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My 5-Year-Old Daughter Told Me She Wanted To Take Pole Dancing Lessons. Here's What I Told Her.

Bending over the hot dryer, I spot a corner of an old snapshot of her and her brother that hides almost out of view under the appliance. I inch it out with my big toe. Joseph’s staring at the camera, a look of sheer dread and confusion on his face, …

By Kerith Mickelson
12th October 2025 • HuffPost

Should You Ever Be Naked Around Your Kids? Here's What Experts Actually Think

Before preschool, children may not notice or understand the concept of nudity.

By Nandini Maharaj, PhD
31st July 2025 • HuffPost

I'm Terrified My Boyfriend May Become A Victim Of A Demented New Trump Policy

When we first started going out last October, we discussed what a future might look like for us. Fulbright requires students to return to their home countries for two years after the completion of their program. We have talked about how we might navigate that time apart, but mainly we …

By Isabella Reilly
29th May 2025 • HuffPost

The Great Economy Versus Environment Myth

Environmentalism, in some circles, is still thought to be only about protecting trees and cuddly animals instead of trying to protect the environmental conditions necessary to ensure the health of people all over the world. While environmentalists and environmental NGOs actually spend a great deal of time studying and reporting …

By Ian Carey
28th April 2025 • HuffPost

People Who Identify As The 'Loser Sibling' Tend To Develop These Traits As Adults

Having a sibling can feel like a zero-sum game of winners and losers.

By Nandini Maharaj, PhD
16th April 2025 • HuffPost

I Was Caring For A Patient With Down Syndrome. A Fellow Doctor’s 8-Word Remark Left Me Stunned.

By Rachel Fleishman, MD
8th April 2025 • HuffPost

I Made A Secret Promise To My Friend In College. 20 Years Later, I Finally Revealed It To Her.

We inhabited a strange, liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. On the one hand, there were moments of feeling invincible. I smoked cigarettes and didn’t care what they might be doing to my body. We sat out on fire escapes and ledges, not worrying that we might fall. On the …

By Marie Holmes
25th February 2025 • HuffPost

Their Parents May Not Know It, But Most 11- And 12-Year-Olds Are On TikTok

TikTok uses machine learning to predict which videos an individual user is most likely to interact with and then populates their feed with these videos. A “similarity check” replaces videos that look and sound too much like one another to ensure just enough variety so that users don’t get bored. …

By Marie Holmes
3rd February 2025 • HuffPost

If So Many People Have ADHD, Is It Really A Disorder?

Over the past few years, an increasing number of adults are getting ADHD diagnoses. Some seek out diagnosis and treatment for themselves after helping a child through the process. Others start to wonder about the possibility after seeing themselves reflected in stories shared on social media. In many cases, an …

By Marie Holmes
28th January 2025 • HuffPost

Are Audio Players The Answer To Keeping Kids Off Screens?

New technologies between my Raffi tapes and now have fundamentally transformed the way we consume music and all other audiovisual content. With a few taps on my phone, I can find a recording of almost any song I’ve ever heard — usually for free. But this unfettered access comes at …

By Marie Holmes
10th January 2025 • HuffPost

5 Signs You’re Co-Ruminating With Your Partner

It can impact relationship satisfaction. Here’s how to identify this harmful cycle.

By Nandini Maharaj, PhD
6th January 2025 • HuffPost

Women Are Being Ad-Targeted For Minoxidil Like Crazy — But Just How Safe Is It?

For most of my life, my hair has been long, dark, wavy and thick. So thick that when I was growing up, the neighborhood salon charged extra for my cuts because they involved such a great quantity of hair. Blow-drying took ages as the poor stylist worked through layer after …

By Marie Holmes
12th December 2024 • HuffPost

Gird Your Loins (But Seriously): Americans Are Worried About Violence Related To The Election

Coming up to the finish line of the next presidential election, there are indications that Americans are again worried about the possibility of political violence.

By Lilli Petersen
3rd November 2024 • HuffPost

Young Women Are Shifting Left At Historic Rates. Here’s Why That’s So Striking.

“It’s becoming more and more apparent that everything is political, and for so many folks, for women, for queer people, for people of color, for people whose identities span multiple of those things, I think our existence is political,” said Henry.

By Lilli Petersen
22nd October 2024 • HuffPost

This Viral Video Captures The Kind Of Moment Young Boys Need More Of

In the video, a group of boys who appear to be around 10 years old surrounds one of their peers. The blond boy in the middle of the circle anxiously shifts his weight. You might think some cruel mockery or another kind of bullying behavior is about to ensue — …

By Marie Holmes
18th October 2024 • HuffPost

11 Reasons To See A Pelvic Floor Therapist

When you hear the words “pelvic floor therapist,” you might first think of Kegel exercises, which, if you have a vagina, someone has probably told you to be doing. Maybe you’re aware that many people who have given birth often have urinary incontinence afterward, or even that in France, it’s …

By Marie Holmes
11th October 2024 • HuffPost

I Lied To My Pediatrician About Where My Baby Slept At Night — And I’m Not The Only One

By Marie Holmes
6th October 2024 • HuffPost

What Your Child Should Know If You Have A Family History Of Substance Use Disorder

The truth is that the biggest mistake we can make is to say nothing. Research shows that when it comes to substance abuse, parents’ actions (like allowing kids to drink at home) matter — and so do their words. Studies have found that teens who believe their parents have a …

By Marie Holmes
3rd October 2024 • HuffPost

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By Jesselyn Cook
23rd July 2024 • HuffPost

In New Interview, Biden Defiantly Downplays Mounting Political Crisis

In his first sit-down interview since the June 27 debate, Biden told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that he didn’t believe the polling on his standing in the campaign tells the whole story, and he denied that his allies in the Democratic Party would definitively call for him to step down.

By Lilli Petersen
6th July 2024 • HuffPost

I Dreaded Wedding Dress Shopping. Then The 5 Words I Never Thought I'd Hear Changed Everything.

I expected many things would be assumed of me, including: I was a specific kind of woman (one who’d grown up thinking about her wedding and not being the boy); I was straight (Haley had asked, “How’d you know this was your dude?” but did, to her credit, seamlessly adjust …

By Elle Warren | Writer
18th June 2024 • HuffPost

Gwyneth Paltrow Reveals She's Struggling With 'Impending Grief' As Son Prepares To Leave Home

If you’re going through something similar to Gwyneth, Emily Mendez a former psychotherapist and mental health writer, says that although it’s not easy, there are ways to deal with the grief.

By Emily Mendez, MS, EdS
26th March 2024 • HuffPost

How A Deeply Controversial White House Adviser Is Running The Agenda On Gaza

By Lilli Petersen
2nd December 2023 • HuffPost

Should You Let Your Teen Drink Alcohol As Long As It’s Under Your Roof? Experts Weigh In.

“A kid who has their first drink in eighth grade, they have an almost 50% lifelong risk of developing substance use disorder. If it’s pushed by two years, into 10th grade, it drops by half, and if it’s pushed by another two years until they’re 18, it drops again by …

By Marie Holmes
1st December 2023 • HuffPost

I Got Roped Into A Debate About Hair... Down There. How Had I Missed This New Beauty Standard?

Despite my high comfort level with sensitive subjects (we’d already covered sexual consent, teen pregnancy and STIs), the delivery of this hot-button news item from a 15-year-old honors student left me momentarily speechless. How could there be yet another beauty standard — especially for a concealed body part — to …

By Sherrie Page Guyer, DNP, MSN, RN
21st November 2023 • HuffPost

I Was Given 6 Months To Live. I Made 1 Unexpected Decision That Helped Me Beat The Odds.

Every morning, as I watch the sun come up over the mountains I never thought I’d live in again, I give thanks for everything in my life that brought me to this moment. Especially that diagnosis. It taught me that I had no time to waste. It taught me how …

By Kate Rice
20th October 2023 • HuffPost

The 1 Thing That Child Therapists Say Harms Kids' Happiness The Most

Jennifer Wallace is a journalist and author of the forthcoming book “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic ― And What We Can Do About It.” From a survey she conducted on the topic, and an extensive series of interviews with kids, families, teachers and psychologists, Wallace concluded that “too …

By Marie Holmes
7th September 2023 • HuffPost

How A Key Part Of Biden's Agenda Ended Up Dividing A Small Michigan Town

By Lilli Petersen
16th August 2023 • HuffPost

I Was A Child Prodigy. Here’s The Dark Truth No One Ever Talks About.

Stories about highly ambitious kids are told in fairytale terms, but in reality, being a young prodigy can be a nightmare. We desperately want our kids to be top achievers, but we don’t have the infrastructure to support them as they reach for increasingly unattainable ideals. Plenty of officials have …

By KFA’s Writing, Work, & Wild Tales
1st August 2023 • HuffPost

Are 'Auntie-Free Zones' Ageist — Or Just Plain Necessary?

Now that all the coverage of the performances and style at this year’s Essence Fest has mellowed out, it’s time to talk about the elephant in the room: the concept that the festival facilitators have a “new audience” in mind. Namely, younger Black women.

By Sierra Lyons
28th July 2023 • HuffPost