Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover prestige beauty, wellness, men’s grooming and style. It is a truth universally acknowledged that tweens love their ...

For the first time in history, social media companies have been found guilty of harming the mental health of a young person. Last week, jurors in Los Angeles concluded that both Meta and Google ...

As your child approaches their teenage years, they’ll want more independence, their emotions will run higher and you might see more disagreements in your household. This is normal. Adolescence – which ...

My middle kid, a 12-year-old girl, won’t talk to me very much. We ride to her soccer practice 40 minutes each way, twice a week at least. I try to get her to talk. I ask about her friends. I try to ...

The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp increases since 2021 and with each ...

A demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports on Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 13, the ...

The cover of "My One-Of-A-Kind Body." (Courtesy of KP Publicity) In an age of AI models and TikTok influencers, how can tweens and young teens maintain a healthy perspective on issues like body image ...

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is observed annually on November 20 to honor transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people who’ve been killed as a result of anti-transgender hatred and ...

Last week, the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System voted to forbid professors from teaching courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or ...

The Trump administration has said that the U.S. passports of transgender people must now reflect the sex on their original birth certificate, reversing a decades-old policy. By Amy Harmon The Trump ...

Tween girls contain multitudes, trying on the interests of young adults while still relishing the cute, shiny, and glittery toys of their childhood. Their increasingly sophisticated brains are ...