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I skipped my son's baseball games to work late because I thought providing was the same as being present—he's 34 now and we barely talk
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (408+ words) Marlene Martin / Feb 13, 2026 Twenty-seven years after choosing spreadsheets over Little League, I'm watching my grandchildren collect rocks while my own son'now 34'answers my calls with the politeness reserved for distant relatives. I told myself a story back then that made…...
7 things kids were expected to handle on their own in the 80s that parents now manage for teenagers
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (1239+ words) Marlene Martin / Feb 6, 2026 From walking miles to school after missing the bus to navigating friend drama without parental intervention, the stark contrast between teenage independence in the 1980s and today's heavily supervised adolescence reveals a troubling question about whether we're raising…...
10 things your grandchildren will remember about you long after you're gone, says psychology
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1184+ words) Avery White / Feb 4, 2026 From the way you light up when they enter the room to the silly sayings only you use, psychologists reveal the surprising everyday moments that become your grandchildren's most treasured memories'and shape who they become. Have you…...
The real reason your adult kids don't visit as often has nothing to do with how busy they are—and deep down you already know what it is
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1228+ words) Avery White / Feb 3, 2026 The distance between you and your adult children isn't about their busy schedules'it's about the invisible walls you've built with outdated parenting habits that push them away every time they visit. You know that feeling when your…...
If you want your adult children to actually enjoy your company, say goodbye to these 9 conversation habits
1+ week, 4+ day ago (746+ words) Marlene Martin / Feb 2, 2026 Transform your relationship with your grown children by recognizing the subtle conversation patterns that might be driving them away'from well-meaning advice that falls flat to guilt trips disguised as love. If there's one thing I've learned in…...
People raised in the 60s and 70s were taught these 7 powerful life lessons you'll never hear in modern classrooms
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1064+ words) Marlene Martin / Jan 31, 2026 While today's children navigate a world of endless activities and hovering adults, those who grew up when streetlights signaled bedtime and bikes were GPS-free learned something profound that no modern curriculum teaches'how to transform boredom into brilliance…...
Top vaccine official wants polio, childhood shots to be optional—breaking from medical consensus
2+ week, 1+ day ago (522+ words) Avery White / Jan 28, 2026 For the first time in decades, the CDC and America's pediatricians are no longer speaking with one voice on childhood vaccines. In early January 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced sweeping changes to its childhood…...
If you grew up in the 60s or early 70s, these 8 everyday freedoms taught independence in ways modern childhood never could
2+ week, 2+ day ago (991+ words) From climbing trees without helmets to disappearing all day with just a "be home by dark," the childhood freedoms of the 60s and 70s created a generation who learned life's most valuable lessons in the spaces between adult supervision. Marlene Martin / Jan…...
UK is finally cutting kids off from social media — and what happens next will be terrifying or revolutionary
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (1560+ words) Ainura Kalau / Jan 23, 2026 Trying to limit teen screen time without changing the culture around it is like asking one kid to unplug in a room full of glowing screens. If you have been watching the UK debate about kids and…...
8 times kids growing up in the 60s had to parent themselves (and no one called CPS)
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (1475+ words) Avery White / Jan 23, 2026 From walking miles to school alone at age five to cooking full meals on gas stoves and handling medical emergencies with popsicle-stick splints; children of the 1960s navigated a world that would horrify today's helicopter parents, yet somehow…...