by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
Every year, we put together our favorite gift ideas for the man who has everything and while last year’s picks are still pretty awesome, we thought we’d share some new ideas too. I get it — it’s hard! But I hope this list helps you pick the...
by Cool Mom Team | Mother's Day Gifts
With Mother’s Day right around the corner, we thought it would be so fun to ask the kids in our lives, if you could have anything delivered to your mom, what would it be? Let’s just say our kids know us very, very well! Also, who has a direct line to...
by Christina Refford | DIY, Doing Good
Readers have asked us for ways to celebrate Earth Day with the kids — and while the 50th anniversary in 2020 was marred by quarantine, 2022 seems like a perfectly good time to make up for it. Certainly there will be celebrations in local parks, collaborative...
by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment + Media
If you’re looking for where to stream the Oscar-nominated movies — both the ones you can watch with kids and the ones you can watch alone after they’re bed — I get it. Parent usually struggle to catch up on all our movies this time of year. Or...
by Caroline Siegrist | Uncategorized
For all you out there needing last-minute Christmas gifts, we got you! My son’s gotten into the habit of asking Alexa how many days are left until Christmas and while it was pretty adorable at first, it can incite a little panic now that we’ve hit the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Father's Day Gifts
We’ve been thinking about creative Father’s Day gifts for a while now, and how much the idea of gifting has changed over the past year. We’ve always valued experience gifts, together time, and keepsake Father’s Day gifts from the heart, but...
by Cool Mom Team | Kids, Tips + Tricks
We keep looking for the silver lining in the past Year That Was Like No Other, and as we talk to other parents, one thing comes up over and over: “my kid discovered they really love _____.” Whether it’s manga or chemistry, dystopian fiction or...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
Fair warning: This episode may really make you miss your IRL get togethers with your favorite mom friends, because that is exactly what this conversation with Dr. Janice Johnson Dias feels like. We knew that talking to Janice would be helpful, but to be honest, we had...
by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
I totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe me! I mean, we may have started amassing ideas for our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide in, like…February, but hey, we’re busy moms. And we’re busy shopping for you sometimes at the expense of our...