Spawned Parenting Podcast with Liz of Cool Mom Picks

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Big News: Presenting the Out-Tech Your Kids Podcast! | Trailer Jun 15, 2020

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Big news, Spawned listeners: We're so excited to launch the new Out-Tech Your Kids Podcast, designed to help you become a smarter digital parent in just 15 minutes each week. No judgments, no jargon-y lesson about the the history of the CPU processor. Just tech-positive answers to parents' top questions, to help us all raise a generation of responsible digital citizens. Be sure to listen and subscribe at bit.ly/outtechyourkids on Apple Podcasts. And hey, want to ask a question we can answer on the show? Join our Out Tech Your Kids community on FB. it's a great place, if we do say so ourselves. - Kristen + Liz

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Rene Syler on speaking out against racial injustice | Ep 205 Jun 12, 2020

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We understand that everyone is at different stages when it comes to understanding, internalizing, and speaking out against systemic racism and Black Lives Matter. So we're grateful that Rene Syler, an incredible, experienced broadcast journalist, witty author, prolific public speaker, and Black mom of two lent us her time and her voice this week to discuss racism in America -- not just what it means to be racist (the definition may surprise you), but what you can do to help make changes, even in small ways that can have big impact. // Shownotes on Cool Mom Picks // Join the discussion in the Spawned FB community // Thanks so much to our sponsors, Bryer's CarbSmart frozen treats + the Whystle product recall alert app.

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Meena Harris on the importance of diversity in children's books and raising kids to care | Ep 204 Jun 04, 2020

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Liz speaks with the incredible activist, mom, and now author Meena Harris about her wonderful new children's book, "Kamala and Maya's Big Idea" based on a true story from the childhoods of her mom, Maya Harris, and her Aunt Kamala. We talk about representation and diversity in children's literature, the importance of reading about strong female characters (especially for boys!), how to to kids about racism and the world, some of Meena's best childhood memories, her civil rights activist grandma's terrific life advice...and the best roast chicken ever. \\ NOTE this episode was recorded 5/29, just before this week of protest and uprising across the country. \\ More info, show notes, and links to Meena's work on the Cool Mom Picks podcast page \\ Thanks to our sponsor, Breyer's CarbSmart frozen treats \\ Thanks to YOU for listening, subscribing, and for your gracious reviews. Come discuss today's episode with us in the Spawned FB Community. And stay safe out there, parents.

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What we're keeping and what we're ditching, after this pandemic ends | Spawned Ep 203 May 26, 2020

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Both Liz and I found ourselves thinking about what we want to keep and what we to ditch when this pandemic ends. Whether it's taking more time to eat dinner with our families or taking more time for ourselves, there are so many experiences we've had with our families that we definitely want to keep up once things settle down (whenever that might be). And there are ones, like daily Starbucks trips or overscheduling ourselves, that we are definitely going to ditch.

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KJ Dell'Antonia: Happier Parenting in a Pandemic | Ep 202 May 19, 2020

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We loved this fun, helpful conversation about HAPPINESS with KJ Dell’Antonia, author of How to Be a Happier Parent and the upcoming novel The Chicken Sisters. We’re discussing how happiness does -- and doesn’t -- look different these days, where we’re lowering expectations,, surviving vs thriving, finding silver linings and little spots of joy, and above all, reminding ourselves that NO it’s not selfish to want to be happy right now. Happier parents = happier families. Right?

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How to Be a Person, with author Catherine Newman | Spawned Episode 201 May 12, 2020

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Do your kids know how to do laundry? Do your teens know how to leave a tip? It's amazing how many life skills tend to fall through the cracks when it comes to raising our kids. That's why we're so excited to chat with Catherine Newman, whose new book How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You’re Grown Up will help your kids, teens, even young adults tackle important skills that they'll need before they become a grown-up. And by the way, it's perfect timing with so many of us still sheltering-in-place.

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Parenting middle schoolers during a pandemic with author Judith Warner | Spawned Episode 200 May 05, 2020

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Parenting through a pandemic is no easy feat. Parenting middle schoolers seems extra challenging. But thanks to the insights of Judith Warner, author of several best selling books and the new And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School, we've got a much better handle on understanding what they're going through, and how to help them. And even if you don't have middle schoolers, you'll still appreciate this thoughtful conversation.

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Virgie Tovar on body positivity and self love, for ourselves and our kids | Ep 199 Apr 28, 2020

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There has been no shortage of body and weight-related memes and posts going around since the pandemic hit, so we decided to chat with body positivity expert and author Virgie Tovar about how we navigate this difficult time. She discusses why many of us are feeling particularly drawn to issues around our weight right now, and shares helpful advice on how to talk to our kids about these things. Plus, she talks about her new book, The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color, which comes out Friday May 1.

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Tova Leigh on Humor, Struggle, Chores and...Clown Sex in Quarantine | Ep 198 Apr 21, 2020

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If these days, your dream social life would include time with a few friends for some real talk, real laughs, some needed venting, and a random reference to clown sex, this will be the 30-minute highlight of your week. Hey, it was the highlight of ours! And that's kind of the way things go when you're chatting with the very thoughtful, very funny, and very real Tova Leigh, best-selling author of F*cked at 40 and star of the Amazon series Mom Life Crisis. We love her honesty about finding the humor while still acknowledging the really sucky stuff right now. Just what we needed. // Shownotes: Cool Mom Picks Podcast Page // Chat more with us at the Spawned FB Community // Thank you SO much for all the nice new reviews! And... "don't forget to like and subscribe," as the kids say. Stay healthy, friends!

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Finding small joys in crazy times: Ways to make the most of quarantine time with the kids | Ep 197 Apr 14, 2020

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Real parenting talk: Emotions are up and down in the age of Covid, times are stressful, and we definitely are not trying to "win" quarantine with 800 millions Instagrammable family moments each day. (Oy.) What we are doing though is finding the small joys, and hopefully making a few special memories in spite of *all this*. This episode, Kristen and Liz are sharing some of our favorite things we're doing with our own kids right now, and we know they'll help give you some ideas of your own. // Thanks to our sponsor Gladskin for helping eczema sufferers more affordably when you order with code CMP20 // Join us to chat in our Spawned Facebook Community, find us on the socials, or hit us up at spawned@coolmompicks.com and just let us know how you're doing, okay?

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