TikTok Every Saturday, there’s at least several dozen protesters with signs gathered on my town’s central thoroughfare. It’s smack-dab in the middle of our town, just about everyone has had a chance to read their signs and hear their chants. My kids are older, and pretty politically aware, but not all kids are at the...
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images News/Getty Images The overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 created a patchwork of abortion access throughout the United States. Trigger laws, which stood to ban or severely limit the procedure but were blocked by Roe previous, immediately went into affect in a number of states. As such, clinics across the...
MementoJpeg/Moment/Getty Images Since 2022, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, a government support line and chat run by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), has offered a unique service for LGBTQ+ users. By pressing 3 on the phone or replying “PRIDE” in a chat function, queer folks in crisis could be connected to...
TikTok Spend any amount of time watching kids play and it won’t be long before their game becomes a mirror for life. Their Barbies might start to sound an awful lot like you and your partner. Or maybe you notice your son’s dinosaurs are on a vacation to Disney World that seems pretty familiar. Because...