20 wonderfully creative, personalized Mother’s Day gifts for a mom who’s like no other. | Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2018
I’m convinced that personalized Mother’s Day gifts make the absolute best presents. Why? Because they show that the giver has actually thought ahead, and because they’re designated specifically for Mom. As someone who lives in a household where...
The ultimate guide to last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas. You got this!
Every year, we love finding the coolest Mother’s Day gift ideas for our readers who are prepared super early. But, as moms ourselves, we know that it’s important to share tons of great last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas too, since life comes in two...
12 fantastic gifts for stepmothers on Mother’s Day. Because we love them too. | Mother’s Day Gift Guide
We certainly couldn’t forget to include cool gifts for stepmothers in our Mother’s Day Gift Guide this year. After all, for a lot of us, Mother’s Day is a chance to give thanks to all the nurturing women in our lives who have helped make us who we...
16 awesome first Mother’s Day gifts for new moms | Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2017
As a new mom myself celebrating my very first Mother’s Day this year (yay, I made it!) I know how meaningful first Mother’s Day gifts for new moms can be. I’ll be the first to admit that these days, having a thoughtful piece of jewelry to commemorate...
21 fierce feminist Mother’s Day gifts for the mom who stays woke | Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2017
All moms are fierce, no doubt about that. But if a mom in your life is a loud and proud fighter for equality, we’ve found some really fantastic feminist Mother’s Day gifts that will mean a whole lot to her. (Hey, as moms, we love when the people closest to...
12 truly cool handmade Mother’s Day gifts from kids that become heart-melting keepsakes | Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2017
There’s nothing quite like a handmade Mother’s Day gift from the kids to melt a mom’s (or grandma’s or stepmom’s) heart. But take it from this mom of four kids, while all Mother’s Day gifts are perfect (really), I’ve tracked...
A Mother’s Day necklace that will show you love her beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Mother’s Day jewelry comes in the most wonderful array of shapes, sizes, colors, and styles, which is perfect, because, so do moms. And for the sweet, smart, subtle mom who likes her necklaces the same way, we’ve found an especially clever Mother’s...
18 of the funniest Mother’s Day cards to help her momentarily forget all the pain you’ve caused
Every year we have the best times seeking out the funniest Mother’s Day cards for those moms who prefer a little sass to sentimentality. (You know the ones.) There are so many good ones out there — and man, so many bad ones — so we did our best just...
We found 13 amazing Mother’s Day gifts under $20 that don’t feel cheap at all | Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2017
Our love for our moms may know no bounds, but our budgets? Well, they have bounds! We get it. Which is why this year, we really wanted to dedicate part of our Mother’s Day Gift Guide to some of the amazing Mother’s Day gifts under $20 that we’ve been...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.
Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)
We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).
But we did.
And we still love what we do every single day.
We're so glad you're here.
Our Podcast. (It’s won awards and everything!)
What are your top questions about kids + tech?
Our Low-Pressure, Online Book Club
Atomic Habits by James Clear :Oct 1
No More Mean Girls, by Katie Hurley
The Yes Brain, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
How to Break Up with Your Phone, by Christine Price
The New Childhood, by Jordan Shapiro
How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell'Antonia
Raising Empowered Daughters by Mike Adamick
Radical Kindness by Angela Santomero
“Hi. Does anyone know of a way to make it so my son’s Youtube watch history can’t be paused? “
“I need vegan dinner ideas that don’t feel like side dishes”
Doing Good: We’re Supporting…
Work with us!
