I often feel the resident New York City local mom whose inbox and DMs are filled with requests for "what Broadway show should I take my kids to?" And I don't mind a bit. With two kids obsessed with musical theater, all of us lucky enough…
There have been many brilliant Sesame Street parody videos over the years, many of which we've featured here on Cool Mom Picks , but this new one starring Elmo and the Lannister siblings from Game of Thrones might just take the cake. Or …
As a devoted Game of Thrones fan who's waited two loooooong (oh God it's been so long) years for the final season that premieres this weekend, I'm scouring the web for basically anything GOT. The last thing I expected to find: A Game of …
Video is the new TV for this generation of kids, if you hadn't quite noticed. (Ha.) When we say to our kids, "let's watch a show!' their inclination is to turn their favorite video app or video platform on their little screens, and click…
It's March Madness time, and here's to all of you basketball-loving fans and your brackets and illegal but highly enjoyable betting pools! For those of you however who'd like the fun of a bracket competition without the basketball, we've…
Last week I discovered this fantastic Into the Spiderverse t-shirt on Woot! by comic illustrator Adam Koford (A.K.A. ApeLad), I figured it would be blow up. But now that Into the Spiderverse won the 2019 Oscar for Best Animated Feature l…
Last night's 2019's Best Picture award at the Oscars went to Green Book , a film based (ever so loosely) on a real relationship between prominent Black jazz pianist and classically trained musician Dr. Don Shirley, and his hired driver, …
Last week, I caught a press screening of the The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part with my kids and I have to admit, my expectations were...tempered. The genius of the first LEGO Movie (sorry for any spoilers but you know, 5 year statue of l…
If you're like me, you've seen very few of the Oscar-nominated films this year outside of the "Best Animated Films" category. (Life as a parent, right?) But I love movies , and I love movie award-shows, which means I don't want to sit th…
This post was created in partnership with Paramount Pictures Ever since the Wonder Park movie trailer debuted, our kids have been asking, "can we go? Can we go?" And now that the movie is coming out this Friday, March 15, they don't have…
If you're a parent who's spending Valentine's Day on the couch with your sweetheart this like I am, I've got a list of the best romantic movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu that you'll definitely want to check out. Becaus…
if you have ever "tidied" your home, said thank you to a book before putting it into the donate pile, or wondered whether that shirt you're wearing still "sparks joy," chances are you've been introduced to the Konmari method . And you su…
I am so excited about the upcoming Captain Marvel release. Like, crazy excited. Believe it or not, it's the first woman-lead superhero film from Marvel. (Yep, Wonder Woman was from DC Comics, fun as it was, my non-geeky friends.) Not onl…
Welcome to our annual editors top 10 of the year ! Through the rest of the year, we'll be sharing 10 of our favorite things (no offense, Oprah) of this past year and we hope you love them too. Of course we love everything we've shared, b…
This is a sponsored message on behalf of WildBrain There's no shortage of YouTube channels aimed at kids these days, and as parents know, not all YouTube programming for kids is created equal. That's why you'll want to have these 3 popul…
It’s been over a week since I saw the brand new movie Boy Erased and I can’t get it out of my head. As an avid human-rights supporter and the mom of two activist teenagers, I spend a lot of time trying to be less angry these days than I …
So that 13-year-old Broadway-obsessed kid? That would be my daughter. And after last year's attempt to mashup Halloween with Broadway musicals, she improved on her artwork this year and taped it straight on our apartment door. So, proud …
Now that my son's absorbing language at a rapid pace, I totally get the appeal of kid-appropriate music . (At least the kind I don't mind listening to, too.) So I've been stepping away from the profanity-laden hip-hop that used to domina…
We talk a lot about reading diverse women authors , supporting women artists , and shopping women-owned shops . But one thing we don't discuss nearly enough is women musicians -- at least outside of the kids' music category . Which is wh…
Last night, I finally saw Eighth Grade , hoping to screen the movie before seeing it a second time with my 11 and 13-year-old daughters. Tonight, thousands of you have the opportunity to see Eighth Grade totally free, at unrated screenin…
This post has been updated with new information and photos 80's kids had Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Breakfast Club. 90's kids had Clueless . Millennials had Mean Girls and She's All That . Now, today's teens have Be More Chill …
We know it's so hard to keep up with your kids' tech when you're a parent -- there are social channels, apps of all kinds, and so many games! On Out Tech Your Kids, our private Facebook community for tech questions and answers from paren…
Anyone else searching for free things to do with your kids this summer? As the mom of a toddler who hasn't stopped moving since 2017, I know I am. And since I want to keep the whine at bay and still budget for our vacation, I've set out …
Today, where I am, it's expected hit 103 degrees. That kind of scorching heat makes the idea of taking the kids to a mid-day family-friendly movie in a nice, cold theater extremely appealing...and expensive. Right? Nope. With Regal's Sum…