by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks
I’ve worn glasses my whole entire life, and up until now, have been the only one in my family who needed them. Then, in the middle of the school year, we learned my youngest daughter needed glasses — reading glasses, specifically. It’s an issue that...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Tips + Tricks
If you have a daughter, it’s inevitable at some point that she will encounter the heartache of mean girls. It may be when she hits middle school (oh God, middle school) — or it may be as early as kindergarten. And when it happens, it will hurt you as much...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks, Food + Recipes
Whether we moms are hitting the road for vacation, or just shuttling the kids back and forth to camp every day, we’ve always got a list of essentials in our handbags that we can’t live without. It’s part of our summer ritual: switch the black leather...
by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech, Living
It’s here! It’s Amazon Prime Day, a shopping extravaganza for Prime members that starts today, July 16 at 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST and runs a full 36 hours this year. And, lest you think it’s all just a lot of hoopla over crap you don’t want, we...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
This is a sponsored message from ClassBundl If you’ve ever spent too much time, energy and money trying to gather up every item on that detailed list of your kids’ annual school supplies, meet ClassBundl. This service offers completely personalized,...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
This is a sponsored message from KidsBuzz. Want to know how to keep your kids excited about reading all summer long? Give them a book they just can’t put down, like the brand new, sure-to-be bestseller, Willa of the Wood, from the #1 New York Times bestselling...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Entertainment + Media
Whatever age your kids may be, we know that managing screen time and finding the benefits (and boundaries) is a huge issue with parents. Like, a non-stop concern. So we’re thrilled to chat with Angela Santomero, the successful creator of educational programs...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
Have you ever looked at those always happy husband-wife work teams and think, how the bleep do they do it? Well, now we know! This week on Spawned, we have an absolutely hilarious, engaging, mildly explicit (sorry, little ones) and truly informative conversation with...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
This is a sponsored message from Linden Tree Press Fans of Lemony Snicket are going to love Casper and Jasper and the Terrible Tyrant, the witty, zany and thrilling new middle grade novel from author and former middle-school teacher, Tilia Klebenov Jacobs. And who...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
With summer pretty much here, that means Liz and I are about to say good-bye to a few of our kids as they head off to summer camp, some close by, and one well, to Japan! We get asked all the time about sleepaway camp, from wanting to know how to decide when a kid is...
