In Manhattan’s pre-eminent mom in-crowd, Izzy Anaya is constantly finding herself on the outs. The Upper West Side parent — with two fifth grade boys attending one of NYC’s most elite schools — does not get invited to hang with the other pupils’ mothers, who indulge in girls-night-out dinners and dancing at Zero Bond. She’s also … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together 23 years, married for almost nine. We are in our 60s. It’s the second marriage for both of us. I retired due to having to move to another state for his job. I make friends wherever I go and get involved in community activities. My husband … Read more
In the high-stakes world of college admissions, there’s one lesson every hopeful applicant should learn early: What you leave out of your personal essay may matter more than what you put in. Many schools receive tens of thousands of applications each cycle, allowing the admissions officers only a few minutes to decide whether to consider … Read more
A Long Island lunch lady served up a big-money win on “Wheel of Fortune” that left her lapping up some $65,000 in prizes, including a brand new Toyota truck, a week-long tropical vacation and a year’s supply of sweet treats. Single mom Katie McCann emerged as the winner of Tuesday night’s fittingly food-themed episode called … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a 60-year-old divorcee. I am currently dating a Danish man and have been for a year. He asked me to marry him several months ago, and I said yes. He wants me and my daughter to move to Denmark. My daughter is 21 and high-functioning autistic, but she still needs me … Read more
Students banding together against the ban — in the most millennial way possible. Displeased Gen Zs are keeping the lines of communication open amid new cell phone bans in schools, chatting with one another via Google Docs on their laptops as a substitute for text messaging. “A bunch of high school kids are creating a Google … Read more
A teacher known online as “Teacher Bae” is turning heads — and not in the way school administrators would want. Ms. Williams, a self-described educator and fashion influencer with more than 134,000 TikTok followers, has ignited a firestorm on social media after sharing videos of herself in tight-fitting, provocative outfits — all filmed on school … Read more
Think Cali holds the monopoly on surfing in the continental US? Kook, please. “California surfing is garbage,” says Peter Panagiotis, pointing to the Golden State’s hyper-crowded waters and beaches with their overly rude surfer dude ‘tudes. His aka is Peter Pan — a sobriquet very apt for the young-at-heart 75-year-old, who started at 13, and … Read more
Zach Mangino, a rising senior at Wilton High School in Connecticut, spent most of the last school year undistracted by text alerts and TikTok videos, thanks to the town’s Board of Education decision to ban high school students from accessing their smartphones from “bell to bell.” While plenty of his classmates weren’t thrilled with the … Read more
When school starts in West Virginia next month, 240,000 students in districts large and small will notice something missing from their cafeteria trays. Gone will be red Jell-O fruit cups, yogurt topped with brightly hued sprinkles, and Cool Ranch Doritos — all foods made with synthetic dyes. In their place will be foods that contain colors made … Read more
This teacher’s ticked. An enraged educator is calling out her students’ penny-pinching parents over their refusal to chip for a few additional back-to-school supplies the school district allegedly can’t afford — adding fresh fuel to the ongoing debate over who pays for what in public education. “Just so we’re clear, I’m expected to take a bullet for … Read more
Every day started out the same. Sarah would wake up, get dressed in her uniform, and pack her lunch. But by the time she reached the stairs, she’d collapse. The 10-year-old’s body would shut down, physically unable to walk out the door. “I didn’t realize how traumatic it was for her to keep going to school,” her mom, Lauren, told Kidspot. … Read more
People increasingly support school phone bans — and New York got the message. As New York bans cellphone use during the school day, a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that support for phone bans in school is increasing. The majority of U.S. adults support prohibiting students from using their phones during … Read more
This is smart parenting. An early bedtime or a rigorous chore chart aren’t instant guarantees for success, but they’re proven steps towards raising a certifiable wunderkind, according got a new study. Since 2013, British study SEED has been tracking around 6,000 children across the UK with the aim of exploring how environments — including early … Read more
Cut the clap! The confused and proud mom of a kindergartner went viral on social media after posting a video from her child’s graduation ceremony where parents were forced to withhold their applause — or most of it, anyway. In the confusing clip dubbed “dystopian” by viewers, attendees were compelled to conform to a strange standard, … Read more
In a school environment, your child’s teacher is usually nothing more to you than what appears at face value. They’re the person you trust to educate your child on everything from math and history to life skills, the name you see on reports, and the person you catch up with at parent-teacher interviews and school assemblies. But, of course, … Read more
Forget harmless pranks — TikTok’s latest trend has students setting their Chromebooks ablaze, sparking school evacuations and safety warnings across the country. Known as the #ChromebookChallenge, the dangerous stunt encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops, causing electrical short circuits that can ignite fires. … Read more
Now, here’s a parenting tip moms and dads oughta “No!.” Emily Perkins, 28, a kindergarten teacher from Kentucky, is schooling parents on the art of saying “uh-uh” before their little rascal’s first day of school. “Tell your child ‘No,’” said the kiddo pro in a buzzy bulletin with over 326,000 TikTok views. Perkins virally scolded … Read more
Pinterest is getting on board with the movement to get kids off their phones. The social-media platform is testing a new pop-up displayed to minors in the U.S. and Canada during school hours, encouraging them to close the app until the bell rings. “Focus is a beautiful thing,” the prompt reads, according to The Verge. … Read more
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — The topic of a new course at Mansfield Senior High School is one that teenagers across the country are having trouble with: How to Get to Sleep. One ninth grader in the class says his method is to scroll through TikTok until he nods off. Another teen says she often falls asleep … Read more