by Kristen Chase | Tips + Tricks, Cool Tech
As my daughter edges closer to 14 with high school starting this fall, it’s admittedly become more challenging for me to stay connected to her. Don’t get me wrong — she’s lovely — but she’d much rather spend her time locked in her...
by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor, Fashion
With Mother’s Day around the corner (whoo!) I’ve been looking at Mother’s Day gifts my own strong, progressive mom would love — and frankly, that I’d love from my own kids. Not that I don’t adore the handmade cards and hand-painted...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tips + Tricks, Baby
How many times have you heard this: Sleep when the baby sleeps. Oh man, did I want to throttle everyone who gave me that TOTALLY SMART BUT UNATTAINABLE ADVICE when my kids were newborns. Mostly because I was tired. But also because there’s just so much to do...
by Caroline Siegrist | Fashion
While some years have been fashion misses for us (oof, that 2017 Pantone Greenery was a tough one), we’re all about Pantone’s 2018 color of the year, which is a rich, royal-looking, totally wearable Pantone Ultra Violet. Whether it’s a clever nod to...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
If there’s anything that parents can never seem to agree on, it’s screen time, so we decided to figure out why this topic is so polarizing on this week’s episode of Spawned with Kristen and Liz. And, who better to give us some firm, research-based...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
We love sharing tips for saving money when it comes to Black Friday and holiday shopping! Maybe because we love saving money ourselves? So this week on Spawned with Kristen and Liz we are hooking you up. These are some of the tips we’ve shared with national...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
This post is sponsored by Nintendo, who is awesome for letting us do this. The 80s and 90s were…quite a time. And so we cordially invite you to laugh with (at?) us as we depict some of the stuff we don’t miss a bit. From the hell of cassette tapes to...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
This is a sponsored message from Seedling Kids love tech. Kids love stuffed animals. So of course kids are going to love Parker, the world’s first Augmented Reality teddy bear who’s here just in time for the holidays. Parker combines classic pretend play with...
by Kristen Chase | Fashion
Over the years, I’ve carried many bags, and collected a whole lot of things in them. Helicopter toy? Check! Hand sanitizer? Always. 40 broken crayons? Got ’em. Ah, parenting. But, save the rare date nights when I’m carrying a small clutch, there are...
