Cool Mom Team

If your kids are anything like ours, they've got a phone up high on their holiday wish list. And as much as you want Santa to make them squeal, you also know that a smartphone is a huge responsibility that they might not be ready for jus…

With the holidays right around the corner, we're always looking for ways to make this busy season easier and more enjoyable. For us, a little extra time and sanity goes a long way. And well, there is actually a gadget for that. We're thr…

This is a sponsored message from Relay So many parents want their kids to have the safety and security of a phone, and yet those kids aren't necessarily ready for all the responsibility and liability that comes with owning one. It's a ma…

This is a sponsored message from Kinsane Entertainment Inc. If you've ever told your kids not to play with their food, well, now there's one way they totally can: Fruits vs Veggies Supermarket App for iOS and Android . This fun, safe, an…

This is a sponsored message from Leviton With so many gadgets filling up our households these days, families are always looking for quicker, more efficient ways to charge their devices. That's why so many parents are swapping out standar…

As parents, we try to keep an eye on what our kids are doing online to help keep them safe, but we can't be over their shoulders all the time. Nor should we be! That's why we're always grateful for online parental controls of all kinds, …

One of parents' biggest concerns about kids today, is the access they have to inappropriate content. Parents are often asking us for parental control devices, services and apps to help them moderate what kids' can see and keep them safe.…

Every year on Cool Mom Tech, we review and recommend the best reading apps for kids of all ages. This year, we're putting all of our guides in one handy place, so you can bookmark them and reference them more easily. Whether you've got p…

This is a sponsored message from KinToons Music! Singing! A flying turtle with a jet pack! An ice cream-eating duck! It all comes together in the wonderful new KinToons Nursery Rhyme DJ app , a fun, colorful, and totally safe environment…

If you thought your kids tech-savvy as toddlers, it's amazing to see how quickly they pick up video games when they get a little older. They know what's hot and what's not faster than Mario with a super star power-up. Turns out there are…

It's Amazon Prime Day , a shopping extravaganza for Prime members that starts today at 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST and runs a full 36 hours this year. So we're updating all day (and night and day) with our favorite of the Amazon Prime Day tec…

This is a sponsored message from Spotify Spotify remains the world's largest global music streaming subscription service and for good reason. It's transformed the way we can all find and enjoy music for free. And now, thanks to some amaz…

While kids are born to love science, every kid at every age has different abilities, inclinations, passions and skills. We started Cool Mom Tech in part to help parents foster that love of STEM in their kids, which is why we couldn't be …

While kids are born to love science, every kid at every age has different abilities, inclinations, passions and skills. We started Cool Mom Tech in part to help parents foster that love of STEM in their kids, which is why we couldn't be …

While kids are born to love science, every kid at every age has different abilities, inclinations, passions and skills. We started Cool Mom Tech in part to help parents foster that love of STEM in their kids, which is why we couldn't be …

While kids are born to love science, every kid at every age has different abilities, inclinations, passions and skills. We started Cool Mom Tech in part to help parents foster that love of STEM in their kids, which is why we couldn't be …

While kids are born to love science, every kid at every age has different abilities, inclinations, passions and skills. We started Cool Mom Tech in part to help parents foster that love of STEM in their kids, which is why we couldn't be …

We declutter our closets, and rotate our kids' toys, but what about all those apps on your phone right now? Or the notifications pinging you every few minutes? Do I even need to bring up how many photos you have on your phone? Related: 6…

Happy Mother's Day, cool techie moms! We celebrated today with fellow mom Becky Quick on CNBC's On The Money, sharing four of our favorite tech gadgets that help make our lives easier and better . We hope you love them as much as we do. …

This is a sponsored message from WEYV If you've got a separate music app, magazine app, audiobook app, they can certainly add up. Especially when you're talking about media for a whole family. So instead of of flipping through multiple a…

After this recent Facebook data-mining scandal, we know that many users are feeling conflicted about staying on the platform. And we're seeing various articles and reports, from whether you should leave altogether to why you should stay …

From scary apps your kids might be using to the solar eclipse of 2017 (remember that?), we rounded up our top 10 most popular posts here on Cool Mom Tech from 2017. 10. Is Unroll.me safe to use ? After the controversy over their use of d…

We've covered a ton of topics on our Spawned with Kristen and Liz podcast in 2017. From kids and social media to vagacials (yes, it's a thing), we've had a blast chatting with each other, and our esteemed guests, about parenting and pare…

We know it's never too early to inspire a science and math passion in our kids!