Maskot/Maskot/Getty Images A recent report bulletin from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers parents, caregivers, and doctors across the country a dire warning: an estimated 8.4 million American adolescents (12 to 17 years old) in 2023 had pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes, defined as having blood sugar levels higher than average but below the threshold...
TikTok As a mom with one child leaving middle school and one about to start, I am very aware of what a complicated era this is in our children’s lives. Even outside of the context of other children, it’s a time of extraordinary change and transition — physically, mentally, emotionally, and more. Put a whole...
vitapix/E+/Getty Images While social media will try to convince you that every preteen and teen out there is obsessed with hygiene and skincare and beauty products, we all know that’s not true. And we also know that most products catered towards teens and tweens really aren’t anything special. But here’s another thing we know: Preteens...
FG Trade / Getty Things got a little heated over on Threads recently after a self-proclaimed “boy mom” shared what we like to call “inside thoughts.” In a post that now has over 1.7k replies and only 507 likes (never a good ratio), the mom wrote, “I’m a boy mom and one day, some teenage...