Chuck Savage/The Image Bank Unreleased/Getty Images When it comes to teenage drinking, there’s an argument out there perhaps most famously summed up by Regina George’s (cool) mom in Mean Girls. “If you’re gonna drink, I’d rather you drink here.” Many a well-meaning parent has thought “Well, if they’re going to drink, I’d rather they do...
Phynart Studio/E+/Getty Images Late last week, the Department of Labor announced a “phased pause” in operations of Job Corps, the largest nationwide residential career training program in the country, citing a lack of “meaningful results for both students and taxpayers.” Now, students are left with incomplete training and nearly-finished GEDs, unsure of next steps. Some...
Maskot/Maskot/Getty Images If you’re a parent of a boy, especially a tween or teen boy, then you’re probably at least vaguely worried about incel culture. And if you weren’t before watching Adolescence then you definitely are after watching it. But TikTok creator Jasmine Chelbi wants to know what, exactly, we’re all doing about it. In...
TikTok Legally speaking, you become an adult when you turn 18. But in reality, that line is a whole lot fuzzier. I was 18 in the second half of my senior year of high school, but does a real adult go to gym class? Or prom? Or worry about which burned mix CD she’s going...