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Teens Are Turning To "AI Companions" For Advice & Flirting (But Don't Panic Yet)
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by on July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Teens Are Turning To "AI Companions" For Advice & Flirting (But Don't Panic Yet)

martin-dm/E+/Getty Images If you’re an Elder Millennial, then you probably remember Eliza and Smarter Child, some of the OG chatbots. There’s also a good chance that you and a couple friends gathered around a family computer at some point and started “talking” to one of them. But since they were primitive, conversations were bland and...

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Fed Strips Eligibility For Head Start & Health Programs From Undocumented Immigrants
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by on July 11, 2025July 11, 2025

Fed Strips Eligibility For Head Start & Health Programs From Undocumented Immigrants

Win McNamee/Getty Images News/Getty Images This week, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education (ED), Agriculture (USDA), Justice (DoJ), and Labor (DoL) sent notice that the federal government will be curbing what they deem as “benefits” for “illegal aliens,” including public health programs that receive certain government grants, career and technical education programs, and...

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Drinking & Cannabis Use Has Declined Since The '90s For Most (But Not All) Teens
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by on July 11, 2025July 11, 2025

Drinking & Cannabis Use Has Declined Since The '90s For Most (But Not All) Teens

Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images The kids are all right… for the most part. And we know that in part thanks to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS… not exactly a catchy acronym, to be honest). This CDC initiative has monitored adolescent health behavior changes over time since 1991 through a series of surveys given to high...

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Would You Take A "Griefcation"? Psychologists Explain The Pros & Cons
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by on July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

Would You Take A "Griefcation"? Psychologists Explain The Pros & Cons

skynesher/E+/Getty Images The end of a marriage, a friendship breakup, or the passing of a loved one — grief comes in many forms, unfortunately. In a recent story for Vogue, writer Leslie Hsu Oh dove into the ways travel might actually be a healing step in the grieving journey. So, we asked psychologists and grief...

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