by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
If you are among the millions of folks traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday, we’ve rounded up six cool apps that we think will help make your trip smoother, for you and your kids. Just make sure you’ve got the headphones packed and your smart phone and...
by Beth | Tips and Tricks
From the rumors we’re hearing, it might not be long before our kids are toting a single e-reader to school in lieu of all those heavy textbooks. e-readers are changing the world, so it’s not surprising that we get a ton of mail from Cool Mom Tech readers...
by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps, Fitness + Health
Anxiety feels like a constant companion at my house these days, and I’ve been making good use of meditation apps for years now to help I’m happy to say that when I use them, they really dp make a difference. After all, we’re learning more and more...
by Liz Gumbinner | Internet Safety, Tips and Tricks
I know we’re all still in New Year’s resolutions mode, whether you’re purging and recycling old tech, embarking on a family tech detox, or committing to more books and audiobooks and less mindless doomscrolling. But if there’s one thing the you...
by Christina Refford | Father's Day Gifts
For our annual Father’s Day gift guide, we’ve found 16 of the coolest Father’s Day tech gifts under $100 (if we do say so ourselves) — several of them even under $50! Because June 19th is coming up fast. We always have a great time tracking...
by Caroline Siegrist | Educational Apps, Causes and Giving Back, Tips and Tricks
I’m among millions of parents all over the country concerned about widespread efforts to ban “controversial” books in our public libraries. Especially when the lists include some of our favorite books, and plenty of them are not...
by Christina Refford | Fitness + Health
I love listening to music, audiobooks or podcasts (like Spawned of course!) when I’m outside. But there are so many times it’s not really safe for us to completely tune out our surroundings, like when I’m running alone at 6 AM, or should I be pushing...
by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps
I’m grateful for this list of the best apps for road trips with kids, because it turns out, I’m not allowed to put my kids in a hilarious sidecar by themselves during long drives. So I’ve been prepping my phone and the kids’ iPad for the long...
by Caroline Siegrist | Best Apps
I’ve been a huge Rebel Girls fan since their very first book came out, so naturally I’m so excited to hear about their brand new Rebel Girls app. The app features the stories of some of our favorite women — Malala, Lady Gaga, Maya Angelou, and many...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks, Life and Home
There are so many things you can do with an Amazon Echo, something I quickly learned after getting an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas a few years ago .(It’s no Echo Studio, but still…) I admit I was a little skeptical at first. What’s all the buzz...
