Where to stream the 2022 Oscar-nominated movies, and which ones to watch with your kids

by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment + Media

If you’re looking for where to stream the Oscar-nominated movies — both the ones you can watch with kids and the ones you can watch alone after they’re bed — I get it. Parent usually struggle to catch up on all our movies this time of year.  Or...

Tim Burton and diaper bag: Two phrases we never thought we’d hear together.

by Kate Etue | Baby

For some of us fans, the Tim Burton cult favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas is not just a movie you watch around Halloween. And then some of those people grow up to become moms. And when they do, now at last they will have access to the very diaper bag they never...

Bluey: Hooray for a funny, charming kids’ show that won’t make you insane!

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

This is paid content from BBC Studios It’s so wonderful to find a charming, modern, imagination-building kids’ tv show that adults can appreciate too, and Bluey is all that and more. Critics have even called it “a show kids can watch on repeat...

Illustrators see the beauty and meaning of Halle Bailey as Ariel and we’re here for it.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

With the announcement of the inspired casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming Little Mermaid live action reboot, certain people in certain corners of the internet lost their GD minds. I alternated between bemusement and more uh, intense feelings, about those...

A peek at the irresistible baby moccasins from Toy Story x Freshly Picked

by Liz Gumbinner | Baby

Susan Petersen’s Freshly Picked has kept us busy over the years, with incredible collabs and cult-favorite designs, and their latest offering will have you Disney-Pixar lovers squeeing: Check out their incredibly adorable Toy Story moccasin designs, created in...

The awesome Spiderverse t-shirt that reminds us anyone, even Hello Kitty, can wear the mask.

by Liz Gumbinner | Kid Style, Entertainment + Media

Last week I discovered this fantastic Into the Spiderverse t-shirt on Woot! by comic illustrator Adam Koford (A.K.A. ApeLad), I figured it would be blow up. But now that Into the Spiderverse won the 2019 Oscar for Best Animated Feature last night (and deservedly so!)...

The new Wonder Park movie is launching this week, starring Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Ken Jeong, Kenan Thompson, John Oliver…and we can’t wait

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

This post was created in partnership with Paramount Pictures Ever since the Wonder Park movie trailer debuted, our kids have been asking, “can we go? Can we go?” And now that the movie is coming out this Friday, March 15, they don’t have to wait much...

6 of our favorite Disney movies that you can watch free at home this week.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

This is a sponsored post on behalf of our partner Disney.  We are total entertainment geeks, and as our readers know, we’re big fans of family movie night. (i.e. Put down those screens, kids, and come watch the big screen right here with us.) So we are pretty...

Why the new Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is helping more kids see themselves as the superheroes the world needs

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

I don’t think that it’s a coincidence all that right now, during a time of so much turmoil in the world, that our hunger for great superhero stories is blowing up. Yes, for kids too. It’s hugely cathartic to see even the most basic good vs. evil...

The Roots create a Schoolhouse Rock-ish video about slavery. Here’s why every parent should watch. | Thinking Parent

by Georgette Gilmore | Uncategorized

Last week’s episode of Blackish focused on Columbus Day and why some Americans still celebrate or honor a man who really was no hero. The entire episode was powerful — and brilliantly funny, as the show always is — but it was I Am A Slave from The...