by Christina Refford | Books for Kids
Looking for the best Thanksgiving books for kids to share with you all, it’s become increasingly important for us to share Thanksgiving books for kids from a Native perspective — and more than that, books about Thanksgiving from Native authors and...
by Kristen Chase | Podcast
We’re back with Season 6 of Spawned with Kristen and Liz, launching our new season with an incredibly helpful episode about developing healthy eating habits and positive food relationships with tweens and teens. But, our guest, Nicole Cruz, a registered...
by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast
Just last week we read an article that said Japan Airlines would soon to be letting their customers know where children would be sitting on the plane. So what’s next? Kid sections in restaurants? With Kristen’s husband and Liz’s ex in the restaurant...
by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast, Tips + Tricks
This week on Spawned, we’re joined by Amiyrah Martin of 4 Hats and Frugal. She’s one of our favorite writers and Instagrammers and while she’s known for her great tips on saving money, she happens to be pretty sharp with time-saving tips too....
by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes, Podcast
Feeding kids! We all love it so much! Hahahah. No. Well, maybe some of us do. But most of us — it’s just another one of those things we have to do as parents, and make the best of it. That’s why it was so fun to speak this week about that very thing,...
by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast
With 13-year olds getting recruited to play sports in college and a New Jersey lawmaker warning parents to not get physical at youth sports for fear of jail time, we had to tackle the topic of youth sports and whether they’ve gotten out of control. Not to...
by Liz Gumbinner | Baby, Kids
I already thought Ayesha Curry was one cool mom. Now it’s doubly confirmed, since seeing the latest from the wonderful company she co-founded, Cheeky Kids. CMP is an rstyle affiliate. Starting this week at Target (online and in stores), you’ll find a...
by Kate Etue | Thinking : Parent, Tips + Tricks
If you’re not getting much more than a “yeah,” “nope,” or “fine” when you ask about your kid’s day at school, it might be time for some new conversations starters. (Trust us, we’re right there with you.) So we set...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
Those of you who are also fans of Cool Mom Eats (and hey, thank you!) know that I’m all about coming up with smart solutions to help busy parents with home cooked meals that still feed our families quickly and easily. Especially this time of year, when...
by Kate Etue | Tips + Tricks
Please and thank you — important stuff, right? I’ve always believe that courteous kids grow into nice adults and we all need more nice in the world these day. But that’s not where etiquette begins and ends. So with the holidays here, and lots of...
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