by Cool Mom Staff | Tech CMP-Style, Tips + Tricks
The number one concern we hear from parents when it comes to kids and their devices is online bullying. Which is why we think you’re going to want to know about the new Sarahah app. This personal bulletin board app has blown up all around the world, with a...
by Kristen Chase | Tech CMP-Style, Tips + Tricks
With so many people still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, and now with Irma (and possibly Jose) on the way to contiguous US shores, we wanted to share some helpful information from a dear friend, cool mom, and Hispana Global founder, Jeanette Kaplun. Her family also...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech CMP-Style
Okay, so you missed your opportunity to buy solar eclipse glasses for your family back when we recommended the best options about a month ago. (I’m among them, so no judgments!) You may have even missed the opportunity to get free solar eclipse glasses from your...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tech CMP-Style
Technology has the amazing power to simplify the lives of parents, which is exactly the case with the our newest sponsor, Wemo Mini. This little plug can turn any small appliance — think lamps, fans, humidifiers, coffee makers — in a smart appliance. And...
by Cool Mom Staff | Family Travel, Tech CMP-Style
If you’re like most parents (us included!) you spend a whole lot of your time in your car. Whether it’s shuttling the kids to and from school, activities, sports, and playdates, running errands, or just hitting the road on the weekends. And when...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech CMP-Style
It’s Prime Day! Which means those of us savvy shoppers are kind of glued to our screens today, checking in just to see if there are any amazing deals on stuff we would be buying anyway. That being the operative phrase. Whether it’s kitchen goods, art...
by Cool Mom Staff | Family Travel, Tech CMP-Style
This is a sponsored message from Jiobit Keeping track of your kids just got a whole lot easier thanks to Jiobit, a location tracker designed to help give parents peace of mind. Don’t miss the special offer for Cool Mom Picks readers, below. The Jiobit works with...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tech CMP-Style
This is a sponsored message from KOOV For kids who love STEM — and those parents who want to foster their kids’ passion — Â KOOV is a remarkable educational kit to help kids 8 and up create and control their own robots, bringing their own imaginative...
by Cool Mom Staff | Tech CMP-Style
Our kids never cease to amaze us. Those minds are just so fluid and open, they’re always coming up with brilliant ideas and creative inventions that our cynical adult brains would probably nix before the ideas got halfway off the ground. So we asked a whole...
by Kristen Chase | DIY, Tech CMP-Style
Last week, we introduced you to 3 cool kid inventors who we actually got to meet and chat with on behalf of our sponsor Autodesk. Well, since then, my tween Quinlan, who actually interviewed the inventors on Facebook Live (so fun!), has been learning how to use...
by Kristen Chase | Tech CMP-Style
We’re firm believers that kids can change the world. In fact, there are kids doing it right now. So we’re sharing three kid inventors we’re absolutely thrilled to know about because their work is so mind-blowingly amazing, it gives us remarkable hope...
by Cool Mom Staff | Baby, Tech CMP-Style
There’s a ton of high-tech baby gear out there these days — but not all of it is stuff we’d actually use or recommend. I mean, just because you can invent a training potty with an iPad stand that doesn’t mean you should. So we put our heads...
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