by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks
With a new school year here, on this episode of Spawned, we’re taking a close look at 5 popular time-management techniques from experts, to compare them, debate the merits, and describe how they can work best for parents. If you’ve been wrangling a...
by Kate Etue | Storage + Organization, DIY
I’ve done some browsing to find some of the best printable academic calendars, or as you may call them, school year calendars. You know — the ones that start in August or September, when the school year does, and go on through next summer. Because...
by Caroline Siegrist | Storage + Organization, Art + Decor, Tips + Tricks
One parenting conundrum that seems timeless: the search for creative ways to display kids’ artwork. From the preschool doodles and finger paint portraits to the kindergarten collages, to the papier maché sculptures that would look just perfect…where,...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Books for Adults
In case the book title How to Be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute sounds like something that’s not for you…you’d be wrong. Because it’s written by the hilarious, down-to-earth, wonderfully...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks
While we’re enjoying a little time off for summer, we’re updating some of our greatest hits Spawned episodes you might have missed — starting with “organizer for the real world” (as we call her), Laurie Palau of Simply B Organized. She...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
This is a sponsored message from Author Buzz Make room on your bookshelf! From powerful book club reads to thrilling mysteries to fascinating historical fiction, here are 7 highly-acclaimed new summer novels for you to discover all from authors you may already love...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
I love a good novel, but there’s just something special about memoirs. Seeing how other people use the raw material of their lives — whether chaotic or painful or just unusual — to create a story fascinates me completely. And for those of you fellow...
by Cool Mom Team | Tech CMP-Style, 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 Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults
This week, we’re coming up on the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. As he prepares to head to Kenya and South Africa, in part to honor the occasion, Barack Obama shared a recommended reading list on his Facebook page, and it’s just...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
This year, I’ve rounded up 7 amazing beach reads from women of color that I think make the perfect escape. Because as parents, we know that our lying-by-the-pool time is sorely limited, and it’s important to choose something we’ll love. We also think...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Art + Decor
Hey you! Yes you, hanging out in the backyard in the dark. Let’s talk cool backyard lighting. Because isn’t it hard to see what you’re eating when the only light you have is the moon and the flickering light of your iPhone? (By the way, you couldn’t see it but a...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Cards + Stationery
Soon we’ll all be celebrating Father’s Day and you know what that means: dad jokes! And…our annual roundup of funny Father’s Day cards So I’ve tracked down this year’s crop of funny Father’s Day cards on Etsy that will maybe help you beat...