by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
I saw this YouTuber’s glitter bomb video going around Facebook yesterday and somehow avoided clicking on it until today. Well, let’s just say I’m glad I did because it was well worth the 10 minutes I spent watching the whole entire thing. YouTuber...
by Kate Etue | Entertainment
We have a few Thanksgiving traditions in our family: mom’s pumpkin pie, a turkey that’s never quite ready when we expect it to be, and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on TV. Because Lucy, Linus and the rest of the gang are just a sentimental tradition...
by Caroline Siegrist | Entertainment
We recently asked the members of our Out Tech Your Kids Facebook Group to share their choices for best podcasts for parents — that don’t have to be about parenting at all — and wow, we scored big. And well, so did you. If you’re looking for new...
by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment, Tips and Tricks
One of parents’ biggest concerns about kids today, is the access they have to inappropriate content. Parents are often asking us for parental control devices, services and apps to help them moderate what kids’ can see and keep them safe. And there are...
by Cool Mom Staff | Best Apps, Educational Apps, Entertainment, Kids
This is a sponsored message from KinToons Music! Singing! A flying turtle with a jet pack! An ice cream-eating duck! It all comes together in the wonderful new KinToons Nursery Rhyme DJ app, a fun, colorful, and totally safe environment for nursery rhyme-loving kids....
by Kate Etue | Entertainment, Kids
Brooklyn-based kindie music geniuses The Pop Ups’s new album is out today, and (thanks to a sneak-preview) my kids are already hooked. To be honest, I am too. If you’re new to the kid-music scene, you might recognize The Pop Ups’s psychedelic...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
We’ve been fans of the YouTube Kids app ever since it launched a few years ago, but as more and more publishers are creating content on YouTube, it’s not surprising that there have been some issues in terms of what ends up showing up as kid-appropriate....
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
Just when I thought I was the consummate binge watcher, I stumbled upon this post over at IHeartRadio that pretty much blew my mind. Turns out, Netflix has a bunch of secret codes, that when added to a url will allow you to jump to all sorts of hidden movies that you...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
Podcasts can promote your child’s creativity and imagination without spending more time in front of a screen. And while there are more and more awesome podcasts for kids popping up all the time, we wanted to specifically highlight storytelling podcasts. Think...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
With so many of us mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, and celebrating his many contributions to the world of science, it leaves a lot of our kids asking who he was, what he did, and what he believed — and some of us adults are interested in learning more,...
by Kristen Chase | Entertainment
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics are here, hooray, which for us means staying up way too late to watch which athletes will take home the gold. So much for sleep these next few weeks. If you’re wondering how to stay tuned in to all the action, especially...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment, Kids, Tech Toys
Wow was I excited to discover Jooki at CES 2018. I mean, I saw a whole lot of new tech for kids, but not a whole lot beyond STEM and coding toys that really made me go wow. So I’ll be sharing a few top favorites for kids over the coming days, but I have to start...