by Georgette Gilmore | Books for Adults
To celebrate and support Planned Parenthood’s 100th year anniversary, a group of the best in the Comics industry — we’re taking Neil Gaiman, Louise Simonson, Denny O’Neil, Andrew Aydin, Gabby Rivera, and many more! == have come together to...
by Jackie Insinger | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
Given the work I do daily with so many amazingly strong, tuned-in, competent juggling moms, a little bit of smoke comes out of my ears every time I read lines like, it’s so important to set aside “me time” every single day to be an even better mom and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
“You have to learn to tell the server what you want,” I insisted. She winced. “Go on…” No dice. For some reason, my outspoken, truth-telling, totally-not-shy ten year old is having issues asking for a waffle at the neighborhood diner. This is the diner where we know...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
This week on Spawned with Kristen and Liz we’re tackling diets. More specifically, some of the hot diet trends right now (or, ahem, culinary lifestyle choices or whatever they’re being called that’s not “diet”) to discuss the pros, the...
by Kristen Chase | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
The kids are back in school, which means cold and flu season is upon us. (Yay.) (Not really.) You probably already know to grab some cold meds, clean out your humidifier, and stock up on tissues, as you get your kids their annual flu shots. Here are 15 of my favorite...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
This week on Spawned with Kristen and Liz, a brutally honest, very funny, no-holds (or anatomical references) -barred discussion about girls, periods, and yep. Vaginas. Because you can’t talk about periods without talking vaginas. And the more we say the word,...
by Kate Etue | Uncategorized
Crisp mornings and fall weekends mean one thing here in the South: football. After school we see the kids out on the field practicing, and neighbors are making plans to tailgate. And while my husband played football through middle and high school (and even declined...
by Kate Etue | Fashion, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
Essential oils are everywhere, if you haven’t noticed, and they’re not going away anytime soon. At least if my Facebook feed is any indication. So why wouldn’t essential oil jewelry be A Thing right now? I’m a big fan of peppermint oil to cure...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
When my kids were younger, after-school snacks served largely as a reward for making it through the school day. Now that they are a bit older, what they eat after school and before their after-school activities provides necessary fuel to keep them going strong through...
by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
With a lot of concern around changing health care policy, tax increases impacting the middle class, benefit cuts to struggling families, and the fact that Americans already pay the highest birthing costs in the world, I was intrigued to check out WalletHub’s...