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20 cool backpacks for teens this year | Back to School Guide

20 cool backpacks for teens this year | Back to School Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

When we look for cool backpacks for teens, it’s not enough for them to just be, you know, cool. As kids head to middle school or high school— especially after a whole year at home more or less (sigh) — they need bigger, sturdier backpacks, better shoulder...
Getting  your kids to practice their handwriting: 16 fun tips, tricks and ideas

Getting your kids to practice their handwriting: 16 fun tips, tricks and ideas

by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks

Call us the handwriting brigade. Seriously. From day one, even with the advent of technology and the slow decline of handwriting instruction (let alone cursive, gah!) in schools, we’ve always made it our mission to encourage kids not to lose the art of...
Cool plus-size clothes for teens: 8 of our favorite destinations | Back to School Guide 2022

Cool plus-size clothes for teens: 8 of our favorite destinations | Back to School Guide 2022

by Christina Refford | Back to School Shopping, Fashion

A reader reached out this year to ask for a few of our favorite cool plus-size clothes for teens, to help get her own teen daughter up to speed for back-to-school. And we are happy to oblige! Considering school will be starting up again soon, we know our teens will be...
12 smart personalized label ideas to help you save money, cut down on fights, and bring home fewer germs | Back to School Guide

12 smart personalized label ideas to help you save money, cut down on fights, and bring home fewer germs | Back to School Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, Tips + Tricks

With back to school coming up, I’m sharing some of my favorite personalized label ideas to help keep you organized, keep you sane, save you money (whoo!) and even keep the peace if you have more than one kid. (Parents of two or more, you know what I’m...
Another free download we wish we didn’t need: A Kids Book About School Shootings

Another free download we wish we didn’t need: A Kids Book About School Shootings

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks

The fact that a book called A Kids Book About School Shootings even exists should tell you exactly how big a problem this has become in the years since the horrific Columbine school shooting over 20 years ago. As we shared in today’s post How to talk to your...
Online math tutoring that’s like sitting at the kitchen table with a favorite teacher.

Online math tutoring that’s like sitting at the kitchen table with a favorite teacher.

by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks

This is a sponsored message from Remind Tutoring No one wants to see their child struggling in school, especially when we know what they’re capable of if they’re just given the chance. And math is just one of those subjects that can take some kids a little...
7 cute rain jackets for little kids…all under $30

7 cute rain jackets for little kids…all under $30

by Caroline Siegrist | Kid Style

This school year, I’m not spending a lot of money on rain jackets for kids. Who’s with me? I don’t know what it is about rain jackets specifically, but my kids misplace them with abandon. Soccer practice, play dates, the Y…you name it, one of...
Mask mandates, the Delta variant, and back to school: Who will protect our children?

Mask mandates, the Delta variant, and back to school: Who will protect our children?

by Kristen Chase | Uncategorized

I thought this back to school year was going to be different than last year. I think everyone did. Last year, I took all of my kids out of school and placed them in a cyber school. A couple did well. A couple did not. But we all had the hope that with vaccines,...
A clever back to school gift for young women and menstruators: A DIY locker kit

A clever back to school gift for young women and menstruators: A DIY locker kit

by Kristen Chase | School Gear

My daughter came home this morning with a sweet little gift from her friend’s mom: An adorable DIY locker kit full of essentials for young women and menstruators. So brilliant, right? I had actually considered putting together a little bin with some snacks,...
8 cool fidget toys that aren’t spinners, to help kids of all ages get the wiggles out.

8 cool fidget toys that aren’t spinners, to help kids of all ages get the wiggles out.

by Caroline Siegrist | Toys + Playthings

Move over, fidget spinners! Thanks to all the new fidget toys that our kids are loving, you spinners have just been relegated to the junk drawer. (Say hi to those dead batteries for me.) In fact,I think these are even more fun than their predecessors. By now most of...
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