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8 creative ways to thank our teachers during a very different Teacher Appreciation Week

If there is any year we should all be making sure we send an extra thank you to our favorite teachers, it’s this one. They’re reimagining their entire spring curriculum so that kids can continue to learn from home, they’re getting up to speed on...

Cute animal face masks for kids make time outside feel more like Halloween than Quarantine

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids

This past weekend, during a (responsibly socially distant) walk around my neighborhood, I saw a little kid wearing an adorable animal face mask just like the ones I just discovered from Cubcoats. (In fact, it may have been from Cubcoats but I wasn’t close enough...

How to explain social distancing to young kids: This free downloadable Princess in Black comic book helps

by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Kids

My three-year-old son still thinks the Novel Coronavirus is something he can defeat with a solid dropkick. (Oh, how I wish that were true, buddy!) But as cute as he is, his confusion about COVID-19 and quarantine best practices has created some real problems. And I...

16 fabulous Mother’s Day gifts that give back to Covid relief and healthcare workers | Mother’s Day Gift Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Mother's Day Gifts

We’ve always had a heart for Mother’s Day gifts that give back, but this year, we’re focusing on gifts that give back to Covid relief efforts, including donations to frontline healthcare workers, food banks, restaurant workers, and all kinds of...

Humor, struggles, and clown sex with Tova Leigh | Spawned Ep 198

by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast

Tova Leigh is the exact person we needed to talk to this week. At least if these days, your dream social life would include time with a few friends for some real talk, real laughs, some needed venting, and a random reference to clown sex. No wonder this episode was...

7 special graduation ideas during Covid-19 for your 2020 grad. They deserve it!

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas, Tips + Tricks

Our Facebook groups have been asking for graduation ideas during Covid-19 and quarantine, and as a mom to a rising senior, and a high school grad last year, my heart goes out to all the 2020 grads. While school kids everywhere have had their lives and routines upended...

Print and play the new Cards Against Humanity Family Edition for free.

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment + Media

We’ve been long time fans of the super irreverent extra awesome game Cards Against Humanity, so it’s no surprise that we can’t wait to get our hands on their new Cards Against Humanity Family Edition game. Well, lucky us, they’re offering the...

Feeling bored? Need a little fun? Try this play-at-home scavenger hunt and help get food to hungry children.

by Kristen Chase | Entertainment + Media

We’re on day 30-hundred of this here quarantine, and while we’ve been keeping busy with work and isolation schooling and 400 hours of TikTok, we could all use a little excitement, am I right? Well, our friends at GISH have that covered, with their first...

Finding small joys in crazy times: How we’re making memories with our kids | Spawned Ep 197

by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast

Real parenting talk: Emotions are up and down in the age of Covid, times are stressful — in fact we both just got the “school is cancelled for the whole year” notices. Sigh. We definitely are not trying to “win” quarantine with 800...

#SaveThePostOffice: 7 thoughtful things you can mail to friends and family during quarantine

by Kristen Chase | Tips + Tricks

Even before the Coronavirus pandemic, the United States Postal Service (USPS) was getting hit pretty hard. And now, well, it’s worse than ever, with no bailout in sight. As you might have seen on social media with the #SaveThePostOffice hashtag, people are...

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