by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Spawned Podcast
This week on Spawned, I had the best time speaking with the one and only Jonathan Van Ness!! They’ve just released an amazing new picture book, Gorgeously Me!, which is already making waves as a #1 new children’s book on Amazon. Our chat was not only fun...
by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good
Reading about this week’s tragic death of Nex Benedict has been simply devastating. Nex was a perfectly normal, happy, loving and loved 16-year-old child, who was beaten to death by three older students in their Oklahoma high school bathroom. This, after months...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Books for Adults
I could not be more thrilled to share this wonderful interview with award-winning TV reporter/producer/mom Kate Brookes, author of the upcoming Transister: Raising Twins in a Gender-Bending World. While our conversation is super helpful for parents looking for advice...
by Christina Refford | Doing Good, Holiday Gift Guide
For this year’s holiday gift guide, we really wanted to share some creative, irreverent, sassy and smart Gen Z gifts that give back to causes that our teens and young adults care about. We have Gen Z kids ourselves, and we know first hand how passionate they can...
by Christina Refford | Doing Good
While we’ve shared so many resources for Pride Month over the years, we wanted to write today about ways to be a good LGBTQ ally, whether you’re a parent, friend or family member of someone who is LGBTQ, or whether you just want to step up and be a more...
by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
Fans of RuPaul, you’d better work on getting your hands on this new, fabulous set from Fisher Price’s Little People Collector because it could sell out faster than you can say Sashay! Shante! This post contains affiliate links, which means we may receive a...
by Christina Refford | Doing Good
If you are as outraged as we are by last week’s directive out of Texas that equates gender-affirming medical care to child abuse and calls on licensed professionals and members of the general public to report transgender parents of minors to the authorities,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Fashion
Every year we share our favorite holiday gifts that give back, to help us maximize the impact that our gifts can make on the world this time of year. And every year, we talk about Bombas Socks — the incredibly comfortable, increasingly stylish, mission-driven...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Books for Adults
If you have questions about parenting LGBTQ+ kids, wow do we have the answers, thanks to the absolutely delightful Kristin Russo, author of This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids. If you know her — or her terrific book, or popular podcast about Buffy the Vampire...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Kids, Books for Adults
Not to brag, but here at CMP, we’re kind of kids’ books experts. We round up the best of the best lists every year, keep taps on the new releases, and share all kinds of YA book recommendations for parents. Which is why I was so happy when I saw that Time...
