Simple tips for moving with kids: How to make it easier, from a mom who’s done it. A lot. Alone.
Over the last three years, I’ve moved alone with my four kids twice — once long distance, once pretty much right around the corner — and hey, I survived. And so did my kids. All of us with our sanity intact. Well, mostly. Of course, there were plenty...
The coolest backpacks for preschool and little kids | Back to school guide 2015
There’s something so fun about picking out that first backpack for a younger child headed off to preschool or kindergarten for the first time. So we love helping you do that very thing! Check out our picks for the coolest backpacks for smaller kids who...
Our favorite cool tech picks this week
Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks this week from Cool Mom Tech. Look what you might have missed! 1. Minecraft gadget cases! Minecraft gadget cases! 2. 13 of the coolest Android apps for kids, all on Google Play. 3. A free online coding camp for kids to help you...
Spawned Episode 10: Escape from Caillou
If you need a break from all child-media, ooh, you’re in for a treat today! Check out our newest extra-special, slightly (okay, very) R-rated episode of SPAWNED with Kristen and Liz this week on Soundcloud right now. Or, subscribe to Spawned on iTunes and listen...
Our favorite cool tech picks this week
Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks this week from Cool Mom Tech. Look what you might have missed! 1. A fireworks app for kids that’s all fun, no fear. 2. If you use your iPhone to take photos (isn’t that everyone with an iPhone?), you’re going...
Pool safety: 11 top tips for keeping kids safe this summer
We are always looking for products that help keep our kids safe at the pool, whether it’s a big community pool or something smaller in our friends’ backyards. Last year one of the coolest safety products we discovered was iSwimband, an excellent wearable...
Educational activities for children this summer? Reader Q & A
Hi Cool Mom Picks! Any suggestions for workbooks or activities to help prepare my child–and keep them out of my hair (ha)–for the summer between kindergarten and first grade? -Chaitali Ahhhh, summer! No school lunches to pack, no buses to catch, and yet,...
Web Coolness: Dogs cubed, summer reading ideas for kids, and National Donut Day tips. (As in, eat some.)
Happy June! Here are some of our favorite links we’ve been reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. The newest trend in Japan: Dogs with cube haircuts Congrats to the newest Young People’s Poet Laureate, Jacqueline Woodson, author of...
Our favorite cool tech picks this week
Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks this week from Cool Mom Tech. Look what you might have missed! 1. One of our favorite kids’ toys just got electric. Boogie woogie woogie! Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves. 2. 4 of the best apps to help keep you safe...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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