MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A South Florida entrepreneur has teamed up with an engineer to bring families together with a 21 st Century approach. In the volatile tech startup world, Max Tuchman is a bonafide contender.

For military families, Caribu is free, through a partnership with nonprofit Blue Star Families. It’s a perfect fit for parents like Jessica and Nate Tabbert who have four kids, where moving and long-distance parenting comes with the territory.

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“I was stationed in German, Hawaii, Colorado, Texas, South Carolina, Arizona and now South Florida,” Jessica Tabbert said. “ Sometimes it was incredibly stressful, my husband and I were active duty at the same time, and there was a period where he was gone for a year in Korea and I was running a shop on what we call the ‘watch floor’. Having something interactive like Caribu encourages conversation in a way no other way that I’ve found as a parent can do.”