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There it is: your teen’s phone, left (shockingly! fleetingly!) unattended. Maybe you’re ready to guess at the passcode; maybe you already know the code because that’s the agreement in your house. Either way, you are suddenly seized with an intense desire to see what your offspring is up to online. Friends: Don’t do it. Seriously. Parents, when did we decide […]
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Granger Smith and his family are always thinking about late son River, who died earlier this month due to a drowning accident at home. The country star’s wife, Amber Smith, shared a loving message to her 3-year-old son on Instagram Sunday after their family visited a museum in Chicago. “We just happened to be in the same city as the […]
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Good news for parents who aren’t sure whether giving their children chores is making a positive, lasting impact: It most likely is. In a recently resurfaced 2015 interview with Tech Insider, Julie Lythcott-Haims — author of How to Raise an Adult and former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford University — explained the logic behind the idea. “By making them do chores […]
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Teen depression can affect parents’ marital satisfaction, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found. Parents often seek mental health treatment for a child struggling with depression, but the treatment shouldn’t stop with the depressed teen, suggests the study. The study found that while depressed teens were involved in active treatment, parents’ marriages and parent-child conflict remained stable. Once the teens’ […]
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Just in case you haven’t heard enough “Baby Shark” to last you a lifetime, Nickelodeon’s got it covered. The network is teaming up with Pinkfong’s global entertainment company, SmartStudy, for a series that will leverage the popular children’s tune to create “a terrific original animated series that will bring this property to new heights and even more fans,” says president […]
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Name: Jessica Butler Bell Location: Malibou Lake, California Occupation: Founder of Raise Magazine, a lifestyle site for modern mothers, featuring stories of stepparenting, adoption, foster care, surrogacy and non-traditional families. Family situation: My husband Warren and I have been married for 12 years. I have two stepsons, now 25 and 20, and a 4-year-old son, whom my husband and I […]
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Never say never! Kellie Pickler and her husband, Kyle Jacobs, aren’t ready to have kids yet, but they do have a family of dogs. “We have two little small puppies,” the American Idol alum, 32, told Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, May 23, on the set of Hallmark’s “Home & Family” at Universal Studios Hollywood. “We’re dog parents for now.” […]
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Jessica Simpson‘s son Ace is following in his father’s footsteps — or should we say, golf shoes. The star shared a video of her 5½-year-old son Ace on a driving range Thursday afternoon, where he makes an impressive swing. The video goes into slow motion just in time for the club to hit the ball, highlighting her son’s skills. “Already […]
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Blake Lively is embracing her third pregnancy, as well as her husband Ryan Reynolds’ starring role in Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Posting a series of photos from the New York City premiere of the film, where the 31-year-old actress announced her pregnancy by stepping out wearing a yellow dress that hugged her belly, Lively put her sense of humor on display […]
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Yes, Amy Schumer is still pregnant. On Friday, the comedian, 37, took it upon herself to poke fun at what seems to be an awfully-long pregnancy, as she approaches the end of her final trimester. Sharing a photo of herself sitting in a doctor’s office, with a yellow t-shirt that reads “I Hate Mondays” rolled up, Schumer stares blankly at […]
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