Parents think teens should have their first debit card before their 16th birthday, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 parents of teens ages 13 to 17 revealed that not only should today’s teens have a debit card (at age 15.5, on average), they should also have a checking account around the same age … Read more
It’s a party in the McIlroy family at Augusta National. After winning back-to-back Masters — the first since Tiger Woods in 2002 — Rory McIlroy quickly went over to show some love to his family on the sidelines. The Northern Irishman first hugged his daughter, Poppy, and followed with a kiss to his wife, Erica … Read more
It was the mile-high babysitter’s club. A United flight turned into a veritable playground with wings after three rowdy children were left unchaperoned in coach class while their parents rode up front, per a viral Reddit post. The kids had been left unsupervised in economy while their parents rode up front. Halfpoint – stock.adobe.com “United … Read more
Are these extra school holidays too much of a good thing? For many NYC parents of public school students, the answer is a resounding yes. With Big Apple students now only in school for 176 days each year — with an especially long break for spring recess, currently in effect from April 2 to 10 … Read more
It’s an entirely different kind of school rush. When Zohran Mamdani won New York’s mayoral election last November, Caven Wagstaff’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing for weeks. Wagstaff runs his own firm, wrangling places for wealthy American families keen to land their kids a perch at tony British private schools. Mamdani, as mayor-elect, turbocharged his biz. … Read more
Get that bag. A Millennial on social media is going viral for bragging about living at home with their parents and using the money they don’t use toward rent to buy designer bags. “Normalize living with your family and spend the money you save on rent on a bag,” TikTok user @yourbrokebestiejay said in a … Read more
Parents are desperate for help to protect their children from harmful social media platforms following two bombshell court rulings last week that fined the tech giant Meta with penalties in the millions. “Ninety-five percent of our kids are using these products that we know are harmful,” Julie Frumin, a 43-year-old mother of two from Westlake … Read more
Sarah Katz wanted to ride a roller coaster. In a high school essay she once recalled a time in second grade, when her mom took her to the Six Flags in her native New Jersey. She wrote about how desperately she’d wanted to ride “the biggest and scariest” coaster in the park, how she wanted … Read more
Run for the hills. When a couple gets married, there are obviously sacrifices both sides have to make — and spending time with in-laws might be one of them. But one girlfriend found herself sacrificing every single weekend or quality future-in-law time before she even walked down the aisle. Unsure if she was in the … Read more
Good parents just might come in threes. An “inseparable” throuple who raise three children together say they’re more responsible than regular moms and dads. Frank Eric Blackcloud II, 40, Tatyana Brown, 33, and Lexi Bowman, 26, live under one roof with kids Oliver, 13, Sage, 7, and Naiomi, 5. “Lexi came into our lives in … Read more
“It was like a cloud had lifted, and she could think more rationally again.” That’s how one mother described her teenage daughter — a sufferer of “erratic mood swings” — after eight weeks on a high-dose regimen of dietary supplements. In teenagehood, some degree of irritability comes with the territory. But a clinical trial out … Read more
Angela Campbell’s 17-month-old daughter has expensive taste. While other tots often go for the fast and cheap, baby Campbell prefers her treats rich, decadent and imported from the Southwest Pacific. But it’s not haute couture that the little one craves — it’s butter. “She loves it. She actually asks for it, saying, ‘Butter, butter!’ all the … Read more
A sunken-faced Nick Reiner pled not guilty to the murder of his famous parents, Rob and Michele Reiner in their $20 million Brentwood mansion. Reiner, wearing a brown jumpsuit with his hands and legs shackled was only in court for the arraignment for a few minutes as he entered his not guilty plea Monday. The … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My young daughter and I had the pleasure of spending three months with my parents while my husband was deployed. We had a lovely visit, but over the course of our stay, I noticed my parents were spending more time on their phones than previously. Both are retired and in their mid-60s. I’m … Read more
Every family has one. Armchair parenting experts on Reddit engaged in a polarizing debate that asked users to ponder what popular parenting practices they’ve witnessed that are sure to “create a generation of emotionally broken adults in 20 years.” And it’s digital natives Gen Alpha, born between 2010–2024, will have firmly entered adulthood in two … Read more
A recruiter has called out a trend she has witnessed on the rise when it comes to young Aussies who are looking to get their first jobs — and she says it is killing their chances. Tammie Christofis Ballis, specialist recruiter and career coach at Realistic Careers, was recently at a McDonald’s in Sydney when … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I stopped having sexual relations eight years ago. She keeps our two grandchildren 11 to 12 hours a day, five (and sometimes six) days a week. (That’s 60 to 70 hours.) By the time they’re picked up, she’s irritated, agitated, frustrated and wants to be left alone. She doesn’t want … Read more
A new report has found that nine in 10 parents argue with their kids over technology use — half said the topic comes up at least weekly. The poll of 2,000 U.S. parents of kids aged 8 to 17 revealed a large majority of kids (87%) said they’ve gotten into arguments about technology use with … Read more
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner’s troubled son, Nick Reiner, is officially in custody and has been charged for his parents’ double homicide. He is being held on $4 million bail. The 78-year-old director and his 68-year-old wife were found stabbed to death inside their Los Angeles on Sunday. They were discovered by their daughter Romy, … Read more
DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom’s nerves (she has also become more impatient and snappy lately), and she has been yelling at him in response. Sometimes, he responds back, but usually he doesn’t. My sister snapped at … Read more