by Liz Gumbinner | Mother's Day Gifts
If you’re looking for affordable Mother’s Day gifts, as in, all $15 or less (really!) you’ve come to the right place. Because around here, we all know the best Mother’s Day gifts have nothing to do with how much you spend. Even so, I get that...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids
This is my favorite recurring post every year on Cool Mom Picks, in which we collect all the best children’s books of 2017 lists from all over the internet — from big publications like the New York Times to our favorite indie bloggers with great taste in...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids
I’m not going to pull punches here; like a lot of parents, I’m concerned about so many American kids growing up in an age where the normalization of a lot of really awful stuff — hatred, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, mass shootings — is part...
by Georgette Gilmore | Mother's Day Gifts
All moms are fierce, no doubt about that. But if a mom in your life is a loud and proud fighter for equality, we’ve found some really fantastic feminist Mother’s Day gifts that will mean a whole lot to her. (Hey, as moms, we love when the people closest to...
by Kate Etue | Books for Kids
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ve been sharing so many ways to help get our kids excited about historic female heroes both past and present. It made me think to take some time this past weekend to browse through my bookshelf and pull out some...
by Lexi Petronis | Uncategorized
We totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe us! I mean, we may have started working on our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide in, like…May, but hey, we’re busy moms. And we’re busy shopping for you! So no judgments at all if you’re...
by Georgette Gilmore | Toys + Playthings
As a mom to two beautiful biracial girls, I know just how difficult it can be to find diverse dolls for them to play with. When my firstborn was a baby, it was downright impossible. Today, there are so many dolls for girls and boys that capture the beauty of different...
