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COVID in the house: How to best prepare yourself and your family

COVID in the house: How to best prepare yourself and your family

by Kristen Chase | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tips + Tricks

After two and a half years, we finally had COVID in the house. I’m certainly grateful for science (we’re all fully vaccinated and boosted) because the folks (including me) who were infected had relatively mild cases. And while I knew that at some point we...
The impact of Covid on kids: Anya Kamenetz on what we know and what we don’t yet | Spawned Ep 285

The impact of Covid on kids: Anya Kamenetz on what we know and what we don’t yet | Spawned Ep 285

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Podcast, Thinking : Parent

This week on Spawned, I have the honor of welcoming back the wonderful Anya Kamenetz, NPR Education reporter and author, to talk about her new book, The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Kids’ Lives…and Where We Go Now. I will tell you this: From the title...
Wonderful children’s books about anxiety: for kids who are worried about the world around them

Wonderful children’s books about anxiety: for kids who are worried about the world around them

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

We were actually surprised to realize that that we hadn’t yet put together a list for parents of children’s books about anxiety. Considering how many other topics that children’s books have helped us with — from books about...
How the Breathwrk app is helping with stress, anxiety, and focus. (Things we could all use more help with these days.)

How the Breathwrk app is helping with stress, anxiety, and focus. (Things we could all use more help with these days.)

by Cool Mom Staff | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Tech CMP-Style

This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Breathwrk app As we (ahem, parents) come up two years since the beginning of Covid, things are still tough. The stress, the anxiety, the uncertainty, the Groundhog Day every day feeling… it’s having serious impact...
Pandemic fails, data-driven parenting, and how to make better decisions for your family, with author Emily Oster | Spawned Podcast episode 262

Pandemic fails, data-driven parenting, and how to make better decisions for your family, with author Emily Oster | Spawned Podcast episode 262

by Kristen Chase | Podcast

In the course of our parenting lives, we make a whole lot of decisions, so when I read Emily Oster’s most recent book The Family Firm, which offers a very smart, data-driven method to decision making, I really wanted to chat with her on our Spawned podcast. But...
Answering parents top questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11 | Spawned Ep 260

Answering parents top questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11 | Spawned Ep 260

by Cool Mom Staff | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Kids, Podcast

While some of us (including Kristen and myself) are rejoicing about the approval of the Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11, we know that a lot of parents still have questions. As you should! This is our kids we’re talking about, and as parents, we research...
10 fun just-because cards for a friend who could use a little pick-me-up right now. It’s hard out there.

10 fun just-because cards for a friend who could use a little pick-me-up right now. It’s hard out there.

by Caroline Siegrist | Cards + Stationery, Living

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how to support my fellow pandemic parents, and I’ve landed on sending some funny, “just-because” cards as a start. To be clear, I think every parent who’s survived the past 18 months deserves a...
The one trick to make sure your child’s face mask fits properly, to comply with the brand new CDC recommendations.

The one trick to make sure your child’s face mask fits properly, to comply with the brand new CDC recommendations.

by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Kids, Tips + Tricks

After 18 months (sigh) it’s now clear that we’re past the point of “any mask is better than nothing” for preventing Covid spread, especially with the Delta variant here. In fact, just this weekend, the CDC issued new, specific recommendation...
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 | Thinking : Parent

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,...
Parents are broken. Here are 5 things a therapist says we can do right now to manage our stress.

Parents are broken. Here are 5 things a therapist says we can do right now to manage our stress.

by Kristen Chase | Tips + Tricks

Over the last 24 hours, this pandemic has caught up to me. I’d been doing pretty well, navigating cyber school with my kids last year along with work adjustments and managing my mental health through it all. But this back to school season has officially taken...
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