And then there’s what you tell your kids. That leaves a mark as well. The conversation,, the one about the looming threat of police violence, takes place in the painful present. It requires a level of honesty that takes time to muster. I had the conversation with my six-year-old just a few days ago, but I’d been preparing for years. How had I prepared? I did something too few black men and far too few black fathers do....
So first, let’s talk aesthetics. Never thought we’d say this, but damn, this is one fine-looking electric toothbrush. It has position detection that helps you brush every area of your mouth for the right amount of time. It has powerhouse 3D cleaning action oscillates, rotates, and pulsates to break up and remove plaque much more efficiently than if you were doing this manually. You can choose between six cleaning modes: Daily clean, gum care, sensitive, whitening, tongue cleaning, and pro-clean mode....
Lower tech options are still around for chill parents, but today, you can go for one that’s smarter and sleeker, with features like 360-degree room viewing (great for once your child gets a toddler bed and starts moving around), night vision, air temperature monitoring, nighttime alerts and even a two-way communication mode, so you can sing your little one’s favorite lullaby from the couch (depending on your baby’s age, this may or may not freak him out)....
“Pregnancy can affect the body from head to toe,” says Dr. Rochelle L. Arbuah-Aning, an OB-GYN at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. She notes changes particularly occur in breasts, skin, vagina, and weight. “These changes are due to pregnancy hormones, specifically an increase in estrogen and progesterone.”Happily, the majority of pregnancies will come to term without incident. And those weird changes in body and mood? They’re usually just part of the normal process of pregnancy....
Created by Connor Rothschild (based on data collected by Jared Wilber), the online art gallery features all 403 paintings that Ross or his guests created on his iconic Joy of Painting series. Want to briefly escape the confines of your home office and head to a majestic mountain view? Or maybe a seaside excursion? Whatever sort of scenic artistic experience you desire, you can find it in Ross’s extensive collection and it will make you feel like you took a trip to the museum without leaving your couch....
As with so many aspects of parenting, going beyond prescriptive advice to examine our own beliefs and motivations tends to unlock insights that help us become better parents. Luckily, examining gender differences in parenting can help parents find balance and make meaningful changes. Boys Hear More Spatial Language Than Girls The way parents talk about objects changes depending on the gender of the child they’re talking to, according to a study published in 2017....
CHECK OUT: This Double Electric Hospital-Grade Breast Pump Is 25% Off for Prime Day Only Dudley was on vacation with her family, she also has two four-year-old twin boys, when a man (it’s unclear whether he was a manager) approached her and requested she cover up ⏤ despite it being 90-degrees outside. According to a News Channel 9 report, the impulse to drape her head in the blanket was pretty split second....
When I had my two sons, my life went from thinking about myself and my wife, to being really into being a dad. It’s fundamentally changed who I am and how I see the world, which is ironic, because now I unwind with their toys, the same ones I used to play with as a kid. My kids are very active. From the minute Nobel came out of the womb, I don’t think he slept at all for the first five and a half months....
Let’s start with the disclaimer: That the U.S. economy will sputter into a recession isn’t yet a forgone conclusion. Now that that’s out of the way, I’ll state the obvious. It’s hard not to hear about the deluge of troubling economic news — the slowdown in second-quarter GDP, the ongoing trade war with China, the near-recession in Europe’s largest economy — without getting jittery. Real jittery. So you’re right to give the economic climate we’re in some serious thought before heading into a major financial decision....
The project, officially “a fact-based, empirical approach to California’s population patterns, helping to inform state policy and public knowledge,” included studies conducted by scholars at UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, Stanford, and Cornell, the token non-Californian institution. The sum total of the evidence strongly suggests that May’s 0.46 percent drop in population was a blip, and not the start of significant movement out of the state. A recent UC San Diego survey found that 23 percent of California’s voters said they were seriously considering leaving the state, a one percent drop from 2019....
New research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine of more than 1,000 adults found that people who share a bed with a romantic partner get better sleep than those who go in for solo sleep. Yeah, for many of us (like those who have bed hogs for bedfellows or who are hot sleepers or who just need space for once) that might sound like a crock of bull. But hey, the data is the data....
“If someone had to die, I thought it should be me,” Bridger told his dad. It’s the kind of thing a real-life hero does, and it’s earned Bridger plaudits from movie superheroes, or at least the actors who play them, including Chris Evans. “Hey Bridger. Captain America here,” Evans begins. “Now I’m sure you’ve heard a lot of this over the last couple days but let me the next one to tell you that pal you’re a hero....
The news, though a good sign that the COVID-19 vaccines that are available are extremely effective, was met with mixed reactions. For parents of unvaccinated children, and in particular parents of children under 12, who aren’t eligible for any vaccines, the news was met with a collective question mark and shrug. After all, the CDC guidelines had very little to say about unvaccinated children and their vaccinated parents. As of Thursday, the agency had not offered special considerations for kids under the new mask guidelines, and the CDC hadn’t commented at all on what it meant for kids in schools, adults in schools, both groups at summer camps, and what it meant for child care settings....
There might not be many surprises in these findings, but that doesn’t mean that the changes it illuminates aren’t significant. Here’s how the United States has changed in the past ten years—and how it might continue to change until the next Census in 2030. The United States Has Become Less White Compared to 2010, 8.6 percent fewer Americans identify solely as white. The white population increased in seven states, and the District of Columbia, and fell everywhere else, from a minuscule 0....
According to CNBC, supply chain disruptions and the price increases that followed have been hit harder in some states than others. In addition, the site recently outlined its annual America’s Top States for Business study, which includes the cost of living as one of the key factors. From there, using the data collected, the site outlined the 10 cheapest states, factoring including average costs, price of milk, and how much the energy bill costs and gave each state a score out of 75 with the higher the score meaning, the more affordable the state is (aka cheapest)....
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told Teen Vogue that we “need to restructure our schools” to ensure that the emotional needs of students are being met. But what is actually in this plan, and why is the Biden administration targeting the mental health of children? Here is what you need to know. What Is the Plan? Biden’s Department of Education has identified 7 challenges that students are currently facing when it comes to properly caring for their mental health, including rising mental health disparities among children and student groups and perceived stigma as a barrier to resources even when they’re available....
Cindy Gallop wanted to change this. So she did. In 2011, Gallop, then an advertising executive and activist, founded Make Love Not Porn, the world’s first social sex video sharing platform. Their tagline reads, “Pro sex, pro porn, pro knowing the difference.” The idea of the site is to celebrate “real world” sex as a counterpoint to porn. The idea is to socialize sex. The idea is to do something porn does not: promote better sexual values, and even better sexual behavior....
“We should use the emotions triggered from conflict to their benefit,” says Buster Benson. “Emotions are the things that point to our values, our beliefs, our identity, the thing that are the most important. We should use that energy to have a conversation about the things that are important.” Fatherly spoke to Benson about why so many of us suck at conflict, they keys to productive disagreement, and why asking the right questions is so essential....
And there are. The men on this list are not only good at sports, they are good at being good and looking good doing it. They are fashion plates and side hustlers. They know how to play smashmouth and then delicately hand a ball to a kid. Faster. Higher. Nicer. Kelly Slater Cool Dad Job: Professional Surfer, Entrepreneur Latest Cool Dad Achievement: Trying to turn the World Surf League into the NFL on water....
The key is to prevent them in the first place. Communication and taking the time to listen can make a big difference in healing the rifts and preventing spats from reaching nuclear proportions. “Many times, individuals in relationships just want to be heard and have their feelings validated,” says Dr. Sal Raichbach PsyD, LCSW of the Ambrosia Treatment Center, “and by listening, this goal can be achieved. Fights will happen, but major blowouts don’t have to be a part of a relationship....
