No matter if you have a preschooler or a teenager, your children will always be your babies. We as parents hope to best equip our next generation with the very best we can muster during their academic careers. Here...
As a seventh-grader obsessed with economics, I drove my parents crazy with dinner-table debates. They would always answer, but I could tell that I was just pressing at the edge of their knowledge (and patience). Years later, during my...
One of my favorite memories, when I was in school, was to get messages and sometimes even small presents in my lunchbox from my mom. The sweet notes would really make my day. That is one of many traditions...
In the generation of the overwhelmingly influential social platform- tik tok, it's refreshing to see a startup push other creative options for children to express themselves beyond dancing video challenges. From my perspective, TikTok teaches our children how to...
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We are always looking for things to do with our teenagers and an opportunity to go to The Escape Game near Fisherman's Wharf was the perfect chance to show them that we are...
Odds are your young child has asked you for a smartphone. Have you given in? What were your rules for smartphone usage? Do you enforce those rules? The dads at Pinwheel were not happy with any of the smartphone...
At midnight on a Saturday, our 17-year-old knocked on our bedroom door. She came in to say they had a friend who her and her friend group were worried about. The friend had told them in a group chat...
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Some of us are soccer moms, basketball moms or a...
As a parent, one of the must-dos in this modern age is talking with your kids about online safety and all the risks that come with the use of the internet. Whether they’re using social media platforms, internet chat...
Nicotine pouch use among U.S. high school students has almost doubled between 2023 and 2024, with flavored products becoming unpopular through social media influence. This disturbing trend has serious health risks, including addiction, harm to brain development, mouth irritation,...
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