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We know the one thing integral to keeping your sanity during back to school time is organization. Whether you volunteered to be the classroom mom and need to help wrangling 26 families or you're just trying to keep track of your own, we'…

If you're a city-dweller like me--or even a city visitor--HopStop is definitely a lifesaver. This site offers an easy way to get transition directions by subway, cab, bus, or even by foot. (Although truly, it's the subway that gets the m…

Those of you who are long-time readers of our sister site, Cool Mom Picks , may have heard us rave about Readeez DVDs , which introduce kids to phonics, reading and good music in a way that is fun, playful and effective. Now they have a …

If you have kids old enough to play on the internet on their own, but not quite so old to do it without you wanting to be over their shoulders the entire time, you'll be as happy as I am about batteryPOP , a new online entertainment netw…

The only place I ever seem to travel with my family during vacations is over the river and through the woods. I plan on changing that soon. And when I do, I've found a fabulous new travel website made just for family vacation planning, s…

While I don't think that it's essential to turn everything princess-themed to get girls coding and engineering, I do think that relatable themes and properties, whatever they may be, will bring more female enthusiasts into the fray. My o…

I could not have been more delighted to be a part of this week's kickoff for Google's Made With Code , a timely, multi-million dollar initiative to bring more girls into coding and engineering and creating and solving problems via techno…

Don't you love when you discover a really cool video online that's not made with kids in mind at all, but you know your kids will love it anyway? You share it with them, and they get that look in their eyes (even if it's just for a momen…