by Kristen Chase | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
The kids are back in school, which means cold and flu season is upon us. (Yay.) (Not really.) You probably already know to grab some cold meds, clean out your humidifier, and stock up on tissues, as you get your kids their annual flu shots. Here are 15 of my favorite...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
Wouldn’t we all love our kids to be those self-starters who sit down dutifully each day after school to tackle homework, proofread, make corrections, and hey, maybe do some extra-credit — all without being asked? Well, yeah. But we’re realists And...
by Georgette Gilmore | DIY
I’m really excited to share these 13 empowering girl Halloween costumes based on some of our favorite real-life heroes. Not that there’s anything wrong with comic superheros and imaginary self-rescuing princesses, but there’s something special about...
by Georgette Gilmore | Books for Kids
Plenty of comic fans and geeks of all kinds are counting down the days until November 8. That’s they day you can get your hands on the much buzzed-about Blessing in Disguise by award-winning Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor. It’s an 8-page comic in...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media
As a fan of the original LEGO Movie and LEGO Batman, I admit I was a little skeptical about the new LEGO NINJAGO Movie. I wasn’t very familiar with the NINJAGO franchise and wasn’t sure if my 10-year-old daughter would be that into an action film featuring...
by Kate Etue | Uncategorized
Crisp mornings and fall weekends mean one thing here in the South: football. After school we see the kids out on the field practicing, and neighbors are making plans to tailgate. And while my husband played football through middle and high school (and even declined...
by Lexi Petronis | Party Ideas
When it comes to planning our kids’ birthday parties, we tend to aim for the trifecta: cool, easy, inexpensive. Which is why I’m always in awe when I come across big budget, outrageous birthday party ideas for kids like the ones here. These are all popular...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
If your kids are big sports fans like mine, with lots of seasons just getting started or already underway, they love finding fun ways to show off their team spirit. However, lots of schools are starting to ban team jerseys (for real), meaning kids have to get a little...
by Kristen Chase | Tips + Tricks, Cool Tech
With so many people still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, and now with Irma (and possibly Jose) on the way to contiguous US shores, we wanted to share some helpful information from a dear friend, cool mom, and Hispana Global founder, Jeanette Kaplun. Her family also...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast, Storage + Organization
This week, I got the most amazing tip for small space organization when it comes to kids, desk space (or lack thereof) and organization, thanks to professional organizer Laurie Palau of Simply B Organized, host of This Organized Life podcast, and author of the...