Meta Report Reveals ‘Sensual Conversations’ Chatbots Can Have With Kids as Young as 8
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Obesity Before Pregnancy Linked to Autism-Like Behavior in Kids
A mother’s weight before pregnancy could be linked to autism-like behaviors in her children. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, who found that obesity can trigger metabolic shifts that cause lasting epigenetic changes in a mother’s eggs. These changes are passed on to the developing […]
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Kids Who Eat More Fruit and Vegetables Share Key Character Trait
Children who are caring and kind may be more likely to develop healthy eating habits in adolescence, a new study has found. The findings, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, indicate that encouraging so-called “prosocial behavior” during childhood could serve as a potential approach to support healthy eating habits. Researchers led by social […]
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Mom’s Horror As She Realizes What Kids Have Been Doing at the All-Inclusive
A mom-of-two was stunned to discover what her kids had gotten up to during an all-inclusive family vacation together. Shelly Larsen-McHugh’s face was a picture when she took to TikTok, posting under the handle @babiesandbichons, to share what happened to her 6-year-old son Louie and his 3-year-old sister Luna. “We just found it funny,” Larsen-McHugh […]
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Too Smart for Their Own Good? Why Emotionally Intelligent Kids Struggle
Some parents may wonder if their child has been here before because they are equipped with emotional intelligence that hasn’t been taught. Having the ability to manage their own emotions and understand the emotions of people around them is often praised. But is it always a good thing? Newsweek spoke to Jocelyn Bibi, a licensed […]
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Security Cam Captures Dad of Three With Kids, but in Hours He’ll Be Gone
A home-security camera has captured a father’s last moments with his three children in Phoenix, Arizona. Adriana Sansam (@adriana.sansam) shared the footage to her TikTok account, where the clip shows her husband, Eric, holding their son and saying goodbye to his daughter before walking out of the house for the very last time. “There was […]
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Watch: Moment Police Rescue Kids from Sweltering Car
Police rescued two young children trapped inside a hot car outside of a Georgia mall last month, capturing the tense moments all on body-worn camera. The video, released by the Cobb County Police Department, shows officers responding to a 911 call from a concerned citizen who spotted the children visibly distressed and crying inside the […]
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Mom Stabbed 3 Kids She Believed Were ‘Possessed by the Devil’—Prosecutors
A Chicago woman is facing first-degree murder and other charges after she allegedly fatally stabbed her 4-year-old son and wounded her two other children on Friday. At a court appearance on Sunday, prosecutors said that 45-year-old Wendy Tolbert told officials she believed her children were “possessed by the devil,” which prompted the violence. The Chicago […]
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Woman Counts How Many Times Kids Say Mom in One Day—Final Number Is Wild
A mom has showcased how a mother’s work is never truly done, as she counted the number of times she heard her name in just one day. Jacki, 34, lives in Melbourne, Australia, and is a stay-at-home mom to two children: Jessie, four, and two-year-old Andy. And while many mothers to young kids may wonder […]
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I Interviewed 1,400 Depressed Dads—What I Learned About How It Affects Kids
In popular culture, fathers are often portrayed as strong, stoic and endlessly reliable. But new research has outlined a different reality, one where fathers struggle too. As an assistant professor of pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Kristine Schmitz spent years studying how parental mental health affects children. Recently, Schmitz and her colleagues […]
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