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How to watch the US Women’s Soccer Team (beat France) in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals?

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Cheering for the US Women’s Soccer team right now? Us too! But So where can you watch the 11:1:2 team face off against France this Friday and take (thinking positively!) the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup quarterfinals? The game is airing live at 3 PM...

15 great kinds of videos to watch with your kids besides toy unboxing

by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment + Media, Tech CMP-Style

Video is the new TV for this generation of kids, if you hadn’t quite noticed. (Ha.) When we say to our kids, “let’s watch a show!’ their inclination is to turn their favorite video app or video platform on their little screens, and click play....

March Madness Bracket Printable: 90’s Movies Edition!

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

It’s March Madness time, and here’s to all of you basketball-loving fans and your brackets and illegal but highly enjoyable betting pools! For those of you however who’d like the fun of a bracket competition without the basketball, we’ve put...

If you’re going to watch Green Book, read these articles first. Or, after.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Thinking : Parent

Last night’s 2019’s Best Picture award at the Oscars went to Green Book, a film based (ever so loosely) on a real relationship between prominent Black jazz pianist and classically trained musician Dr. Don Shirley, and his hired driver, Frank “Tony...

18 of the very best romantic movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in February

by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment + Media, Valentine's Day

If you’re a parent who’s spending Valentine’s Day on the couch with your sweetheart this like I am, I’ve got a list of the best romantic movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu that you’ll definitely want to check out. Because...

The diversity of movie heroes and movie makers | Editors’ Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year, Entertainment + Media

Welcome to our annual editors top 10 of the year! Through the rest of the year, we’ll be sharing 10 of our favorite things (no offense, Oprah) of this past year and we hope you love them too. Of course we love everything we’ve shared, but these things are...

The importance of gratitude right now | Spawned ep 32

by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast, Tips + Tricks

We both have gratitude on our minds right now. At a time that there is so much abundance — food, gifts, parties — and conversely, so many of us struggling with holidays in general, it’s so valuable for us to slow down and consider ways to help...

Angela Santomero’s tips for raising smart, inspired, and engaged kids in a screen-filled world | Spawned ep 116

by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment + Media, Podcast

Whatever age your kids may be, we know that managing screen time and finding the benefits (and boundaries) is a huge issue with parents. Like, a non-stop concern. So we’re thrilled to chat with Angela Santomero, the successful creator of educational programs...

What Olympic sport is competing which day? This website has the answer!

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Let’s be honest, the Olympics coverage is a mess. (And you know I’m a total Olympics-watching geek if you have been following our Instagram Stories on Cool Mom Picks!) Live events aren’t live — unless they are. The medal ceremonies seem almost...

Web coolness: Olympic recipes and crafts, the athletes were rooting for, Valentines Day help, and fixing your Facebook feed

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are some of the coolest things we’ve been seeing around the web this week. Hope you like them too. The Olympics ceremonies starts tonight! We are totally blown away by this team USA Olympics cake by Molly Yeh. Are you up for an olympian baking feat?...