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Wishing you all a [grinning face] Mother’s Day filled with lots of [sparkling heart]
Happy Mother’s Day to all the awesome moms out there, whether you’re fluent in emoji or just happy to get texts from your kids at all. Hope you have the most wonderful day, filled with love, family, and a whole day without the kids stealing your tablet and...
Where to stream or download your favorite Christmas and holiday movies right now
Ah, remember the days that you’d run to Blockbuster Video Christmas eve to find there was like one copy of Silent Night, Deadly Night left and that was pretty much it? No more! We asked our staff and our Facebook fans for their favorite Christmas and...
Tons of truly last-minute holiday gift ideas: tech to the rescue!
With only a few days until Christmas, we want to make it really easy for you to finish up your holiday tech gift shopping with some last minute holiday gift ideas. In other words, no need to drive yourself crazy — or drive yourself to 15 different stores and...
Our favorite Santa apps that make the magic even more magical.
We’re big fans of Santa around here, as you might have guessed. What, us risk making the naughty list? Never!) So if you’re looking for some fun Santa apps to help bring the big guy to life on your phone, tablet, or laptop and make believers out of any kid...
Free Christmas music for the kids: Santa Flying In Your Sleigh by Todd McHatton, our kids’ music download of the week
If your kids’ Christmas music playlist is already feeling worn out, we’ve got a great tune for you to check out, with the funky Santa Flying In Your Sleigh, by singer-songwriter Todd McHatton. And it’s free! The song contrasts a young child’s...
Fun Christmas apps for kids: 8 options that they’ll still want to play in January.
Sometimes I need just a little quiet at home over the holidays, you know? And since my kids are app-crazy anyway, they always think it’s a treat to find cool new Christmas apps for kids that they haven’t tried yet. While we have a few from years past that...
The Hubble Telescope Advent Calendar: Who says faith + science don’t mix?
While we always share the coolest advent calendars on Cool Mom Picks each year, though none might be quite so 21st century as the genius, photo-a-day Hubble Telescope Advent Calendar. Visit the Atlantic online each day for a new, remarkable photo from Hubble, starting...
Bond creates, sends, and signs gorgeous, holiday photo cards for you. Put away those pens!
Sending holiday photo cards is as much a part of our holiday season as sugar cookies, sparkling lights, hot cocoa, and chestnuts roasting on an open fire — or at least listening to Nat King Cole croon about it. I always look forward to seeing my friends and...
Last minute Halloween costume ideas: Ada Lovelace and other notable women in STEM
Recently, we were thrilled to find Take Back Halloween, an amazing site for women (and girls) hoping for a few more Halloween costume options besides “sexy nurse.” Or sexy anything, really. I loved seeing this Ada Lovelace costume which isn’t...
20 free emoji Halloween pumpkin carving stencils that we red heart big time.
This being the year of the emoji, of course someone was going to rock the emoji pumpkin carving idea in a big way. What’s better, is that it’s BHG and they’re making it easy for you to follow along with a whole bunch of cool, free emoji pumpkin...
Funny emoji messages for your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day: An eggplant is never just an eggplant.
With an average of 300 emoji reportedly tweeted each second, it’s time to give into our graphical language overlords; our long-standing means of written communication has officially reverted back to the days of hieroglyphics and cave drawings. We succumb! So...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.
We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.
We even have the privilege of sharing our tips + tricks with The TODAY Show, CNN, HLN, GMA, Nightline, newspapers and magazines around the country, and our favorite -- regular parents who stop us at PTA meetings and ask us how old kids need to be to get a smartphone, and whether they really need to panic about Snapchat.
(Answer: It's complicated.)
We're so glad you're here! And we hope we can help you too.
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* 14 very cool virtual summer camps for kids
* 8 of our favorite online educational resources
* 10 awesome online STEM camps for kids this summer
* Homeschooling 101: Tips for newbies
* 8 ideas for homeschool schedules that may work for you
* Creative ways to socialize online
* 5 audiobook apps keep us entertained and learning
* The best ways to clean and disinfect your phones and gadgets
* 15 awesome podcasts to keep kids engaged
“Are you guys okay with Facebook Messenger for your kids to stay in touch with friends?”
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