FG Trade Latin/E+/Getty Images A Michigan county has a plan to prevent violence among teens. By implementing government employees to monitor teens’ online activity, Wayne County law enforcement hopes to predict conflicts — and stop them before they turn deadly. And, good news if you’re on the lookout for a job — they’re hiring. The...
Tara Moore/Getty Images Mother’s Day is a tricky day for a lot of people, and for one Reddit user, u/InitialSong2898 (we’ll call her Song), this year was a bit of a doozy. So much so that she had to take to the platform to ask “Am I The Assh*le?” Song is a mother of adult...
Instagram / @parenting.resilience Is there a universal hardest age to parent? We whisper warnings about the terrible twos, but come on, are they really that bad? (Yes, they are). On the other end of the spectrum, angsty, pubescent teens also get a bad rap. One age doesn’t necessarily have a reputation, but it seems to...
IndiaPix/IndiaPicture/IndiaPicture/Getty Images Getting a period is a social and developmental milestone that many American girls are reaching earlier than their mothers and grandmothers. About six months earlier on average, according to one 2024 study. Researchers, parents, and doctors, reasonably, want to understand why this is happening, and one commonly reached conclusion is higher obesity levels...