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Megan St-Esprit

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Covers:  Education, Parenting, Lifestyle, Home & Garden, Travel, Special Education, Health
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Meg St-Esprit, M. Ed. is a freelance journalist based in Pittsburgh, where she lives with her husband, four children, and way too many pets. Meg covers wellness, education, mental health, family travel, and trends for both publications.

Meg has a Master of Education in Counseling and Development with a K-12 School Counseling certification from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Prior to launching her journalism career, Meg worked for the state of Pennsylvania as both a service coordinato…

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So You’ve Diagnosed Yourself As A Helicopter Parent. Now What?!

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By Meg St-Esprit, Megan St-Esprit Verified
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baby steps There has to be an alternative, right? Right? by Meg St-Esprit 39 minutes ago The Me Aisle If you have diagnosed yourself as a helicopter parent, welcome. If you have diagnosed yourself as “not quite a helicopter parent,” but still hover enough to create a stiff breeze over your kids, welcome. After all, most of us are not living in the extremes, but rather somewhere in the messy middle.
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It’s Really F*cking Hard Not To Be A Helicopter Parent These Days

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By Meg St-Esprit, Megan St-Esprit Verified
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to hover or not to hover An ever-shifting parenting landscape and a ever-pushy algorithm make finding the middle ground a tricky task. by Meg St-Esprit 3 hours ago Before I Had Kids™, I thought I knew the things I would worry about and the things I wouldn’t. We were all better parents before we became one, and it’s safe to say I’ve learned a lot in nearly 15 years of raising our four amazing humans.
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What parents should understand about AI chatbots in social media apps

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By Megan St-Esprit Verified
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Posted Tuesday, June 2, 2026 10:30 am Most kids on social media have likely interacted with an artificial intelligence (AI) chat buddy. Some well-known examples: Meta has a new AI assistant that explains how to change a tire or lose weight. Snapchat’s My AI buddy will explain a science topic in a simple way. Even X has an AI chatbot named Grok (available with a subscription upgrade).
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