Carol Yepes/Moment/Getty Images If you’re raising sons in the U.S., chances are you’ve lost at least a little sleep worrying about his online influences. Whether the international news headlines about Andrew Tate made you more aware of this, um, digital footprint, or Netflix’s Adolescence was your first foray into understanding red pilling, today’s parents are...
Category: tweens & teens
When It Comes To Kids' Mental Health, It's Not The Screens, It's How They Use Them
D-Keine/E+/Getty Images It’s summer, school is out, and for a lot of kids and parents that means battles about screen time. As caregivers, we worry about our kids spending too much time playing video games or slurping up brainrot on YouTube.But a new study, published last week in JAMA, sheds new light on the nuances...
Please Stop Saying "Just Wait" To Moms Of Tween Girls
NickyLloyd/E+/Getty Images I’ve heard a lot of bullsh*t as a mom to three girls. “Oh, your poor husband! He’s going to have to build himself a man cave.” “Bless you when they all hit puberty; you’ll be in for it.” “Better start saving for those weddings now.” I know people think they’re being funny, but...
A Case Against Chore Charts
TikTok Many parents hope to teach their kids responsibility, contributing to the family, life skills like cooking and cleaning, and money management as they grow up. And plenty of people have a solution for all of the above: a chore chart! Lists of chores, along with rewards for doing the jobs and punishments set in...



