by Liz Gumbinner | Travel
Now that we’re fully immersed in swim season, as parents we’ve always got safety on the brain. Recently we discovered The SEAL System, a really clever gadget and companion app to help you monitor your kids in the water. Now, there’s another inventive...
by Jeana | Gear + Hardware
This year, my son has needed a computer more frequently for his homework assignments. And while I’m happy to have him use my laptop, it always happens at a time when I’m right in the middle of something work-related and urgent. I’m thinking for next...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
Even since I was a kid, gifts with batteries were somehow considered higher on the Awesome Gift Continuum but still, I get that not every parent wants a child’s head buried in a screen. So this is one gift that fulfills all the techy fun a kid would hope for,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
Poking around one of my favorite online shops, Fat Brain Toys, I was looking to see what’s new and geeky and cool for kids now that school is close to letting out around here. That’s when I came across this robot. But it’s no ordinary robot;...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
Maybe you’ve never thought about playing piano on a bunch of bananas or turning Grandma into a space bar, but once I saw this cool new gadget that lets you turn (almost) anything into a computer key. Think of it as one Father’s Day gift that will bring...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
My kids’ love of electronics is not going away just because the grass is green again, which is why I really like a new educational iPad app that gets kids excited about the great outdoors—and even asks them to put down the iPad and go outside to experience...
by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming
If you grew up on characters like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong, the new news from Nintendo will make you want to dig out your flannels, dust off those cowboy boot shoes, and pause the Friends marathon while you get your hands on some of these new games. Nintendo just...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
What kid hasn’t dreamed of rocketing off into outer space to see what is out there? The problem is, that cardboard box in the living room isn’t going anywhere so fast. Junior Astronaut – Breaking through the space barrier is a standout educational...
