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Picture this: It's Christmas time, all of your extended family members have come over, the presents are unwrapped, and now you have to make conversation until supper is ready. If this sounds daunting, ...

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Being a mother is incredibly rewarding, but it’s also beautifully chaotic. There’s a reason most of us instinctively call for mom when something goes wrong: she’s the fixer, the planner, the emotional ...

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When 7-year-old CJ opened the door and saw me standing there, he slammed it shut. Having just returned to his mom after a stint in foster care, he was terrified that I had come to take him away. But I ...

This generation’s slang is driving teachers nuts. Educators across the country are banning the term “67,” a nonsensical expression often blurted out, especially when “six” and “seven” are mentioned ...

Under-16s in Australia are now banned from using major social media services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads. They cannot set up new accounts and existing ...

If you remember these experiences, you were online early enough to see the internet before it got smoothed into a corporate ...