by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
With back-to-school season here, it’s the time we start thinking about teacher gifts, thank you notes, and for those of us with college kids in our lives, tokens we can send to let them know we’re missing them like crazy. For a gift idea that makes a...
by Cool Mom Picks Deals Team | Cool Tech
When we see the iPad go on sale, we jump! Especially during back-to-school shopping season. Right now, we found a huge Amazon deal on the Apple’s Wi-Fi enabled 256GB 10.2″ Retina display iPad (9th gen) on sale for a whopping 27% off, PLUS, there’s an...
by Cool Mom Picks Deals Team | Fashion
Our editor Liz has been swearing by TKEES for years, and this is a great time to score the chic sandals that never go out of style. Right now, a big selection of TKEES is 40% off including best selllers. You’ll find their popular glosses (shiny), liners (matte),...
by Liz Gumbinner | School Gear, Back to School Shopping
Hi Cool Mom Picks, I know you’ve tested so many lunch boxes every year and I was hoping you could tell me what you think really are the best lunch boxes. I want something I don’t have to get rid of at the end of every year! And it should be sturdy and...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Doing Good
While I’ve seen such a beautiful swell of love, support and compassion for all kinds of people all over my social media through the years, I’ve also talked to lots of moms who are wondering how to talk to kids about prejudice, racism, antisemitism,...
by Cool Mom Picks Deals Team | Toys + Playthings
If you’re looking for a fun new outdoor toy for summer, we have plenty of backyard swings and water toys to check out. And now there’s one more: This giant Connect Four game (technically, “Four in a Row Connect Game”) that’s been spotted...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids
We have written often about raising activist kids and what we can do to encourage them to get involved with whatever cause inspires them. One of the first place we turn are books, and in this case, wonderful children’s books about activism. With the looming...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
This episode is a must-listen for all parents of kids who have smartphones, especially if you’re worried about the impact of social media on mental health. And isn’t that all of us, these days? Dr. Devorah Heitner a renowned author and expert on kids and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
For our final podcast in our Insider Guide to the College Application Process, I thought we’d do things a little differently. This week, we gathered questions that teens themselves gave us about college admissions and applications — and I’m joined...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Tips + Tricks
There is a certain joy in putting together summer camp care packages for my tweens and teens each year. It’s not just loading them up with stuff so I can make sure they remember me (ha), it’s that a summer camp care package can provide them with some...
