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 Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
While we’re enjoying a little time off for summer, we’re updating some of our greatest hits Spawned episodes you might have missed — and one of our favorites is this fantastic chat with Dr. Catherine Pearlman, author of Ignore It!: How Selectively...
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 | Spawned Podcast, Tips + Tricks
If you have a daughter, it’s inevitable at some point that she will encounter the heartache of mean girls. It may be when she hits middle school (oh God, middle school) — or it may be as early as kindergarten. And when it happens, it will hurt you as much...
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 Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Entertainment + Media
Whatever age your kids may be, we know that managing screen time and finding the benefits (and boundaries) is a huge issue with parents. Like, a non-stop concern. So we’re thrilled to chat with Angela Santomero, the successful creator of educational programs...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
This is a sponsored message from We Are Gathered If you’ve ever had to sit through a wedding — and wished you were anywhere else — then memoirist Jamie Weisman’s debut novel might be just the book you tear through this summer. We Are...
by Liz Gumbinner | Father's Day Gifts
As much as we love finding fun, funny, sweet, and sentimental Father’s Day gifts for you each year, one thing we really love doing is helping our readers solve problems. Like, gift problems. Like, finding the perfect creative Father’s Day gift for the man...
