by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year
Our final Editors Top 10 of the Year pick seems the perfect one to close out 2017 — and really, to lead us into 2018. There’s always been a current of social good through our site from the day we started it, as we’ve highlighted incredible charities,...
by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year, Books for Kids
The truth is, we want to give a shout out to the many wonderful children’s authors this year who dedicated their energies to supporting, uplifting, and empowering girls — and to those publishers who gave them the opportunity. But the one that really steals...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media
I don’t think that it’s a coincidence all that right now, during a time of so much turmoil in the world, that our hunger for great superhero stories is blowing up. Yes, for kids too. It’s hugely cathartic to see even the most basic good vs. evil...
by Kate Etue | Doing Good, Kids
Ken Burns called our national park system, “America’s Best Idea.” And I have to say, the president’s decision yesterday to eliminate more protected public land than ever before in US history — nearly 2 million acres — is absolutely...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids
I’m not going to pull punches here; like a lot of parents, I’m concerned about so many American kids growing up in an age where the normalization of a lot of really awful stuff — hatred, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, mass shootings — is part...
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 Georgette Gilmore | Uncategorized
Last season, my family discovered the Disney Channel show Andi Mack and we were instantly hooked. This series for tweens and young teens pulled us in with its smart writing, well-developed characters, and diverse cast. But after the recent Season 2 premiere, I love...
by Kate Etue | Uncategorized
As an adoptive mom, I’m committed to fighting against Trump’s new tax bill that, among other things, eliminates the essential adoption tax credit for families. Here’s why. Adoption is expensive. Like, crazy expensive. While it’s 100% worth it...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Doing Good
When we’re feeling angry, feeling distraught, feeling completely gutted — as we have been for the past week following the news about Harvey Weinstein and so many (too many) related stories — it’s always helpful to talk out our feelings. So...
by Georgette Gilmore | Uncategorized
Last week’s episode of Blackish focused on Columbus Day and why some Americans still celebrate or honor a man who really was no hero. The entire episode was powerful — and brilliantly funny, as the show always is — but it was I Am A Slave from The...
