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By Sherri Gordon, CLC for Understood If your child tells you they’re being bullied at school, it can be hard to know what to do next. The key is to stay calm. Gather all of the details, follow the chain of command at your child’s school, and document everything. Understand that your child might be

By Matt Miczulski for Finder If your kid is under 18 and has a valid Social Security number, they almost certainly have a Trump Account now, whether you signed up or not. On Oct. 1, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it had finished automatically enrolling every eligible child. That’s more than 60 million kids

School mornings can be a hectic time, with children getting dressed, gathering their belongings and preparing to leave the house on a tight schedule. Misplaced shoes, missing homework and last-minute searches for backpack belongings can add to the stress. School mornings are “kind of like a perfect storm,” David Anderson, PhD, a clinical psychologist at

Autumn is an evocative name that ranks 88th among girls’ names. More than 2,800 babies were given the name in 2025. October, on the other hand, hardly gets any attention, and only 49 babies were given the name last year. Both are seasonal names, but Social Security Administration data reveals that there is a significant

Returning to work while breastfeeding can bring up a lot of questions. How often will you need to pump? Where will you pump? Will you have enough time? What happens if a meeting conflicts with a planned pumping break? Most importantly, will you have the support you need at work to continue breastfeeding? In a

Scroll through your social media feeds, and you’ll likely come across conversations reflecting the ambivalence a lot of people are feeling about having kids in a tough economy.  Those feelings track with a recent Credit Karma survey of 629 adults ages 18 to 45. Sixty-eight percent said raising children felt financially out of reach right now,

Being a parent is an incredible and selfless gift. However, it also brings challenges that few people feel ready to carry, as family life becomes more scheduled and harder to shut off. Modern parenting now comes with pressures earlier generations did not face. In a 2024 advisory, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy cited social media

Prospective home buyers are often experiencing transition in their personal lives. Perhaps a wedding — or divorce — is on the horizon. Maybe their kids have grown up and moved out, or their financial circumstances have changed. In many cases, though, people are looking to move because they want to start or grow their families,

Americans love to show off their creativity when it comes to giving their children names. Rather than relying on certain classics they may love the sound of, trends show new parents are opting instead to provide their own unique spellings. Nontraditionally spelled names can give a child a special feeling of uniqueness while having a