A federal study released by the Centers for Disease Control shows 27.5 percent of high school students have used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days. Now the CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and state and local health departments are investigating a multistate outbreak of lung disease associated with e-cigarette use. uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Anne Johnsos and Tracy Weiner talk to Dr. MeiLan K. Han, professor of internal medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System and spokesperson for the American Lung Association, about the dangers of vaping and how parents can educate their kids.

About 2.7 million grandparents in the United States are the primary caregivers for children in their households. Long working hours for young parents, along with the rising costs of professional childcare, have transformed grandparents from occasional babysitters to critical safety nets. Susan Newman, PhD, is a social psychologist and the author of more than a dozen books including Under One Roof Again: All Grown Up And (Re)Learning To Live Together Happily and The Book of No: 365 Ways to Say it and Mean it―and Stop People-Pleasing Forever. She tells uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Tracy Weiner and Anne Johnsos how to navigate the tension when formerly parent-child relationships become adult-adult ones.

Young people today deal with so much more than the generations before them. They’re exposed to information, thoughts, emotions and pressures they’re not prepared to process. Dr. John Duffy, author of The Available Parent and his brand new book, Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, tells uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Tracy Weiner and Anne Johnsos typical “teen parenting” tactics are dangerously out of date, but it’s not too late to for parents to catch up.

When you have a baby or toddler, the advice comes from all sides. But when your child hits the teen years, the questions increase while the resources dwindle. Mary Dell Harrington and Lisa Endlich Heffernan cofounded the number-one site for parents of teens and young adults. Now they’re offering a book called Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults. Heffernan joins uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Anne Johnsos and Tracy Weiner to talk about this new guide for building strong relationships and helping your teens launch into adulthood.

The American Medical Association published a report in May 2019 linking social media to teen depression and calling the role of social media among adolescents “an urgent public health issue that merits further investigation.” In one five-year period, the suicide rate for girls increased 65 percent. Dr. Ana Radovic, an assistant professor of pediatrics at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, joins uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Anne Johnsos and Tracy Weiner to talk about how hard it is for kids to filter out the negative and how sleep plays a role in your child's mental health.

According to a study published in Pediatrics, 42 percent of Internet users between the ages of 10 and 17 have seen PORN. And 66 percent of those kids reported unwanted or accidental exposure. Dan Rice, interim executive director of Answer at Rutgers University, joins uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Anne Johnsos and Tracy Weiner to discuss parenting strategies around "the pornography talk."

Kelly and Miguel Cervantes join uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Anne Johnsos and Tracy Weiner to talk about what parenthood looks like for couples navigating endless doctors, tests and treatments in search of answers for their medically fragile children. Kelly and Miguel are trying to help their daughter Adelaide, who suffers from infantile spasms and epilepsy.

Bullying doesn't look like it did 30 years ago. Kids these days have no relief after the school bell rings because bullies continue online. Detective Rich Wistocki from Be Sure Consulting joins uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Anne Johnsos and Tracy Weiner again -- this time to talk about the apps kids use on their classmates and the apps parents can use to monitor their kids’ digital devices. Also: Rich has an interesting take on sleepovers...

Parents want their kids to grow, thrive and learn to take care of themselves, and that happens through hundreds and thousands of life lessons. Some of those lessons might come in the form of self-defense: teaching our kids to overcome actual physical dangers. Jen Zanotti is an esthetician and wellness coach, the host of podcast Getting Zen with Jen Z, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete and teacher. She joins uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Tracy Weiner and Anne Johnsos to talk about how what happens on the mat affects her students’ lives in every way.

According to the National Organization of Women, 53 percent of American girls are “unhappy with their bodies” by age 13. That number grows to 78 percent by the time girls reach 17. How can parents help their kids accept and even celebrate what they see in the mirror? uh-PARENT-ly cohosts Tracy Weiner and Anne Johnsos talk to licensed clinical social worker Gina Graham about why parents need to quit body shaming themselves and start modeling healthy behavior. Hint: Put on your swimsuit!