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The deadly Blue Whale online suicide game targeting teens: Is it a hoax? What parents should know.

We all issued a collective gasp around here this week, reading about the online game called Blue Whale, A.K.A. The Suicide Game. And of course right away I was hoping it was a big hoax. When I checked out the details, I was kind of hoping it was some awful...

New research: snooping on teens doesn’t work. Oops.

by Kristen Chase | Tips and Tricks

If you think spying and snooping on your kids’ social media behavior will help keep them safer, a new study in the Journal of Adolescence actually suggests otherwise, this recent post on Well Family discusses. In a survey of 455 adolescents, researchers found...

Holy mother of Pikachu, there’s Pokémon makeup!

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories

If you’ve got Pokémon loving tweens and teens in your house, you better pop in some ear plugs before you show them the new line of Pokémon make-up from Korean brand TONYMOLY. They’ve got everything from nail polish to face masks, all covered in Pokémon...

Let kids choose their own STEM adventure with the Electric Motors Catalyst box.

by Caroline Siegrist | Tech Toys and Random Fun

If you’re a regular Cool Mom Tech reader, then you know we love STEM-oriented toys for children, especially if they’re so fun and challenging that kids don’t notice they’re educational, like the new Electric Motors Catalyst box. Unlike some of...

KidGuard monitors your kids’ online activity so you can keep them safer | Sponsored Message

by Cool Mom Staff | Family Safety Apps

This is a sponsored message from KidGuard Even the most vigilant parents can have a hard time keeping track of their child’s online activity, which is why so many are looking to KidGuard for help to ensure they’re safe and making good digital choices. The...

12 of the coolest educational tech toys for kids | 2016 Tech Gift Guide

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Tech Gifts

Yay! We’re so happy to be back with our annual Cool Mom Tech Holiday Tech Gift Guide, all fresh and new for 2016. And to kick it off, we’ve got the coolest educational tech toys for kids of all ages. Whether you’re shopping for a curious preschooler...

Web Coolness: Cool holiday tech gifts, email inbox anxiety, and big Netflix news!

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Some of the coolest gifts for tween boys (that girls will love too). Those sneakers! This is not a drill. You can now download your Netflix favorite...

The cool holiday tech gift for kids that you’ll want to steal from them

by Cool Mom Staff | Tech Toys and Random Fun

We love finding tech gifts for kids that they can play with all on their own, no tools or engineering degree required for assembly. And of course, they have to be the kinds of gifts that don’t end up in the back of a closet after one use! That’s why...

Bark makes monitoring your kid’s digital usage (and keeping them safe) so much easier

by Jeana | Family Safety Apps

Now that my son has a phone, as do all his friends, it’s a whole new world of parenting. For now, he is content texting his friends yo, bruh, what’s up and watching sports clips, but there will soon be a time when social networks come more predominantly...

quip electric toothbrush review: Because kids aren’t the only ones eating Halloween candy

by Kristen Chase | Fitness + Health

I was more than willing to give the quip electric toothbrush a try. After all, I have a bit of a toothbrush obsession — something that’s greatly exacerbated by the all-time biggest candy-eating holiday of the year. I’d like to blame it on working for...

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.)

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