by Heidi Stevens I’m sending my baby to college in a few minutes. Fine, a few months. It feels like minutes. It has all felt like minutes. […]
Tag: kids
Talk to children: Addiction info provides emergency first aid
by Elizabeth Massa Hoiem Recent government support to aid families impacted by substance use is heartening. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $28 million […]
Does social media rewire kids’ brains? Here’s what science says
by Anthony Vaccaro America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of […]
No, having kids right now doesn’t make you a ‘moron’
by Mark Gongloff In the fictional world of the P.D. James novel “Children of Men” and its movie adaptation, humanity has lost the ability to reproduce and […]
DeSantis has right goal: Protecting young kids from social media
Long is the list of things Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has gotten wrong, from guns to immigration to abortion to nonsense culture war salvos compromising academic freedom […]
You whining about Taylor Swift at football games won’t break your kid. But it is a wasted opportunity
by Heidi Stevens Barring a cataclysmic event, like the flight from her Tokyo tour getting delayed, Taylor Swift is very likely to be at the Super Bowl […]
What Brazilian butt lifts and boogers can teach us about book bans
by Alvin Irby Toby Price, an assistant principal in Mississippi, was fired from his elementary school last year for reading the children’s book “I Need a New […]
My Christmas wish book
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a reprint of a commentary Hoppy wrote a few years ago. This time of year always makes me think of the Christmas catalog. […]
Social media is addictive, but that’s not a crime
by Stephen L. Carter “Big Tech loses bid to toss lawsuits alleging social media platforms harmed children,” blared the New York Post. “Social media companies must face […]
When did kids start swearing like sailors?
by Robin Abcarian The other morning, on the way to school, my eighth-grade niece was regaling me with stories about the costumes kids wore on Halloween. One […]