The alcohol you’d miss
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Remember your fondness for Smirnoff Ice as a teen? Teens have a new alcohol drink of choice: brightly colored, tennis-ball-sized plastic balls, and they’re showing up everywhere. They’re called BuzzBallz. With flavors like Watermelon Smash and Berry Cherry Limeade, it’s pretty obvious why teens like them. This summer they even teamed up with Pop-Tarts on a flavor. Ughh.
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Do you track your teen’s location on their iPhone? On September 14, Apple released iOS 27, the newest version of the iPhone’s software, and teens are more excited than normal for this update, for one very specific reason most parents have no clue about.
Sources: Apple's Find My pop-up in iOS 27; Apple Support: Find My and location sharing; what teens tell us
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