Is this back-to-school season giving you or your kiddos the jitters?. If so, you’re not alone. It's estimated that more than half of parents experience back-to-school as the *MOST* stressful time of year. What's more, there's a buzzword phrase that is gaining serious traction because it resonates for so...

The Danger of Hurried Child Syndrome

Is 2024 the "flip phone summer"? All signs point to yes. The go-to phone of the past has returned for a new generation of users who are eschewing their highly advanced smartphones in favor of a “dumb phone”—a.k.a. one with zero or very little access to the internet and social media.

Teens Are Swapping Out Their iPhones for Flip Phones This Summer—Here’s Why

Professional musicians have a higher chance of being left-handed than the general population. Left-handers have better pitch memory than right-handers. A stroke in the right half of the brain can destroy the ability to perceive music. August 13, 2024, is International Left-Handers Day, and, despite decades of research on left-handedness,...

Left-Handedness and Musicality: 5 Scientific Facts

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Utah State

In about the year 1993 when Nirvana taught teenagers to wear those flannel hoods everywhere, kids stopped listening to their parents. And experts said it was because generation X didn't feel "seen" so they carved inappropriate words on their school desks and drove too fast in parking lots. Well, the...

Utah Parents, Here’s an FBI Trick to Make Your Kids Listen

Parentification occurs when a child is forced into the role of caregiver for their parent. The way we experience our first family relationships can often repeat itself in our adult relationships. If daughters are forced to act in age-inappropriate ways, this can have lasting impacts on relationships. Ari grew up...

10 Common Traits of Parentified Daughters

As we head into the back-to-school season, there's one skill we can't overlook: Teaching our kids to tie their shoelaces!. We've got you covered! We found a way to teach kids to tie their shoelaces in a minute or less — really!. We know how challenging it can be...

Teach Kids to Tie Shoes in Less Than a Minute

While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. College students are always juggling multiple projects, extracurriculars, exams, jobs, internships, and social life. And honestly,...

17 Gifts For College Students They Will Absolutely Appreciate

"Equalizing" is not a behavior that is healthy to reinforce or enable by aquiescing to the child's demands. It is important to give children a sense of power and control in healthy ways, not because you owe them. "Nico is constantly extorting us. He'll come to the dinner table but...

"He's Going to Take His Pound of Flesh"

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

As the summer draws to a close, it’s time to start thinking about the upcoming school year. Preparing for a new school year can be a mix of excitement and anxiety for both kids and parents. However, with a little planning and creativity, you can make the transition smoother and more enjoyable.

Back-to-School Preparation: Getting Kids Excited for the New School Year

Although real-world conspiracies do exist, we frequently seem to find them where they are not. The forces of apophenia can drive our minds to create such patterns, when in fact they really don't exist. A clear if fictional example of this is to be seen in Umberto Eco's classic novel...

Conspiracies in Mind

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Skills that kids practice at home can lead to success in the classroom.

What Teachers Wish Parents Would Do To Prepare Kids For The School Year

South Dakota State

Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

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Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

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"You’re not a bad parent, but it’s bad parenting."

New parents want to be a ‘coloring book family’ in restaurants

For many parents, August signals the start of back-to-school preparations. Buying school supplies, getting your kids to finish their summer packets, figuring out schedules – there’s a lot to get done. It can be stressful and overwhelming, for you and your children. It doesn’t need to be overwhelming...

5 Stress-Free Tips To Prep Your Family For Back-To-School

Recent findings suggest that the motives for orthorexia may be about idealisation of dietary perfection. Unlike wider eating pathology, for orthorexia, concerns over dietary imperfections seem less important. Orthorexia may increase in the coming years due to social media. Clean eating influencer Alice Liveing (‘Clean Eating Alice’ ) recently opened...

New Insights Into the Link Between Perfectionism and Orthorexia

Many kids today are highly anxious—in part because their lives are missing meaning. Parents may overfocus on logistics and results instead of how children make sense of the world around them. When kids focus on doomscrolling, they can feel traumatized and stressed. To help kids find meaning, we need...

Why Today's Kids Are Facing a Meaning Crisis

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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\"Closing the Loop\" With Our Kids and Teens With ADHD

How many times have you walked into a room and noticed that your child, teen, young adult, or partner with ADHD has left a trail of...

"Closing the Loop" With Our Kids and Teens With ADHD

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