in sleep mode (this is one of our family's favourite features–our kids love seeing themselves in their favourite moments). There is also a customizable chore chart for your littles with awards for completion to help keep them on track and even a digital meal planner, so no one has to ask, 'what's for dinner?' Story continues below advertisement The only small feature we would have loved to see included here is a countdown to important dates like vacations, holidays and so on. Not a huge deal–but would be a great addition. Beyond this, the Skylight calendar really is a one-stop digital family command centre, so you can build healthy routines and habits in your household and to help keep us on top of our schedules and to-dos, rather than be ruled by them. And if you're also looking for a few other tools to start the year right and stock your productivity kit, we've got those recommendations, too: You may also like: Salton Electric Mug Warmer – $12.98 Mini Desk Vacuum Cleaner – $32.99 Apple Magic Keyboard – $119 Old-fashioned pen and paper academic planner More Recommendations The most useful Amazon house hacks that will simplify your life Academic Planner 2025-2026 If you're a student, here is a case for writing your homework manually in a pen-and-paper academic planner: Research supports that writing activates different regions of your brain than typing does, essentially 'encoding' what you're writing. For this reason, we really like the traditional planner. 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We like this large format option and Amazon Basic Dry Erase Markers for the fun colours and low price point. $78.9 on Amazon A smart tablet to help you read, annotate and take notes Apple iPad with A16 chip You might have just read that writing your thoughts and notes out by hand is the best way to learn — especially for developing brains. Cue the caveat: Nothing says you can't use digital tools for said writing. And an iPad is just open-ended enough of a tool that you can literally use it in so many ways, once your notes are on the digital paper. Pair it with the Apple Pencil Pro and you're good to go. $599.99 on Amazon (was $649) Story continues below advertisement A kid-friendly visual timer Visual Timer for Kids, 60-Minute Countdown Timer This one's for the younger ones living under your roof, who may need an occasional reminder to get moving in the morning. A visual countdown timer is a helpful cue to let kids know how much time they've got remaining to finish their breakfast, get dressed for school and be out the door, without putting the burden on the parent to constantly have to shout out the time. And we love the adorable designs and colours these timers offer. Who wouldn't want to look at them? Buy on Amazon A utility cart on wheels Utility Cart with Wheels A utility cart is exactly that – a useful, portable cart to help you move frequently-used items from room-to-room. Whether your child uses it to prepare their outfits for the coming days, to organize their art supplies and hobbies, or to stash their learning materials and a 'homework kit,' this four-tiered option has plenty of space and style while keeping your kids on track, no matter where they are in the home. $90 on Wayfair Story continues below advertisement You may also like: Papier Italian Summer Hardcover 2025 Weekly Planner – $40.80 Sunrise Alarm Clock – $43.66 Wireless Charging Stand – $47.99
The Star
13-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
Can a US$700 calendar save your marriage?
On a Thursday morning in March, my family needed to accomplish three things at exactly the same time. My husband had to board a plane to return from a business trip in London. I had agreed to moderate a panel discussion about how the cost of child care in New York City is harming the local economy. And someone had to sign our daughter up for a first-come-first-served preschool programme that typically fills its seats within 90 to 120 seconds of their online release at 10am. We had not properly accounted for this overlap through our shared Google calendar. Our snafu echoes across continents and generations, an age-old problem with a newish name: the mental load. It's the tedious, all-consuming work of planning our lives, made all the more tedious when young children are in the mix and free time seems to shrink to fleeting glances. Enter the digital calendar, which aims to make invisible work very, very visible. We received ours five to seven business days after our Thursday morning meltdown. We had identified our problem – essential information for our household was being shared only in snippets of conversation or haphazard Google calendar invites instead of one central place – and searched for a solution with a monthly installment payment. The Skylight Calendar, which can cost US$170 to US$630 (RM735 to RM2,726), depending on size, all with an optional US$79 (RM341) annual subscription fee to unlock special features, would make our scheduling conflicts impossible to ignore. The company took US$30 (RM129) off some of its calendars for Mother's Day. Our various appointments, early-morning calls and evening drinks would be beamed 24 hours a day, in all their colour-coded glory, from the Skylight's commanding position in the middle of our hallway. About 888,000 families own a Skylight, its co-founder Michael Segal, who has two children under 2, told me. The Hearth, one of the first entries into the category of supersize calendars that you can hang on a wall, was created by three working mothers and is itself a supersized version of the Skylight. It sells for US$700 (RM3,029), with a US$9 (RM38) monthly fee, though the company also ran a sale for Mother's Day, offering 15% off for Mother's Day. In an undated image provided by Hearth, the Hearth Display. The Hearth was created by three working mothers. — Hearth via The New York Times The idea behind the product, said Susie Harrison, one of Hearth's co-founders, was to 'externalise the primary caregiver's brain, and put that into a system that everyone could see'. I wanted to know how other families used their calendars, and spent the next few weeks talking with the tools' power users and sceptics: most partnered, all straight, with family budgets that could comfortably include a digital calendar. They were all ages 35 to 50, in the thick of raising young kids and juggling career demands. I wanted to know if these families felt that the money had been worth it, if they had finally found a technological solution to an analogue problem at the heart of human nature: that we cannot read our spouse's minds, to know when they scheduled our kid's next dental appointment or gymnastics class. Or, I wondered, had the purported fix uncovered new friction points, hiding in familiar gendered expectations of who does what to keep a household running. The 'calendar partner' I reached Linda Caro on a Friday morning, as she was preparing for a transcontinental flight. Caro and her husband are both flight attendants, working opposite schedules, and they are both technically based in New York City despite living in Redlands, California, with their two children, 10 and 13, who attend different schools. She unwrapped the Skylight last year on Christmas morning, a gift from her husband who had noticed that putting some of their events on a whiteboard calendar – and then taping their kids' school calendars into a semicircle around it – wasn't really working. 'It was my system; nobody else really understood it,' she said. But, she told me, she quickly became 'obsessed' with her Skylight, and joined Facebook and Reddit groups for other die-hard users. 'It's like something we wish we could have invented ourselves,' she said. (Caro is such an enthusiastic user that she recently became an unpaid ambassador to the brand, allowing her to dispense 15% off discount codes to friends, for which she said she receives a small commission.) She gave her two sisters, who live nearby, access so they could see when she would be flying and could help pitch in on child care. The kids can now check the calendar to track their parents' flight numbers. Caro even created an alert on the calendar to remind her husband to do the laundry – a move that some husbands might see as overbearing but that Caro said hers was on board with. Still, Caro is the only person in the family consistently adding events to the Skylight. 'That's something we can work on,' she admitted. It is hard to avoid the dynamic of one spouse becoming the 'calendar partner', a phrase that sent a chill down my spine when Allison Daminger, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explained it to me recently. We talked about the remedy that many families land on when trying to redistribute household labour: using the skills they have learned at work to help run their family life. 'You don't always want to go from a day of back-to-back Zoom meetings and then go home and have a check-in meeting with your partner,' said Daminger, the author of the forthcoming book What's On Her Mind: The Mental Workload Of Family Life . But that's exactly what several couples told me they do. Who knows when trash day is? The uncluttered calendar represents true logistical nirvana, said Eve Rodsky, who helped bring the idea of the mental load to the masses with her 2019 book, Fair Play , and accompanying deck of cards, each with its own task, used by couples around the country to divvy up their responsibilities. Rodsky has put the system to work in her own home. Her husband is in charge of every aspect of the trash in their home – from noticing when the garbage bags are running low and restocking them to sorting the recycling to picking a cadence for when the trash is taken out. Owning every aspect of a task, a practice Rodsky has coined CPE, for conception, planning and execution, is the only way to truly lighten the mental load, she says. And you can't calendar your way out of that. 'My biggest fear is the disappointment people are going to have when they think this amazing new shiny app will solve their gender-equity issues,' she said. Daminger said she had been approached by some entrepreneurial digital calendar founders who wanted her advice on how these tools might help moms in particular. 'I often end up being a buzzkill,' she said, 'where I say, 'I'm not sure this is actually going to change the underlying dynamic'.' Ruth de Castro, who has two teenagers and works in technology, understands that dynamic well. Her marriage had long felt unequal, but absorbing Rodsky's work on the mental load was the final straw that led to her divorce, de Castro said. 'I didn't have language for why keeping all those things in my brain was driving me crazy,' said de Castro, who lives in California's East Bay and works in technology. When she was still with her husband, she debated buying a Hearth – 'I was like, Do I really need this thing? It's 600 bucks,' she recalled – but took the plunge after she mixed up some dates and missed her daughter's ballet recital. She uses the Hearth to help ease the scheduling burden of co-parenting her two teenagers with her soon-to-be-ex-husband. It's actually simpler now that she doesn't have to hope that her partner will add important appointments to the calendar. 'You can buy something really aesthetic and nice,' she said. 'But if you're not consistent as a parent, it's almost like another thing you have to micromanage.' – ©2025 The New York Times Company This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
New York Post
09-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- New York Post
The Skylight Calendar might be the most thoughtful, chic gift yet
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Whether you're shopping for mom, your best friend or yourself, it's a known fact that someone is the unofficial CEO of their household. And with that comes a lot of things to keep in order. Between managing appointments, coordinating family meals and juggling a never-ending to-do list, staying organized is pretty much essential. That's what makes the Skylight Calendar such a brilliant, even luxurious, gift for moms. The Skylight Calendar is truly one of my most prized possessions and an item I *always* receive compliments on. It looks great in my house, provides unmatched organization and features a chic design. Advertisement It doesn't just offer convenience; it delivers peace of mind, all wrapped in a sleek, high-tech frame that looks as good as it functions. Let's be real — the product market is saturated with smart gadgets that often overpromise and underdeliver, but I find the Skylight Calendar to quietly exceed expectations. It does what every mom has wished for at some point: puts the entire household on the same page. It syncs seamlessly with personal Google Calendars, serves up daily meal planning with zero guesswork and even acts as a chore manager for the whole family. It's supremely intuitive, genuinely useful and surprisingly beautiful. Amazon And while its practicality is what wins moms over, its aesthetic is what gets it noticed. This is not a clunky piece of tech destined to be tucked away. The Skylight Calendar is proudly displayed, whether you decide to mount it on your wall like me, or use its included stand. It earns dozens of compliments from friends and family (I even had a delivery driver check it out while passing through the kitchen!) It's part digital assistant, part modern home accessory and entirely the kind of thoughtful gift that makes a mom feel seen, supported and just a little bit spoiled. The best part? It's currently on sale for less than $300! As you can probably piece together, the Skylight Calendar has become an indispensable part of my daily routine, as it seamlessly blends functionality with style. As someone who values organization and aesthetics, this device has transformed how I manage my family's schedule, meal planning and household tasks. Amazon One of the standout features is its meal prep function. Planning meals for the week can often feel overwhelming, but the Skylight Calendar simplifies this process. Through its intuitive interface, I can schedule meals, view recipes and even generate grocery lists. This has not only saved time but also reduced the stress of last-minute dinner decisions. The ability to access meals and tasks on both the calendar and the mobile app is another reason I love this product. Whether I'm at home or on the go, I can update and view schedules, check off completed tasks and adjust meal plans. This flexibility ensures that I'm always in control, regardless of my location. Amazon Aesthetically, the Skylight Calendar is a chic addition to any home. Its sleek design and high-resolution touchscreen make it a modern centerpiece. The device's clean lines and minimalist look complement various interior styles. It truly adds a touch of sophistication to my living space. Displaying photos on the Skylight Calendar adds a personal touch, too. The photo display feature allows me to showcase family pictures, turning the calendar into a dynamic digital photo frame. So, it's more than just a scheduling tool. Syncing personal Google Calendars with the Skylight Calendar ensures that all events are consolidated in one place. This is one of my favorite features! This integration eliminates the need to juggle multiple calendars, streamlining our scheduling process and reducing the risk of double-booking. Without a doubt, the Skylight Calendar has significantly improved my home's organization and efficiency. Its combination of functionality, design and impressive features makes it an invaluable tool for managing schedules, tasks and meals. Whether a gift for yourself or a loved one, it's sure to be a product that'll enhance their routine. For over 200 years, the New York Post has been America's go-to source for bold news, engaging stories, in-depth reporting, and now, insightful shopping guidance. We're not just thorough reporters – we sift through mountains of information, test and compare products, and consult experts on any topics we aren't already schooled specialists in to deliver useful, realistic product recommendations based on our extensive and hands-on analysis. 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