Liz Gumbinner

Liz Gumbinner co-founded the Cool Mom Picks network and served as its longtime Editor-in-Chief. You can now find her at her best-selling Substack, I’m Walking Here.

Easter Gifts

One Cool Thing: An allergy-friendly chocolate bunny

While we were putting together our Guide to Easter Gifts for Teens + Tweens, we came across this awesome Allergy-Friendly Chocolate…
Doing Good, Tips + Tricks

This quick tip can make your donations go further for your favorite causes

Over the past few years, I’ve committed to my favorite charities and causes by changing my donations from end-of-year or…
Kids, Tips + Tricks

5 ways summer camp can help your kids grow emotionally: From a mom who’s seen it first-hand.

I am what you’d call a camp evangelist, especially after seeing all the ways summer camp has helped my kids…
Doing Good, Living

Bet you didn’t even know you could recycle some of these things you use every day.

If you’re looking for a free recycling program for your Febreze cans, your teen’s EOS lip balm containers, your kids’…
Valentine’s Day

10 anti-Valentine’s gifts for people who hate Valentine’s Day (you know who you are!)

Each year, we love putting together Valentine’s Day gift ideas, but I admittedly have had a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s…
Holiday Gift Guide

25 cool gifts for teens this holiday — that kinda make you look cool too | Holiday Gift Guide

If you’re looking for the best gifts for teens right now, have we got you covered with our 2024 holiday…
DIY, Kids

11 cool teen Halloween craft ideas that don’t suck.

Halloween is coming, and while we love sharing Halloween craft ideas for our preschoolers and little ones, our teens and…
Living

How John Legend’s wonderful new children’s album was inspired by an affordable children’s toy we all had.

Last week, I had the privilege of meeting John Legend (I KNOW!) and hearing him play live about five feet…
Money Management, Tech

Foxtail AI: This new app could be a game changer for reselling on Etsy, eBay, Poshmark, Depop and more

We’ve always loved discovering cool finds from resellers on Etsy, Poshmark, and Facebook Marketplace, and if you’ve ever thought of…
Doing Good

Support these organizations fighting unnecessary gun violence. Don’t lose hope.

While this is not a political site per se, we have never shied away from sharing the causes, concerns and…