by Christina Refford | Games + Gaming, Internet Safety
We know many so many families who love online gaming for its temporary escape into cool unique realms and the connection with others who love to play as much as we do. But sometimes real-world problems can follow us into our online games; bullying, harassment, or...
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 Lisa Barnes | Causes and Giving Back
With all of the heavy news right now, sometimes we really need someone in our corner telling us “You can do it! Keep trying! Don’t give up!”. This is the actual pep talk I got this morning from a chorus of joyful Kindergartners when I dialed the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fitness + Health, Causes and Giving Back, Social Media
This week, a wonderfully human, poignant video from husband-wife team Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody went viral. Perhaps you’ve seen it? They used the platform to respond to a Princess Bride fan named Amanda Webb (@Alaska_Webb), a young woman who had recently...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories, Gear + Hardware
Welcome to May, the month in which top brands lets everyone in the press in on all their new products supporting and celebrating June’s Pride Month. Some of these products…well, it feels like pandering TBH, but in the case of Apple, they’ve been a...
by Liz Gumbinner | Causes and Giving Back
When we first discovered Daymaker, we fell instantly in love with the organization’s use of tech to easily allow good samaritans — as in, you and your kids — to anonymously fulfill the holiday gift wish lists of kids in need. Now they’re doing...
by Kristen Chase | Travel
We are loving what Karlie Kloss has done to support girls in technology, with her popular Kode with Klossy coding camp and scholarship program. Well now, she’s launched a luggage collection with the female-run company Away, to help get more girls involve in...
by Kristen Chase | Gear + Hardware
We’ve been long time supporters of Project (RED), featuring lots of their awesome collaborations here on Cool Mom Tech (and Cool Mom Picks). So it’s no surprise that we’re very excited about the new Project (RED) iPhone 8 and 8 plus, that will be...
by Kate Etue | Causes and Giving Back
We love finding wonderful ways that we can give back and help kids who need it most, especially during the holiday season, which is why we were happy to discover Daymaker. By connecting foster children with people like us via their gift-giving website, they’re...
by Kate Etue | Causes and Giving Back
My family has been looking for some ways to fill these long summer days by giving back to our community. We were shocked to find out that more than 20% of families are food insecure in the USA, which means you very likely know someone personally who’s struggling...
