Regardless of the generation, popularity always seems to be a big stressor to middle schoolers, with status markers such as what sports, extracurricular activities, friend groups they’re part of — and ...

Anytime Wynne Beauchene, an 11-year-old in Summerville, S.C., puts together a gift wish list for birthdays or Christmas, she adds Touchland hand sanitizers. All of her friends at school collect ...