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One Cool Thing: Social-emotional learning through play

One Cool Thing: Social-emotional learning through play

While looking at all the amazing new toys and gifts out this year to include in our new and improved Ultimate Birthday Gift Guide (it's on its way!), I came across this just wonderful Shapes of Emotions social-emotional learning toy. It seems like a clock at first but...

One Cool Thing: Colorful Mermaid Scale Wine Tumblers

One Cool Thing: Colorful Mermaid Scale Wine Tumblers

While it's still a little cold in my neck of the woods -- because, April in New York -- we're getting a little spring fever around here and we're determined to get outside more. Even if jackets are required. Next week, we've got plans to head to a local park to watch...

Daily Question: Which Mobile Games Do You Loooooooove?

Daily Question: Which Mobile Games Do You Loooooooove?

If there's one thing moms need more of, it's downtime. We love reading, watching shows, hobbies, and yes, playing games. SO many games. No judgments at all -- whatever it takes to decompress is good by us. (Let alone starting each morning with Wordle without fail.) So...

Daily Question: Do you take your shoes off in the house?

Daily Question: Do you take your shoes off in the house?

Welcome to today's daily question, where cool moms get to tell other cool parents what they think. Today, we've got a question that can be a little controversial: Do you require shoes to come off at the front door? Parents have extremely strong opinions about whether...

Daily Question: Gen Z Slang

Daily Question: Gen Z Slang

Welcome to our next daily reader question, where you get to tell other cool parents what's cool! Today, we're asking about Gen Z slang. Our kids have created so much colorful vocabulary, and they get a hard time for a lot of it. So let's turn it around a bit. We want...

Daily Question : The Best ’80s Teen Movies of All Time

Daily Question : The Best ’80s Teen Movies of All Time

Welcome to our first daily reader question, where you get to tell other cool parents what's cool! First up, a topic that's near and dear to our hearts: Pop culture. Or more specifically the pop culture from our own youth that we now get to share with our kids as they...