DMP/E+/Getty Images I was in the middle of a vent session with my therapist when she dropped her latest ‘switch flipper’ on me. It’s something she does often: comes out with a simple statement that changes my whole viewpoint on something. It’s incredibly helpful, and something no other therapist has ever been able to offer me. This time it was about my mother-in-law. I was talking to her about some of our challenges and explaining that she does not help me nearly as much as I think she should. I mean, she lives in the next town over; she’s close...
Toddler Nicotine Poisonings Have Skyrocketed 763% In 3 Years
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images News/Getty Images The number of children under the age of six who are ingesting nicotine products has increased by 763% over the span of just three years — and researchers say it’s due to the soaring popularity in two products: nicotine vapes and nicotine pouches like Zyn. The study, which was published this week in the scientific journal Pediatrics, found that between the years of 2020 and 2023, nicotine poisonings rose from 0.48 per 100,000 children to 4.14 per 100,000. While some of these poisonings were due to products like cigarettes, chewing tobacco, nicotine gum, lozenges,...
A Woman Responds To "Screen Free Kids" Screaming In A Restaurant
TikTok Sometimes it feels like parents can’t win. If we let our kids watch screens in a restaurant, we’re judged for letting technology parent our kids. If we don’t use screens and our kids get loud or rambunctious in public, then we’re judged for not parenting perfectly. Although… there’s a line. And these moms found it. Recently a mom posted footage from a recent meal out at a restaurant with a friend and their toddlers. Both kids are screaming at the top of their lungs, to the horror of the other guests (which include other moms). And the moms are...
Should My Tween Have A Phone Or A Watch? Experts Weigh In
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Moment/Getty Images I’ve been worried about my kids and technology ever since I was pregnant with my first in 2013. When they’re little, you worry about screen time and educational programming and not rotting out their tiny little imaginative brains with Netflix. As they grow, you worry about cyberbullying and online predators and social media. It never seems to end, and as my eldest becomes an official tween, I’m stuck in a big tech loop: Should my tween have a phone or a watch? Let me be clear: I only want my tween to have this because she’s headed...