Presenting the Cool Mom Picks Virtual Book Club: Join us! It’s easy, fun, and there will be wine.

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults

For years, we have wanted to host some kind of parenting book club for our readers — an opportunity for us to chat about some of the hot topics and best titles out there that interest parents today, without too much pressure or time. (We get it! We’re...

10 super easy, totally free ways to help support your favorite independent publishers + keep that content free for you!

by Cool Mom Team | Tips + Tricks, Doing Good

It’s hard out there for an independent publisher. But here we are, like we have been for the past 13 (whoa!) years, putting out out stories, offering tips, and uncovering cool finds that we really hope our readers enjoy — all while making sure it remains...

12 hilarious titles for parenting books that need to be written, stat!

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

On our Facebook page this week, we shared a meme from Mother Playlist, that said, I’m going to write a parenting book called “Fine. Whatever. Go ahead.” Can you relate? Hilarious as our Facebook followers are, they started sharing titles of their own...

Here’s to Colleen Ballinger who shares the truth about new motherhood on Twitter. (It’s sticky and smells like baby pee and mold.)

by Liz Gumbinner | Baby

Every time I hear someone complain about social media, or how they’re quitting this platform or that because of “all the negativity,” I can’t help but think about all the ways that social platforms have literally saved moms. From blogs that...

3 popular YouTube channels for kids that educate and entertain | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

This is a sponsored message on behalf of WildBrain  There’s no shortage of YouTube channels aimed at kids these days, and as parents know, not all YouTube programming for kids is created equal. That’s why you’ll want to have these 3 popular WildBrain...

How one mom’s viral #himtoo post led to the #metoo ending no one expected

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

We all talk a lot about “oversharenting,” or what to post about our kids on social media, how much info is too much, and whether we might be embarrassing them…one day. Well it turns out these questions apply well beyond potty training photos, as...

Michael Strahan did a beautiful thing for one little boy who was being bullied | Thinking : Parent

by Kate Etue | Doing Good

I’ve been watching an amazing story unfold on my Facebook feed over the last month. And because we love a good heartwarming story, we knew we had to share this story of Michael Strahan’s act of kindness with you all too. It started a month ago, when a...

Join us for a Twitter social to help combat online bullying. Because #ItsCoolToBeKind.

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

Online safety and cyberbullying have surpassed the list of parents’ concerns over even drugs and alcohol. And we get it — we have kids who are online too and it can be a little scary to let them loose on the Internet. In fact, 28% of students have...

Amazing op-eds and articles from women to help us process our feelings about women’s trauma, Dr. Blasey Ford, and the Kavanaugh hearings.

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

What a week. That’s all you have to say right now to nearly any woman in your life, and she will know exactly what you’re talking about. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s credible, difficult testimony in the Kavanaugh hearing (i.e. not a trial) this past...

Why we need libraries: Twitter claps back against a truly stupid op-ed

by Liz Gumbinner | Kids

It was only a week or so ago that I was reading Carolines article about 20 free summer activities for kids, and thinking how wonderful that there were so many mentions of various events at local libraries. And then this morning, I laughed as I stumbled upon a a poorly...