by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love
Between work and home, I’m swimming in emails. So if one more person asks me to join an email list, I think I might scream — even though that’s really the best way for many groups, like our neighborhood, to communicate. So when I heard about...
by Molly | Causes and Giving Back
Just take one pass through a Target parking lot and you’ll get a new understanding for how crazed, dazed and all-out harried people are right now. I was there this afternoon, and felt lucky to make it out of there without a fender-bender or someone’s angry...
by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware
While today is the day we think about all we have to be grateful are, so many of our thoughts turn towards those who have less than us. As you start thinking about all those new gifts and gadgets under the tree (or Menorah) this year, we wanted to offer up a nice way...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My heart is heavy this morning as I prepare to talk to my children about the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and what it means to so many of us. My younger two are easily satisfied with my very honest, but guarded, explanation, but my ten-year-old, who was just a baby on...
by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love
I do what I can to give back and support the causes that are dear to my heart, but with four kids and a busy schedule, I feel limited in how much I can commit. However since discovering this amazing new site, I can take on simple daily challenges that are small steps...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
I love summer for so many reasons. Kids footloose and fancy-free, the fun in the sun, and no deluge of paperwork from all our school events, fundraisers, PTA meetings and volunteer opportunities. I love volunteering in the class and chaperoning field trips, but the...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
We have all been riveted by the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, and struggled with how to discuss it with our children. And yet, from the greatest of adversity, also comes the promise of hope. And there is nothing more touching than when that hope is...
by Cool Mom Team | Causes and Giving Back
Surely like so many of you, we’ve been captivated and horrified by the horrific natural tragedies in Japan over the past two days. If you want to help, we love that the Red Cross has set up a simple way to donate through your cell phone. Just text REDCROSS to...
by Julie | Websites We Love
If you haven’t already heard about the cool new project started by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, we’re super excited to be the ones who get to tell you about it. It’s called craigconnects, and it’s all about connecting fantastic non-profits...
