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…
Our readers went pretty crazy over the original Blankie Tails mermaid and shark tail blankets for kids (and uh, adult kids), making it the #1 post on our site that entire year. (Hey, you all have good taste!) Since then, this indie, mom-…
Daddy and me t-shirts are always adorable, but if you've got a cook in the kitchen you're celebrating on Father's Day, I love the idea of a (PRODUCT)RED Daddy-and-Kid Apron Set from the beloved LA-based chef gear company, Hedley & Bennet…
As much as we love finding fun, funny, sweet, and sentimental Father's Day gifts for you each year, one thing we really love doing is helping our readers solve problems. Like, gift problems. Like, finding the perfect creative Father's Da…
Today, Star Wars is breaking the nerd internet (of which I am a proud part) with the announcement about Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy . Considering it's authored by Amy Ratcliffe , the managing editor of Nerdist, a StarWars.com contribu…
Last night, I attended the Friday night sabbath services before my niece's Bat Mitzvah. As the Rabbi asked us to quietly send a prayer or good wishes to anyone hurting or in pain right now, all I could think of was the incredibly difficu…
This weekend, I had a lovely experience in my local Brooklyn coffee shop, bonding with two complete strangers over our matching RBG t-shirts . It's not all that surprising -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become quite the rock star and role mo…
I've always said that teaching children about love is the easiest thing in the entire world. So maybe the new picture book, Love Is Love , is more for some of the adults in our lives? Dr. Michael Genhart's sweet and moving story, illustr…
As I wrote on Facebook , there was something so restorative this morning, watching the Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle -- now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It was all about love, inclusion, diversity , a brilliant …
The whole world has gone Royal wedding crazy and I can't say I entirely blame them. Unless of course, they're snapping up royal wedding souvenirs so fast they didn't catch that this Royal wedding commemorative plate actually features Meg…
We've always talked about conscientious consumerism around here -- buy fewer things, but love all of them -- and wearing fashion from companies we feel amazing about supporting. The newest addition to our closets: CHNGE, a hip new street…
Should I see Avengers: Infinity War with kids? Is it okay for middle-schoolers? Will my third-grader freak out? Is there a ton of violence? Am I the best mommy in the world because I refuse to allow my children to be exposed to unnecessa…
We've always said that Mother's Day gifts don't have to be expensive -- but they do have to be thoughtful. (Well, at least they should be, right?) One of my favorite gifts from my kids of all time, aside from the hand-written cards and a…
If you're looking for affordable Mother's Day gifts, as in, all $15 or less (really!) you've come to the right place. Because around here, we all know the best Mother's Day gifts have nothing to do with how much you spend. Even so, I get…
In our 2018 Mother's Day Gift Guide , we can never forget a selection of our favorite Mother's Day gifts for Grandma! There's nothing that quite makes you appreciate a cool grandma more than having your own kids, and this is the perfect …
LEGO just keeps getting more insane -- in the best possible way -- with their new building kits, especially when it comes to the brand new LEGO Creator Expert: Roller Coaster set. You thought the LEGO Millenium Falcon Collectors Set was …
For our annual Mother's Day Gift Guide , we always know how important it is to include Mother's Day gift ideas for stepmothers -- plus mothers-in-law, godmothers, and all those other important mother-like figures in our lives -- who we l…
With the announcement of Prince William and Kate Middleton's new royal baby -- an 8lb 7oz baby brother to Prince George and Princess Charlotte -- we had to honor them with a baby gift fit for a prince . And so today, we bequeath the happ…
Thanks to the awesome folks at Food Diggity, it turns out that insanely realistic, huge personalized lollipops are a thing. Whoa. The Face Licker by Spun , available at Firebox, is a truly outrageous, highly personalized, massively huge …
Wow, journals have come a long way since I was a kid and I had a choice between a plain lined composition book or some cutesy diary with an easily pickable lock. Now, journals are so creative, with so many different kinds of approaches a…
With Mother's Day around the corner (whoo!) I've been looking at Mother's Day gifts my own strong, progressive mom would love -- and frankly, that I'd love from my own kids. Not that I don't adore the handmade cards and hand-painted jewe…
We've seen purrmaids . We've seen caticorns. So of course the next logical magical creature hybrid would be a porg unicorn, right? Friends: Meet the porgicorn . The brainchild of mega Star Wars fan cum designer who goes by Leiawars at he…
Who here has wanted to consign or resale clothes but just didn't know which service was the best, who would make it easiest, or even where to start? The Real Real? Vestiaire? Poshmark? Tradesy? threadUp? I don't know either! But it's tim…
I already thought Ayesha Curry was one cool mom. Now it's doubly confirmed, since seeing the latest from the wonderful company she co-founded, Cheeky Kids . CMP is an rstyle affiliate. Starting this week at Target (online and in stores),…
