by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
Every year for a looong time now I’ve looked forward to the annual Simpsons holiday intro that takes seasonal themes and runs with them, hilariously. This year’s sequence does not disappoint–a Christmas (or Hanukkah?) miracle in itself considering...
by Nicole Blades | Entertainment, Kids
The thing about YouTube is, it can go from super fun to totally overwhelming–not to mention disturbing–on a dime. Sometimes when I’m watching my 5-year-old son watch his YouTube videos on my old iPad, all I can do is hope that we don’t land on...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment
We’re shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of Robin Williams, an entertainer who defined our childhood and still stayed relevant over all these years. He made us laugh, cry, and laugh-cry, with his amazing ability to transform into so many beloved...
by Liz Gumbinner | Websites We Love
I could not have been more delighted to be a part of this week’s kickoff for Google’s Made With Code, a timely, multi-million dollar initiative to bring more girls into coding and engineering and creating and solving problems via technology. Because as...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
If you haven’t yet seen adventurer, motorcyclist, and GoPro user Alex Chacon’s 3 Year Epic Selfie video, grab the kids for a 3-minute viewing party and get ready to stir up some strong feelings of wanderlust as you watch clips from his 600 days of travel...
by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups
If you’re as obsessed with Pinterest as we are, follow us! You’ll find these 5 awesome tech pins, plus plenty more cool techie goodness from our site and around the web. 1. A really terrific resource for helping your kids learn about science. 2....
by Jeana | Entertainment, Kids
In the past week, two different friends have told me that they’re ending their cable TV service and switching to streaming services or online media for their entertainment needs. And when cool online entertainment options pop up, like Pluto.TV, which just...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
As we begin putting our site to rest for a long winter’s nap (or at least until the kids wake us up at 5 am tomorrow) I started looking at all the outrageous Christmas light show videos on YouTube, knowing how much my kids would love to see them. And then I came...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment
We’re longtime fans of both Cookie Monster and Lord of the Rings, so of course we all stood and applauded for the new Sesame Street parody, “Lord of the Crumbs.” Cookie Monster, playing the role of Gobble (sound like anyone you know?) has to exert...
by Julie | Websites We Love
Without exaggerating, there’s probably hundreds of things I wish were around when my kids were younger, and Bill Nye’s old show is definitely on that list. We’ve made do with science programs geared toward adults (yay Morgan Freeman!), but I’m...
