Waiting, being patient, wanting something and not having it — these feelings aren’t as built into children’s lives in 2025 as it was in past generations.

Dr. Becky Kennedy is the clinical psychologist behind the “Good Inside” YouTube series. Like many of us, she loves streaming services, but remembers the days of going to Blockbuster.

“I actually think about how good it was for us growing up to have something as mundane as movie watching be filled with waiting and frustration, because in a way, we were naturally building so many of the muscles that we needed to flex in much more important situations,” Kennedy said.

Dr. Becky talks about three ideas.

1.) Resilience is built, not born.

2.) Frustration is our friend, not our enemy.

3.) Our job is not to bring our children’s uncomfortable emotions to zero.

Resilience is built, not born

Let’s start with the first idea.

Resilience-building can start with your child completing a puzzle, but the pathway there can look messy. No kid is going to say, “This is hard, but I can do hard things”.

What actually happens is this: “‘I can’t do it. I really, really want you to do it for me. Please do it for me. Please do it for me,'” Becky said. “Or just something without words, a meltdown.”

I’m sure many parents can relate and agree that moments like this are inconvenient.

But our perspective on how we see it is everything.

“This doesn’t mean my kid is a mess. This doesn’t mean my kid gives up easily,” Becky said. “I can’t get to a place with my kid where they can tolerate and be capable in the mess if they don’t go through the experience of being overwhelmed by the mess. What is our job to remember? I need to show my kid that I can tolerate this situation.”

Frustration is our friend, not our enemy

Now let’s talk about the second idea. Dr. Becky challenges parents to think of frustration as a sign that kids are learning.

Becky believes this concept is most important for parents.

“Because do you know what happens when we hear our kids say, ‘I don’t want to do my math problem. It’s so hard.’ We panic,” Becky said. “We actually think there’s a problem to solve, and then we layer our panic next to our kids’ panic, and no wonder they become less and less able to deal with frustration.”

Children’s uncomfortable emotions can’t be zero

It’s not our job as parents to bring our children’s uncomfortable emotions to a zero.

Kids may experience being left out of a birthday party, but adults get left out of things all the time.

Dr. Becky said it’s important for kids to be prepared for those situations and experience disappointment.

“I don’t know about you, but I really don’t want my adult child to call me and say, ‘Mom, you have to buy me a big house,'” Becky said. “I really don’t want my 25-year-old to call me and say, ‘You’ve got to call my manager and tell my manager why I deserve the promotion.'”

These situations may be laughable, but they actually do happen.

Learning how to be resilient, dealing with frustration, and uncomfortable emotions will benefit parents and kids in the future.

Among the youngest kids who are in on the 6-7 trend is my 6-year-old nephew, Bryson, and he tells me the numbers don’t really mean anything.

“I don’t even know, it just came out in 2025 because of the brainrot, it’s from the brainrot on Roblox,” Bryson said.

Popular slang terms through the years

It’s the latest example of slang through the years from the hippy generation, where things were hip and far out, to the 90s, where everyone was asking, “Wazzup?”

Now to these days, if you’re wondering what the skibidi is going on, and how all this brain rot is getting to us, you’re not delulu, it’s all pretty Ohio, but the kids just want us to let them cook.

If you have no idea what I just said, let me break it down. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, skibidi is gibberish; it has no actual meaning but can also be used to say something is cool.

Brain rot means mindless online content. Delulu is simply short for delusional. Ohio means strange, weird, or bad. And lastly, let them cook means let them do their own thing.

According to a recent study by Prodigy, 35% of parents struggle to understand their kids’ vocabulary. Additionally, 70% of parents use slang when talking with their kids, but more than half of those parents say their children find it cringe when they do.

Now, back to 6-7, some schools have banned the phrase in classrooms. Several teachers on TikTok say they have had enough.

“We are not saying the word 6-7 anymore. If you do, you have to write a 67-word essay,” a teacher said to the class.

But so far it’s still pretty trendy. To be clear, in my research, no one seems to know what 6-7 means.

If you were completely lost during this story, all you need to know is that 6-7 is just the latest example of internet talk being used in everyday language.

But now, masculinity is something that is also taught online.

A new study from Common Sense Media found nearly three-quarters of boys, between the ages of 11 and 17, regularly see digital masculinity content. Most often, it’s about making money, building muscle, and content about fighting, weapons, or guns.

Jim Steyer, the CEO and founder of Common Sense Media, told NBC that these sources include social media influencers.

“They are hearing over and over again the same thing: You can’t show weakness,” Steyer said. “You don’t want to be a wimp, and what it does to kids ‘ self-esteem and self-image is really damaging.”

How are young boys finding this content?

“Maybe they’re going on to look at their favorite sports team, but because of the algorithms on the big social media platforms, they then can go quickly down a rabbit hole of masculinity lessons,” Steyer said.

Miles, 16, lives outside New York and recently started his junior year at high school. Like many teens, he says he spends hours a day scrolling. Outside of school, he enjoys working out and boxing.

“When you look at fitness videos, they’re going to try to suggest other types of fitness videos to see what you’re into,” Steyer said. “And you’re probably going to get a video that’s just pushing more toxic fitness behavior like, ‘Whoa, for a big calorie deficit, you should be eating like one meal a day.’ It’s just harmful. It’s flat-out harmful.”

Experts said the algorithms on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube often amplify these messages, pushing them into boys’ feeds whether they search for them or not.

Jim Steyer said it’s critical for parents to have an open conversation with their boys.

“You have to hear them out about what they’re being exposed to, but you share your own values with them; that is the most powerful antidote to any of the content they’re going to see online,” Steyer said.

All social media platforms do have parental controls available, but Common Sense said the real solution is having an ongoing conversation with your boys.

One positive note in this study was that almost 80% of kids trust their parents to talk to the most over any other source.

Sibling rivalry isn’t just about fighting over toys or who gets the front seat. Dr. Becky, the clinical psychologist behind the “Good Inside” YouTube series, believes sibling rivalry isn’t necessarily a problem. It’s a training ground for lifelong relationship skills.

First, let’s understand how and why adding a new sibling can turn your firstborn’s world upside down.

“Imagine you come home. I would come home to my husband, and this is what he would say to me: Becky, I have amazing news to share with you, OK? I’m getting a second wife,” Becky said. “You’re going to be big wife, and she’s going to be little wife, and you guys are going to be best friends, and it’s going to be amazing, and we’re going to be one big, happy family.”

Regardless of whether you’re a wife, husband, or partner, you may feel like, who is this person? And I’m supposed to accept their existence with a smile?

Well, that is what it can feel like for a child to welcome a new sibling.

What sibling rivalry is really about

“So often when our kids are kind of doubting their place in the family, or feeling not as confident as they want to or maybe feeling a little disconnected from us, their sibling starts to look like their enemy, not their teammate,” Becky said.

Let’s say your kids are arguing about whose holding the remote control, or something very common in my family right now — who gets to choose the songs during car rides. Dr. Becky said the fastest thing to do is to resolve the conflict for them.

“But if that’s always what’s happening, we are actually locking ourselves into a job we don’t want,” Becky said.

So she invites parents to work themselves out of the job of conflict resolution on their kids’ behalf.

“When our kids are in their 20s and 30s, and one of them gets married, and one of them is having a successful career, and one of them has some very big house and the other one doesn’t have those things, you know, what’s going to happen?” Becky asked. “There’s going to be jealousy. There’s going to be hurt feelings. There’s going to be discomfort, and if all we’re trying to do when our kids are younger is kind of optimize for peace all the time, they’re actually not going to have the skills they need to negotiate even bigger sibling issues when they’re older.”

Her advice? The single biggest thing kids need to get along with their siblings is more one-on-one time with parents.

When your kids are arguing, it’s not a sign they’re never going to be close. It’s not a sign you’re a failure. It’s just an opportunity for you to teach them skills so they can draw on them when they’re older.

Emmy, a kindergarten teacher, had this message for parents on TikTok: “Tell your kid ‘no.’ OK, tell your child ‘no.’ Tell them ‘no’ as a complete sentence, and do not teach them that telling them ‘no’ invites them to argue with you, OK? Because if I can’t tell your child no as an adult, and they don’t respect the no, they’re basically unteachable.”

Tina Midkiff is a longtime educator and has owned a daycare for nearly 20 years. She spoke with The Tamron Hall Show and said she’s seen it all — and it’s getting worse.

Here’s a real-life situation a parent shared. A toddler named “Johnny” threw a shoe at the music teacher and hit him in the stomach. What happened next? Johnny was forced to apologize to the teacher, and that was the end of it.

Midkiff explained what’s supposed to happen to Johnny without gentle parenting.

“Well, they teach us that we’re supposed to redirect, which is not working because we’re redirecting them to a reward,” Midkiff said. “There has to be a concept that you don’t get to get picked up and go get ice cream.”

What happens if the child begins to negotiate?

“If parents start parenting at a young age, we’re not going to get to the point where a child is going to throw a chair. They’re going to know that there’s going to be consequences, not necessarily from the teacher, but at home, because when the parents get the phone call, they know something’s going to happen, but if we’re not parenting them to that point to understand that, then they negotiate,” Midkiff said.

From verbal outbursts to physical aggression, educators said student behavior has reached a boiling point. One teacher described it as “emotional warfare,” where every day feels like a battle for basic respect and safety.

The result? Educators are walking away from the careers they once loved. Schools nationwide are reporting record-high turnover rates.

But still, there’s hope. Some districts are investing in behavioral support teams and mental health resources, while fewer and fewer educators are afraid to have difficult conversations with parents about their children’s behavior.

Dr. Becky Kennedy is known for her science-backed parenting advice and podcast called “Good Inside.” She recently spoke with Dr. Marc Brackett, the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. They discussed how we think about parenting and emotions. In his research, Brackett found the No. 1 reason parents don’t ask their kids about their feelings is fear.

“They are afraid of not knowing what to do, and so what do you do when you don’t know what to do?” Brackett said. “You go to automatic, habitual, former ways that you learn things, which is my mother’s way of like, ‘I’m going to my room and you’re going to your room and we’re not talking.’ That’s the extreme, right? That’s like, suck it up. You’re on your own, kiddo. Doesn’t usually help.”

And there are some parents who have a totally different reaction.

“‘Oh my God, honey, what went wrong? Oh my God, I can’t handle this. Oh my goodness, we have to go.’ You know, that kind of over-dramatic reaction,” Brackett said.

So what’s the compromise?

“It’s like, ‘honey, tell me what happened. What’s going on?’ And it’s not this four-hour conversation. It’s really getting to know the experience,” Brackett shared. “‘Honey, I did notice that your facial expression was different today, so my hunch is that maybe something happened at school yesterday. Can we chat about it?’ And then you’re in learning mode. But the learning mode is not to then say, ‘Well, you should suck it up,’ or ‘Oh my God, the learning mode is to help engage in problem-solving mode.'”

Brackett said kids don’t become resilient by never falling down. They become resilient because we, as parents, believe they can get back up. When we hold steady and trust they can do hard things, they learn to trust themselves too.

When Dr. Brackett interviewed 15,000 people about their childhoods — and about the people who created conditions for them to thrive — there were three outstanding characteristics.

1. Be non-judgmental
2. Listening
3. Compassion

“I don’t think people are looking for other people to fix them,” Brackett said. “I think people are looking for people to create the conditions for them to thrive and to ask them good questions so they can develop the critical thinking skills to then problem solve for themselves. I don’t think that we create the conditions for that as much as we should.”

Brackett also believes time is a huge factor. Some parents lack the patience to let their kids figure things out for themselves; they just want to do it for them. He said teaching kids how to manage their feelings is in the service of making them more capable.

A recent study published in The Journal of Marriage and Family reveals that women shoulder 71% of family-related tasks. This includes things like planning doctors’ appointments and organizing school schedules.

Women say these aren’t just chores, they’re the mental load that keeps families functioning, and they’re often overlooked.

Many women, including this mother, are turning to social media to talk about this invisible labor and the real struggles they face.

“Whenever I talk about the mental load, men will say things like, ‘Oh, that’s not real. It’s made up. It’s just women overcomplicating things. It’s just your anxiety,'” Colleen, a mother, told KIRO Newsradio. “But when I ask women, the overwhelming majority of them will say that the mental load is crippling, it is exhausting, it is never-ending, that their brain never turns off.”

Psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varma spoke with CBS to unpack the emotional toll this imbalance creates.

“Not only the cognitive overload, but the emotional overload, right? Because a child is often turning to the mother, in most cases, assuming this is a heterosexual couple, for comfort, right?” Varma said. “And the school is calling the mother when the child is sick, and who’s taking time off from work. So all of it comes back down to the woman often.”

She explained that this toll can lead to chronic stress, burnout, and even resentment in relationships. Dr. Varma recommends couples sit down and map out responsibilities.

“Coming to the table and saying, ‘What can I own? What responsibility?'” Varma said. “So, the sports, the musical equipment, the scheduling, can I be a part of it? Can I do the pickup, rolling your sleeves up, getting to the dishes and unloading them before you need to be asked?”

She even suggests using shared calendars, apps, or even weekly check-ins to make the invisible visible. She also encourages partners to validate each other’s contributions and recognize that mental and emotional labor is just as real as physical tasks.

“Women, when they don’t talk about their feelings, we found in a study of a few 100,000 women they looked at, they’re four times more likely to die during the course of the study by not expressing their feelings,” Varma said. “You simply showing up and saying, ‘Talk to me about what you’re experiencing,’ which is stressed out, burden, unseen, undervalued, underappreciated, especially for the moms whose predominant role is caregiving, they feel as if, just because I’m not bringing in income, you don’t see me, you don’t value me.”

The takeaway? As families navigate busy lives, sharing the load isn’t just practical — it’s powerful.

For parents, it can feel like navigating a maze blindfolded.

Clinical psychologist Dr. Sheryl Ziegler spoke with CBS to unpack this critical phase and offer guidance from her new book, “The Crucial Years: The Essential Guide to Mental Health and Modern Puberty in Middle Childhood (Ages 6-12).”

Dr. Ziegler describes middle school as a “social minefield,” where kids are learning who they are while trying to fit in.

“Everybody’s trying to figure out their identity while they’re growing at different rates,” Ziegler said. “Some are putting makeup on, and some want to be older, and some want to be still little kids. That mismatch is part of what makes this so incredibly difficult.”

Not to mention, there is also bullying. Dr. Ziegler said bullying peaks between the ages of 11 and 14, ages primarily centered around middle school.

“Verbal bullying is still the most common and the most harmful,” Ziegler said. “So being called names and those kinds of things, that’s what brings people to tears, and they can be 40, 50 years old, remembering how awful.”

Let’s say someone is making fun of the music your child likes. Ziegler advises against letting the child shy away from that music, and to encourage them to keep enjoying it.

Confront your middle school bully the right way

And next, speak up to their bully.

It’s scary, but your child can say something as simple as “I like this music and you don’t, and that’s fine with me.”

Now, to another parenting conundrum: What advice do you give your kid if someone calls them a name? Do you tell them to turn the other cheek? Or name call back? Or do you, the parent, get into the mix?

Dr. Ziegler believes the answer is something in the middle.

“Say back, ‘You know, that’s not very nice that you said that about me,'” Ziegler said. “‘I really like my clothes, or I really like that music. I liked that movie, right?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh, well, that’s too stupid, or whatever else.’ Well, I like it. Say it firm, say it strong, and say it to their eye.”

She said you don’t have to resort to calling them names.

However, when you walk away, which some kids are encouraged to do, sometimes it tends to keep the bullying going. Ziegler also warned about the emotional toll of social media, peer pressure, and academic stress.

But the good news? Parents don’t need to have all the answers. Just being a consistent and calm presence can make all the difference.

These years are crucial not just for kids, but for the parent-child bond. So, if your tween is suddenly moody, distant, or glued to their phone, don’t panic. Lean in, listen, and remember: This is an opportunity to establish trust that lasts a lifetime.

CBS tackled that question with best-selling author and parenting data expert Emily Oster, who shared some strategies to help parents spot misinformation.

“Know that false information gets amplified more than true information, so you’re seeing a lot of false information, and then people are getting that information when they’re not ready to process it, so it’s coming right at them, rather than them seeking it out,” Oster said. “That’s not serving our critical thinking.”

Another problem that flares up: A lot of the false information looks like the good information.

It may seem like a person is an expert, but the studies they’re discussing are either fabricated or flawed. This can be alarming, especially when it comes to health and child development advice online.

“One of the things is that parents are constantly being served,” Oster said. “Here’s a simple solution for a complex problem. If only you gave your kid this one supplement, their ADHD would be solved. And that causes parents to both think they’re doing things wrong and also potentially not seek out good information to solve the actual problems that they’re having.”

Her top tip? Don’t just trust the viral post. Check the source, look for evidence, and beware of influencers pushing personal agendas over science.

Here are some red flags to look out for

“Look for credentials. That doesn’t always help, but some people have more credentials than someone who doesn’t have any of those qualifications,” Oster said. “I think the second thing is that people should be looking for is this person offering something where, if I give them money, there’s an easy solution to a hard problem. That’s not usually the way that solutions work.”

Oster said an expert is not going to ask you to comment on their supplement brand.

She encourages families to lean into credible research and stay skeptical of one-size-fits-all claims.

“Usually, you can look at the data, understand what it says, and then make a decision that’s consistent with the values that your family has,” Oster added. “I think that putting those together is important, but you do need the best data. You’re not going to make good decisions if the data you have is wrong.”

And finally, when it comes to raising kids, Oster said good information isn’t just helpful — it’s essential.

KIRO Newsradio reporter Luke Duecy explained earlier how researchers posing as 13-year-olds claimed ChatGPT gave them advice on alcohol, drugs, and even how to hide eating disorders. So, if you’re a parent, educator, or just someone curious about AI and social media’s growing role in our lives, this story is worth your attention.

Dr. Gabor Maté, a world-renowned physician and best-selling author, shared his insights on the crisis of digital addiction. He explained how social media can rewire young brains and disrupt parent-child relationships.

“It’s called social media, but we should also call it anti-social media because it actually causes more divisions than connections,” Maté said.

Like every piece of technology, it can be used well or it can be used in harmful ways. There’s ample evidence that proves gadgets are deliberately designed to be addictive.

Dr. Maté calls it “neural marketing.”

“When you do brain scans on young kids who’ve been on social media, who’ve been on screens a lot, you can see that circuitry is damaged that regulates capacity for insight and cognitive thought and creativity and so on,’ Maté explained. “These kids are literally brain-damaged by social media.”

Let that sink in for a moment, literally brain-damaged by social media. As a parent, those words are terrifying.

Dr. Maté helped write a book called “Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers.” He explained that children have a need to belong, to connect, and to attach. He provided a basic example: A duckling hatches from an egg. When it sees the mother duck, it immediately imprints on the mother duck and follows her around so she can be its mentor, teacher, and guide.

Dr. Maté said it’s the same for human babies and their parents.

But as societies have evolved, from an early age, kids spend more time with other kids than with adults. Now, with phones and social media, kids can be with each other almost 24/7.

“And they’re desperate to connect to each other, because that’s what we’re looking for,” Maté said. “To have the emotional needs met and the sense of belonging and connection. It’s a disaster.”

Dr. Maté said if he were raising kids today, “I would not let them near a screen until they’re considerably grown and until I felt sure that they had enough respect for me and I had enough benign influence over them that I could limit their use of those machines.”

Studies show it increases loneliness, depression, and anxiety.

If all of this seems daunting, there is hope for parents navigating the influence of social media on their kids.

“They can give them something that their peers can’t, which is unconditional, loving acceptance, and they need that,” Maté said. “I mean, we all need it, but especially adolescents and young kids need it.”

Now, one company is using artificial intelligence as a window into a child’s online habits and behaviors. Rebecca Wilcoxson told CBS News her 15-year-old son, Sam, got his first iPhone in December, but she wanted guardrails.

“It’s a lot of pressure on parents to try to keep up with this tech that is constantly changing, if not daily, hourly,” Wilcoxson said.

She joined a paid clinical study for Balance. The app was developed by the security company Aura.

“As I scroll, it’ll explain how his tone was in his texting, and it’ll show me the most used apps for the time that he was on his phone,” Wilcoxson shared.

The app builds a personalized baseline for each child, then alerts parents when something seems off. It’s like having a digital pulse on your kid’s well-being.

CEO Hari Ravichandran said the motivation to create the app was personal after his 13-year-old daughter faced a mental health crisis.

“She didn’t want to get out of her room,” Ravichandran said. “She was like, lying in her bed, saying, ‘I don’t want to get up.’ It was very visible that she’s struggling.”

So Ravichandran turned to experts like child psychologists and clinicians to help him create the app. His medical team trains AI models to analyze many things, including a child’s language patterns, online tone, emotional state, and late-night activity.

Then parents receive reports through the app.

Organizations seek more protections from social media for children

Josh Golin heads Fairplay, an advocacy group dedicated to protecting children online. He said real change needs to come from lawmakers and big tech companies.

“When they are faced with choices about implementing features that would make kids safer, but simultaneously reduce the amount of time that they spend online,” Golin said. “They do not implement those features because it would hurt their bottom line. And so if regulation says you have a duty to protect kids, that’s when I think we’ll start to see real change.”

But for families navigating the chaos of tech and teens, Balance could be the bridge they’ve been waiting for.

“I see where there’s maybe been some more negative talking, and we’re able to use that as a talking point,” Golin said. “If these tech companies have this money to keep developing, developing, developing, then where’s the opportunity for them to make it safe for children who are the most vulnerable of our population?”

Balance is one of the first apps to use AI, but there are other tools aiming to help parents monitor their child’s online activity.

What are your thoughts on an app like this?

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine followed nearly 200,000 mothers in the U.S. from 2016 to 2023.

The study found a steep decline in maternal mental health.

Only 25% of moms report “excellent” mental health, down from 38% in 2016.

There was a 64% increase in mothers reporting fair or poor health.

“We know that there was inflation, a lot of financial difficulties at that time, but the other factor is that it’s a matter of when in motherhood that this occurs,” Christi Taylor-Jones, a marriage and family psychotherapist, told KIRO Newsradio. “And we know that actually about a year before pregnancy and a year after pregnancy are kind of you know, times of upheaval.”

She said new moms, regardless of whether or not they have a partner, have to adjust to a new reality very quickly. Mothers learn that mom life is unpaid, full-time, and back-breaking work.

“I think for women today, their mothers may have worked, but a lot of them didn’t, and women are having to carry a huge burden now, because the jobs that they’re in are generally higher level than their mothers, meaning they’re working long hours, they’re under much more stress, they have less time for their children, and in those early years, especially, trying to juggle it all is very difficult,” Taylor-Jones said.

She said if you have a husband or partner, they can help.

“I wrote about how to educate your husband about motherhood and the demands of motherhood and what is needed, and also not to push them out of the nursery, let them take over some of the responsibility, and that sometimes is hard for women, too, by the way,” Taylor-Jones said.

The benefits of having a supportive partner

As I spoke with Taylor-Jones, it reminded me what a privilege it is to have a supportive partner. Let me share a quick story. I breastfed my firstborn for 13 months, but I remember just a few days after my husband and I got home from the hospital with him.

He very plainly and directly said to me, “If you don’t pump, I can’t help you.”

In those first days, I wanted to be there for every single feeding, but in my journey, I realized it wasn’t necessary, and it was not the best for my mental health. Pumping gave me flexibility; it was my free pass to sleep at night while my husband was up feeding our baby with a bottle.

I also had the freedom to do ordinary things that many moms learn very quickly are hard to come by, like brushing your teeth, taking a shower, or washing your hair.

So it begs the question, how do women without help do it? How can mothers avoid slipping into a poor mental state or depression?

“Probably the first person you’re going to talk to is your doctor, and hopefully the doctor is educated on these issues, so finding out what resources are available,” Taylor-Jones said.

She said if you are religious or spiritual, talk to your minister.

Family members and friends are also a good source too if you feel like you can talk to them freely without judgment.

This happened after a cat in Oregon died from eating the food that tested positive for bird flu.

Portland-based Northwest Naturals issued a voluntary recall for a batch of its raw and frozen two-pound feline turkey recipe.

The product was sold through distributors in several states including Washington.

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In a release from the company:

Northwest Naturals is voluntarily recalling one batch of Northwest Naturals brand 2lb Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food after it was tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus.

Consumption of raw or uncooked pet food contaminated with HPAI can cause illness in animals. To date, one case of illness in a domestic cat has been reported in connection with this issue. The recalled product is packaged in 2-pound plastic bags with “Best if used by” dates of 05/21/26 B10 and 06/23/2026 B1.

The product was sold through distributors in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MD, MI, MN, PA, RI and WA in the United States, and British Columbia in Canada.

This recall is being conducted in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, Oregon.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled product should immediately discard the product and contact the place of purchase for a full refund. For additional information or questions, customers may contact Northwest Naturals of Portland at info@nw-naturals.net or 866-637-1872 from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM PST, Monday through Friday.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture said on Facebook:

To avoid the spread of HPAI, state and federal experts strongly encourage people and their pets to:

• Avoid consuming raw or undercooked meat products

• Avoid consuming raw dairy

• Limit contact with sick or dead animals

• Wash your hands after handling raw animal products or contact with sick/dead animals

• Keep pets or poultry away from wild waterfowl

Contributing: Bill Kaczaraba, MyNorthwest

Katrina Guischard is an anchor and editor for KIRO Newsradio.