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Cool gifts designed by your kids’ favorite gamers and YouTubers at Maker Shop.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories, Games + Gaming

My kids are obsessed with Aphmau, the hugely popular YouTuber, Vlogger, designer — and mom, by the way — who creates the Minecraft roleplay videos they devour like I used to watch, oh, Captain Caveman. I happened to click on the Aphmau Maker Shop link...

2 of the best baby naming websites we trust to help us pick the perfect one

by Kate Etue | Websites Worth a Bookmark

Choosing your baby’s name is serious business. You want one that will be meaningful but not cheesy, unique but not weird, and cool but not a passing fad. No pressure, right? Well, here are 2 of the best baby naming websites that were huge helps to us when we...

CuriosityStream lets you turn your binge-watching habit to fantastic documentaries.

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

Documentaries are hot right now. The whole earth seems to be obsessed with Making a Murderer, and movies like What Happened Miss Simone?, Man on Wire and Jiro Dreams of Sushi have been big hits in the last few years too. I’m not surprised, considering I’m...

Our favorite Santa apps that make the magic even more magical.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fun Apps, Holiday Picks

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...

The Hubble Telescope Advent Calendar: Who says faith + science don’t mix?

by Liz Gumbinner | Holiday Picks, Websites Worth a Bookmark

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...

Last minute Halloween costume ideas: Ada Lovelace and other notable women in STEM

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Holiday Picks

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...

The Kid Should See This: A smartly curated collection of cool videos for kids (and their parents, too)

by Nicole Blades | Entertainment

We’re always looking for cool educational videos for kids, whether they’re the funniest videos on YouTube, or educational videos and YouTube channels that our own kids love. In fact, we’ve joked that we could just do that, full time, every day. But...

Type geeks, your fabulous new font finder is here

by Liz Gumbinner | Websites Worth a Bookmark

I tend to browse lots of places looking for cool fonts that I may never use. (When it comes to typefaces I’m more of a collector than a designer; kind of like having lots of books at home you haven’t yet opened. But I digress.) I’ve just stumbled...

Accessible playgrounds for kids, on demand. Thanks, internet!

by Liz Gumbinner | Causes and General Do-Gooding, Helpful Services

Leave it to NPR and Internet technology to create something as simple and wonderful as Playgrounds for Everyone, a community edited guide helping kids who require handicapped-accessible facilities find them easily. Turns out there actually is no official database like...

NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

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.