@ciaoamberc / TikTok Are you a parent who needs to take breaks from your kids constantly? Touched out? Burnt out? Just so tired of hearing, “Moooooooooooom!” 700 times a day? You’re not alone! Feeling that need to flee from your little bundles of joy is totally normal, but one mom says that it doesn’t have...
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Is "Sadfishing" Your Kid's Social Media Red Flag? A Therapist Offers Advice
Halfpoint Images/Getty Keeping kids safe on social media is no picnic, especially as they get older and develop more independence, both IRL and on their digital devices. So what happens when you come across a post online that rings some alarm bells in your brain? Maybe you have access to your kid’s accounts, or maybe...
Dopamine Menus For Kids & Families: Experts Love This Social Media Trend
Joey Ingelhart/E+/Getty Images Have you seen dopamine menus on your social media feeds yet? If not, you will now that you’ve read this far (thanks, algorithms). Dopamine menus are basically a list of activities that make you happy and probably release some feel-good hormones in your brain. They’re formatted like menus — with starters, mains,...
Technology Is Here To Stay, So Focus On Helping Your Digital Kid Thrive With These 5 Simple Skills
MoMo Productions/Getty Images I don’t know if it’s that I’m a Xennial, the fact that Google can literally read my mind, or that AI might actually take over my job at some point, but the pace at which technology is advancing is kind of scaring the crap out of me. Even so, I know that,...