by Cool Mom Staff | Websites Worth a Bookmark
The first time I met Kash Shaikh, he was an enthusiastic PR guru with GoPro and I was his guest, gratefully shivering in the early hours of an Alaska morning to see the Northern Lights. After helping GoPro skyrocket into even greater popularity, he’s decided to...
by Jeana | Tech Toys and Random Fun
I’m always telling my kids that I wish I could harness their energy and put it to use around the house. While that kind of tech innovation may be years away, I just came across the unlikeliest of objects that is taking that very idea and using it to power...
by Liz Gumbinner | Travel Essentials
In this digital age, we take for granted that we have a hundred zillion photos of our children (maybe a one or two less of us actually with our children). Not so the case with every mother everywhere in the world. Having just returned from a trip to Ethiopia with ONE,...
by Stephanie Mayers | Fashion + Accessories
Technology is amazing, especially when it is used for good and not just to DVR Top Chef marathons or play Draw on our iPhones (totally awesome game by the way). One of the more impressive recent technological advancements in my opinion is the QR code which has...
by Cool Mom Staff | Entertainment
If you read Eva’s Lorax movie review on Cool Mom Picks, you’ll know she loved (we’re talking loooved) it. We know the reviews have been mixed among adults, but one of the things I hope that everyone can appreciate are the number of environmental...
by Cool Mom Staff | Websites Worth a Bookmark
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 General Do-Gooding
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 Staff | Cell Phones
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 | Educational Apps For Kids
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 Staff | Websites Worth a Bookmark
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...