Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public SpacesTo ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.
I Chose to Be Childfree. I Didn’t Think I Was Choosing Isolation TooI’ll never stop trying, but parents and childfree people both have to work hard to maintain a community.
How to Protect Your Kids From Identity TheftIdentity theft affects hundreds of thousands of Americans every year—and your children are not immune. Here’s how to protect them.
I’ve Studied Over 200 Kids—the Ones With High Emotional Intelligence Have Parents Who Do 7 Things Early OnChild psychologist Reem Raouda, who has studied more than 200 child-parent relationships, says those who raise the emotionally intelligent kids do seven key things.
I Realized My Family Had No Plan for Emergencies — Here’s What I’m Doing NowAccording to an expert, here’s what to know about emergency plans and how to make a family emergency plan for disasters.
Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And AndroidUpdated on January 11 with further information on Google’s new mobile privacy challenge in the U.S. courts, and parallels to its controversial digital fingerprinting now making a return. An ironic spat this week in the world of big tech.
Study: Cash handouts have a dramatic impact on the deadliest infectious diseaseWhat if the best medicine isn't a pill or vaccine — but it's cold cash? There's a growing body of research that suggests economic programs that give money to very poor people can have major health benefits.
25 New and Returning TV Shows You Should Add to Your 2025 WatchlistReal life is pretty mid at this point, so I'm committed to letting the soothing glow of the television (or tablet or phone) lull me into a state of peaceful euphoria.
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How to clear your Android phone's cache and make it feel like new for 2025If your Android phone or tablet has become sluggish, you're not alone. Over time, many devices can slow down, but the good news is there are simple ways to improve performance. One quick fix is restarting the device, which can solve many common issues.
Scientists Tracked 1,000 Kids for 40 Years. This Was the No. 1 Predictor of Financial SuccessIf you wanted to figure out what really matters for raising happy, successful kids, you’d need to randomly select a bunch of babies from a broad spectrum of backgrounds. Then you’d need to follow them for decades.
‘Each year you delay giving a phone is a big win’: child screen-time solutions from around the worldIf the advent of the affordable mobile phone has given parents a new way to stay in touch with their children, it has also prompted countless arguments about screen time, safety and social media.
For Gen Alpha, learning to read is becoming a privilegeJoshua McGoun, a K-12 public-school teacher in Frederick, Maryland, first noticed a change in his students about 10 years ago. They began to struggle with focus. Increasingly, younger kids were not nailing basic reading skills before third grade — a crucial window.
I changed these 6 Samsung TV settings to give the picture quality an instant boostSay you picked up a shiny new TV this holiday season. You unbox it like a kid at Christmas and prepare yourself to binge-watch Squid Game 2. You think to yourself, "This is 2024. TV technology is sizzling, and it's going to look amazing no matter what.
Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And AndroidUpdated on January 10 with new reports into a user location data leak with major privacy implications. An ironic spat this week in the world of big tech.