by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
“Gross” is really having its moment. Last year we saw the pimple popping game as an alternative to fidget spinners, and I have to admit, it made me gag. Now, we’re seeing a new trend in kids’ toys: gross family games. They are seriously ew. But...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids
If you have kids like ours, who binge-read books like Rad American Women A to Z and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, are you going to love this new book! We’re starting in on Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World, by Katherine Halligan and...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Tips + Tricks
If you’ve been wondering how much you should give your kids for an allowance, what to tell a preschooler about money, or when you should open your kids their own bank accounts, hey, us too. Get the answers and a whole lot more on this episode featuring special...
by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech
This is a sponsored message from the MomClone app If you’ve ever wished there were an easy sign-up app for your classroom, book club, or kids’ sports teams and extracurricular activities that was designed the way moms actually think and work, you need to...
by Caroline Siegrist | Art + Decor
If you regularly have to drag your kid (or yourself) out from behind a Harry Potter book, or you’ve ever been asked to personally sew a Gryffindor scarf for a Halloween costume, we’ve got great news. Because there’s an expanded new Harry Potter...
by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment + Media
Now that my son’s absorbing language at a rapid pace, I totally get the appeal of kid-appropriate music. (At least the kind I don’t mind listening to, too.) So I’ve been stepping away from the profanity-laden hip-hop that used to dominate my...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
As we start to get settled into our back-to-school routines — and that includes realizing what gear is missing from last year, what we’ve forgotten to pick up, and what our kids have already lost (gah!) it’s the perfect time to welcome back our...
by Caroline Siegrist | Kid Style
The moment I saw this strong athletic girls tee collection at This Girls Tees, I wished they’d been around when I was a kid. Sports were a big source of confidence for me as a shy kid, and so I’m all about encouraging young girls to get on the field...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks
With a new school year here, on this episode of Spawned, we’re taking a close look at 5 popular time-management techniques from experts, to compare them, debate the merits, and describe how they can work best for parents. If you’ve been wrangling a...
