TikTok As a parent, there’s little that’s harder than helping your child deal with a bully. For one, your natural instincts might be to go into Mama Bear mode, but releasing your ire onto a small child is ill-advised and frowned upon. For another, a lot of us still don’t quite know how to handle bullies (spoilers: they don’t always go away after high school). And so many a well-meaning parent will fall back to what we heard growing up that sometimes made us feel better: “they’re just jealous of you.” But TikTok creator Emily Ballesteros (@emilybruth) was raised with,...
People Are Coming To Blue Ivy's Defense After Dress Was Deemed “Wildly Inappropriate”
Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images Earlier this week, Blue Ivy Carter appeared on the red carpet for the premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King with her parents, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Blue, 12, voices Kiara in the upcoming film — five years after Beyoncé first voiced Kiara’s mom, Nala, in The Lion King (2019). What should have been a fun and exciting milestone moment for the tween turned sour after her gold, strapless Christian Siriano gown was criticized, branding her dress “wildly inappropriate” for a 12-year-old. One viral tweet with over 25 million views accused Beyoncé and Jay-Z of “over sexualizing”...
The Double Standard Of Taylor Swift vs. Matthew McConaughey During Football Games
jakegullett386 /William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Since Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Travis Kelce went public with their relationship back in the fall of 2023, Swift has often attended Kelce’s NFL games. And since she’s quite literally the most famous person in the world, the cameras often cut to her cheering, dancing, and enjoying her time watching the game. Confession: I now tune in to Kansas City Chiefs games nearly every week to see if I can spot her. It’s true! I am one of those people (a diehard Swiftie!), but I’m sure the NFL doesn’t...
Study: This Simple Mindset Shift Helps Prevent Helicopter Parenting
Facundo Diaz Montes/E+/Getty Images Look, let’s just say it — watching a kid struggle to complete a task that you just know you could do in five seconds flat can be a wee bit frustrating. If you don’t think too much about how often you step in, it can be quite easy to become a helicopter parent. It’s not uncommon, but a new Yale study suggests that we may want to rethink frequent intervention — and that a simple mindset shift might help us to do just that. Published in Child Development, the study suggests that helicopter parenting, or as...