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Parents = Cringe. We can't help uncringe your existence but we can at least help you understand if you are being mocked by your teen. Parents...need a primer on some current teen slang (as they change it up as fast as they change underwear!) Drop a few of these casually to your teen in a sentence and watch their eyebrows raise! 6 7  — This refers to a lyric in a song that's used in a video edit of American basketball player LaMelo Ball, who is 6'7". A mood  — A relatable feel

Go Retro. Gift a Book. Watch What Happens. Shopping for teens is brutal. Another gift card? Forgotten in three days. More clothes? Still in the bag. Latest tech gadget? Outdated by New Year's. Here's a wild idea: What if we went old school? Books used to be THE gift. The one that mattered. The one that shaped futures and sparked imaginations. Then we forgot. We assumed this generation wouldn't read. That screens had won. Spoiler alert: We were wrong. Teens aren't rejecting bo

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Yo, yo yo, listen up! You want to be the king or queen of roasting, right? Not just any old boring jab, but those zingers that make...

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