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How to talk to your kids about money, with author and financial expert Beth Kobliner | Spawned Episode 66

How to talk to your kids about money, with author and financial expert Beth Kobliner | Spawned Episode 66

by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast

If you’ve been wondering how much you should be giving your kids for an allowance, or when you should open them up a bank account, you will get both those questions answered and a whole lot more on this episode of Spawned with Kristen and Liz. Our special guest...
How to talk to your kids about politics? Ken Burns has a book for that.

How to talk to your kids about politics? Ken Burns has a book for that.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids

This election cycle has been pretty brutal, leaving a lot of us wondering how to talk to our kids about politics. Well, I just got a copy of Grover Cleveland, Again! by the celebrated documentarian Ken Burns and illustrator Gerald Kelley, and I’m convinced that...
Earmuffs! Or, how to talk to your kids about politics during an ugly election season

Earmuffs! Or, how to talk to your kids about politics during an ugly election season

by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast

I’ve always aimed to raise my kids to be politically aware and engaged, and to help them understand how valuable their voting rights are and how important it is to become an informed voter. Ever since they were toddlers, I’ve taken them into the election...
How to talk to your kids about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

How to talk to your kids about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Like probably all of you, we are completely overwhelmed with sadness about the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings that happened this morning in Newtown, Connecticut. Along with our thoughts that are with the families affected by this tragedy, and we’ll be...
Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech in its entirety: Where to watch, and what to talk about with your kids

Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech in its entirety: Where to watch, and what to talk about with your kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Doing Good

Today we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life and legacy, as we have every year since we started this site. Over the years, we’ve shared plenty of excellent books, videos, resources, and websites to help kids understand the reason for MLK Day. And...
What is Indigenous People’s Day? Great resources for talking to your kids, because Native American history is American history.

What is Indigenous People’s Day? Great resources for talking to your kids, because Native American history is American history.

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Books for Kids

Today, the second Monday in October, is the day that’s been traditionally celebrated as “Columbus Day” in the U.S., but knowing now what we know about Christopher Columbus, the holiday is fast transforming into Indigenous People’s Day. If...
Why the sex talk with your kids is more important than ever | Spawned Ep 287

Why the sex talk with your kids is more important than ever | Spawned Ep 287

by Kristen Chase | Spawned Podcast

It’s not the first time we’ve talked about the sex talk on Spawned, but if your school district is like mine (and many across the country), they are making sex education an optional, home-taught module. That means, we need to be more invested than ever in...
Why it’s important to talk to your kids about religion (even if you’re not religious): 3 books to help guide your conversation

Why it’s important to talk to your kids about religion (even if you’re not religious): 3 books to help guide your conversation

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

As a full-time religious studies professor for the past fifteen years, I’ve lost track of how many fellow parents have asked for recommendations when their kids started asking questions about religion. While evangelical Christians and other religious “insiders” tend...
Should you send your kids back to school? 14 considerations parents are talking about to help guide you | Spawned 211

Should you send your kids back to school? 14 considerations parents are talking about to help guide you | Spawned 211

by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast

This week on the Spawned with Kristen + Liz Parenting Podcast, we knew there was only one topic we could possibly cover: Sending our kids back to school As in, should we send our kids back to school?  When should we send our kids back to school? Ack! It seems to be...
How do you talk to your kids about suicide and depression? Resources + tips for a very tough subject

How do you talk to your kids about suicide and depression? Resources + tips for a very tough subject

by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks

With the tragic, high-profile suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain in the news this week, surely a lot of our kids are going to be asking questions about suicide. To top it off, they may have heard last month’s announcement about a second season of 13...
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