by Cool Mom Staff | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Kids, Podcast
While some of us (including Kristen and myself) are rejoicing about the approval of the Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11, we know that a lot of parents still have questions. As you should! This is our kids we’re talking about, and as parents, we research...
by Cool Mom Staff | Books for Adults, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Podcast
We can’t believe after all these episodes of Spawned, we’ve never had the chance to chat with Jenny Lawson. A.K.A. The Bloggess. A.K.A. the best-selling author. A.K.A. new indie bookshop owner. A.K.A. the woman who first left a comment on Liz’s blog...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Podcast
Recently, I wrote about that article, the one about Instagram, teens, body image and self-esteem — and the conversation I had about it with my 14-year-old daughter. It generated so much great conversation on our social feeds, that Kristen and I wanted to chat...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Kids, Tips + Tricks
After 18 months (sigh) it’s now clear that we’re past the point of “any mask is better than nothing” for preventing Covid spread, especially with the Delta variant here. In fact, just this weekend, the CDC issued new, specific recommendation...
by Cool Mom Staff | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
This is a sponsored message from Beam If there’s one thing parents can unify around it’s that we could all use a lot more sleep. (Well, we all pretty unanimously like Ted Lasso too. But that’s another story.) The one issue: It’s hard! Our minds...
by Caroline Siegrist | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
At-home rapid Covid tests isn’t the only thing we’ve been on the hunt for lately. With cold and flu and yes, yet another Covid-19 season upon us, I’ve been making a list of a few essentials so that my family isn’t scrambling if we do come down...
by Cool Mom Staff | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Helpful Services
We are pleased to present this sponsored message on behalf of Cerebral We all know that we’ve been through a lot this past year. The need for affordable, accessible mental health treatment has grown immensely, and finally someone is doing something about it....
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Podcast
When Kristen wrote a viral post last week about wearing crop tops over 40, in response to a conversation with her daughter, the comments from our readers were so inspiring, we knew we wanted to discuss body positivity further on Spawned. Interestingly, we each have...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Thinking : Parent
I can hardly express the relief and utter joy we’ve felt over the past few weeks, since my teens got their first Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19. The feelings increased substantially since their second shot — knowing they can safely see friends, go to the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
Vaccination t-shirts are more than a trend, they may be kind of important to you. I have seen so many people tell me that they are thrilled to be vaccinated, they’re ready to take off their masks outside or with friends — but they don’t want people...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Kids
A few years back, kids probably wouldn’t have considered hand sanitizer as a “cool” Easter gift like they would a funky lip balm or a springy AirPods case. But this year, OLIKA, who makes the cool, natural -hand sanitizers shaped like cute birds,...
by Kristen Chase | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks
Over the last week, I’ve read a number of articles recommending that we start double masking to increase the level of coverage we’re getting. Even Dr. Fauci says that it’s just “common sense.” And let’s just say, when Fauci talks, I...
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