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Illustration: Shimeng Jiang/The GuardianWhen Wendy Pfrenger’s children started high school in the town of Oxford, Mississippi, she had the choice to enroll them in abstinence-only or…

Hi Ray! Mashup of students: I’m from TKTK My name is TKTK etc. 36. What’s up… 35. I live in Shenzhen China… 30. I am 8…

January 22, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmParents might age faster or slower based on how many kids they haveA new study found that…

“They took her, they took her, they took her.”Those were some of the words Cora Muñoz, the Wilbur Cross high school assistant principal, could discern while…

A new study finds that parents of middle and high school students are increasingly open to pathways beyond a traditional four-year degree. Britebound, a national nonprofit…

January 14, 20264 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow CDC’s Vaccine Rollback Will Affect Winter Respiratory Virus SeasonRobert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Centers for Disease Control…

It’s been a tough year for our brains. Merriam-Webster dictionary editors chose “slop” as 2025’s word of the year. New York Magazine recently dropped its “Stupid…

December 11, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCOVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study FindsA report published by the CDC reaffirms…

Reporting Highlights Kids in Custody: This year ICE has sent more immigrant children into the federal shelter system than in the previous four years combined. New…

My kids’ appetite for stickers is endless. I find them constantly, on the mirrors in our house, on their school planners and water bottles, and occasionally…