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Rethinking How We Introduce Children to Social Media
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and parents will hear plenty of familiar advice about keeping their children safe online: use strong passwords, turn on two-factor authentication, and never click a suspicious link. This is...
The ‘Black Market’ Products Parents of Gym-Going Teens Are Being Urged to Look Out...
A doctor warns that unapproved peptides and research chemicals can be bought online under clinical-sounding labels, as booming interest in compounds including BPC-157 and TB-500 pushes them further into mainstream fitness culture
Parents of teenagers...
School Parties: How Parents Can Prepare Teens to Handle Alcohol Pressure
The start of a new school year brings plenty of excitement for teenagers, as their social calendars quickly fill up with football games, homecoming dances, birthday celebrations, bonfires, and weekend get-togethers quickly. While these...
When to Worry About Numbness and Tingling: Expert Explains Neuropathy, Other Causes
Every parent who has ever co-slept with their children has experienced arm numbness and tingling before. At times, we couldn't even feel our arms. While that may seem scary, it's most likely something you...
Your Child Knows the Sounds. So Why Can’t They Read the Word?
Here's a moment that will feel familiar to a lot of parents.
Your child has been working on letter sounds. You've practiced. They can tell you that M says /mmm/ and A says /aaa/ and...
When Should Your Child First See an Orthodontist? Here’s What I Tell Bay Area...
The question I hear most often from Bay Area parents is some version of, “When should I bring my child in to see an orthodontist?” It usually comes up at a soccer sideline, a...
The Hidden Design Choice Shaping How Your Kid Uses AI
Talk to almost any middle or high schooler right now, and you will find that they have integrated AI chatbots into their daily lives. Most parents know this is happening, but fewer know that...
Forbidden Friends Become Former Friends After Moms Voice Disapproval
When mothers strongly disapprove of a child’s friends, those friendships are more likely to collapse as trust, closeness, and support begin to erode.
It’s a tale as old as time: Parents don’t like the company...
The World Cup Is Here. Here’s How It Can Get Kids Moving
With 48 international soccer teams visiting U.S. cities for pre-World Cup training – including the German Men’s National Team in Winston-Salem – a Wake Forest University Health and Exercise Science professor sees an exciting opportunity for pro...
Exclusive Pumping: When is This the Best Decision
How you’ll feed your baby is one of the first and most important decisions you will make as a new parent. As a new parent, you may have come into this journey with a...