At this point, a lot of us are familiar with “sad beige clothes for sad beige children,” both the excellent TikTok account and, like, the overall concept. Everywhere you look, it seems neutral-toned baby clothes, toys, and accessories are flooding the market. Nurseries are starting to look like a picky toddler’s dinner plate: everything is...
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Calm Down, Everyone: Labubus Are Just This Generation’s Beanie Babies
Picture Alliance/Getty Images Lately, I’ve been having a weird sense of déjà vu. Because haven’t we already been through a small stuffed animal craze before and learned that they’re not, in fact, worth getting our panties in a twist over? Did we not learn our lesson from the rise and subsequent fall of Beanie Babies...
Children With Diabetes Can See Themselves In New Barbie
Mattel Children living with type 1 diabetes (T1D; previously known as “juvenile diabetes” as it tends to be diagnosed in childhood) and their families face unique medical and social challenges associated with this chronic autoimmune condition. It can be difficult for kids to understand their own condition, much less explain it to their peers. But...
The Lost Stuffy Project Is Hoping To Reunite Comfort Objects With Kids In Texas
Melanie Acevedo/DigitalVision/Getty Images Over Independence Day weekend, flash floods have devastated Texas Hill Country, claiming at least 90 lives, including 27 children and counselors attending Camp Mystic. While those who have survived the floods are lucky indeed, the damage is nevertheless traumatizing. No one person or thing can completely heal those wounds, but the Lost...