RuslanDashinsky/E+/Getty Images As annoying as it is to hear an older relative say something like, “In my day, we didn’t have all these allergies; we all ate gluten and we liked it!”, they’re not strictly speaking wrong. Food allergies are on the rise around the world. Approximately 32 million people in the United States, including...
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New Study: Teachers Say Parental Engagement Makes or Breaks Student Performance
elenaleonova/E+/Getty Images There’s no question that education has taken a turn in the last five years. You’d be hard-pressed to find a student, parent, or teacher who wasn’t deeply affected by how education changed after 2020. Remote learning left us all in a state of disassociation. With a lack of social interaction plus the immersive...
Report Shows Mental Health & Suicide Risk For LBGTQ Youth Across U.S.
Frazao Studio Latino/E+/Getty Images A new report released by the Trevor Project took a closer look at mental health among LGBTQ+ youth across the U.S. and what parents and allies can do to best support them. The report comes as a rise in discriminatory policies and hateful political rhetoric has pushed many LGBTQ+ young people...
A New Report Finds 40% Of Kids Have Their Own Screen By 2 Years Old
Thanasis Zovoilis/DigitalVision/Getty Images Screen time for children under 8 years old has reached nearly two and a half hours a day (2:27 hours) according to a new report, which took a look at post-pandemic media usage trends. If you were a pandemic parent, you probably suspected that months of lockdowns and online school changed how...