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Munroe’s forthcoming album for children, Frogs, and Birds is being released by Raffi’s Troubador label on August 27th, and if a musician is Raffi-approved for children, you know you aren’t being sold a false bill of goods. Did I mention she’s the first person in a decade besides the man himself to appear on Raffi’s label? Raffi’s involvement with Munroe’s songs didn’t stop in the office, either. The singer himself joins Munroe on several tracks throughout the album, which already has me feeling wistfully nostalgic in the best way....

WalletHub wanted to determine which states were the best to raise a family and which states were the worst. Using data, WalletHub compared 50 states looking at key indicators of what’s necessary for a family to be safe, happy, and healthy. The data pulls out 51 key indicators that point to family-friendliness and ranked the states from best to worst. “In order to determine the best states to raise a family, WalletHub compared the 50 states across five key dimensions: 1) Family Fun, 2) Health & Safety, 3) Education & Child Care, 4) Affordability and 5) Socio-economics,” the site explains....

Why another Batman ranking? Well, everybody ranks Batman movies by Gordons, Bruce Waynes, or Bat-nipples, so it was time to take a different approach: ranking Batman movies based on how convincing Gotham City feels, from its architecture to its infrastructure. Of course, all of these films have their share of fantasy, and we don’t expect them to look or feel exactly like our reality, but in terms of working plausibly within the world of the film, there’s certainly a discussion to be had....

On How to Have A Happy Marriage “On the day I was married, my mother in law… took me aside and said she wanted to tell me what was the secret of a happy marriage,” said Ginsburg. That secret? “‘Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf [in marriage and in] every workplace,’ including the good job I have now… That advice has stood me in good stead....

Rava3396 blew up a glove and draw a turkey face on it. The two-year-old screamed hysterically “MAKE IT NOT A BALLOON!!!” so she poked a hole in it. Bad idea. “NO NO NO…THE TURKEY, THE TURKEY IS DEAD! NOOOO!” and rage screams went on for 40 minutes. Even junk food can raise the ire of a toddler. User gloomyquelledbasket wrote, “They wanted another chicken nugget, so I gave them another chicken nugget....

Here’s what Ron and Clint had to say about conflicting memories, being kids in the public eye, and what they think parents can learn from their life stories. Ron Howard and Clint Howard’s careers are well known. They started as child actors — Ron appearing famously as Opie in The Andy Griffith Show, while Clint Howard appeared in the shows like The Streets of San Francisco, Night Gallery, and somewhat famously, as an alien with the body of a child in the Star Trek episode, “The Cormobite Maneuver,” the first regular episode of Trek ever filmed, after its first two pilot episodes....

The guy who is teaching us real, usable life lessons isn’t Ted anymore. It’s Roy Kent. Spoilers ahead for Ted Lasso Season 2, through episode 8, “Headspace.” In the fifth episode of season 2, “Rainbow,” Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) rallies his losing soccer team (yes, they’re on a losing streak again) by telling them to believe in “rom-communism.” After rattling off references to the late-90s/early aughts cluster or romantic comedies that usually starred Hugh Grant or Renée Zellweger, Ted’s philosophy boils down to this: Live live your life as though it was a romantic comedy, because, in those movies, things always work out in the end, even if you don’t know the specifics....

What’s going on with ice cream? According to Axios, an ice cream brand in Florida has been linked to a listeria outbreak that has not only made several people ill across many states and has also led to one death. The CDC’s reported on July 2nd that their investigations following 23 reported illnesses, as well as one death linked to a listeria outbreak, was linked to the Big Olaf Creamery of Sarasota....

The bill calls for sending $2,000 per month to individuals, and $4,000 for cohabiting couples. The bill also stipulates up to $2,000 per child, up to three children, per family. That could mean that some American families could qualify for p to $10,000 a month — although many more would likely qualify for less. The bill stipulates that any worker or family making under $120,000 would be eligible for the monthly financial support, but the payments would slowly phase out for those making over $100,000....

Now, let’s get one thing straight. My kid wasn’t doing viral marketing for CBS. I don’t know why these two specific Star Trek action figures became the two that she chose to play with the most. But it did strike me as pretty weird that of all the actors from The Next Generation to cameo alongside Patrick Stewart’s in Star Trek: Picard, Will Riker and Deanna Troi would just happen to reappear, side-by-side, in the latest Trek series....

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Speaking to press, Biles said that in the vault that led her to withdraw from the team all-around, she had “the twisties,” a term for when gymnasts lose their mind-body awareness, and subsequently control of their body in the air while doing complicated twists, jumps, and moves that could very quickly lead to major injury if not executed correctly. In this way, her mental struggles were leading to her physical struggles, and in a sport as dangerous as gymnastics, her ability to value herself and her own health above anything else should be commended....

The skit is framed as if it’s a commercial for the Blu-ray release and teases some deleted scenes that likely would never be in the real movie, but they’re freaking hilarious. Anna (played by Cecily Strong) turns to Elsa (played by Kate McKinnon) and tells her, “we all know,” hinting at the rumors that the Snow Queen is gay. There’s a song that Anna busts out with new lyrics set to the famous “Let It Go” song, but this time about how her sexuality doesn’t need to be a “secret” anymore....

Why they are doing this, however, remains unclear. It’s well documented that parents both impose and pass on their biases to their children. So paying boys more allowance than girls could just be an offshoot of the everyday sexism that plagues the work world, and the Busy Kid survey is just highlighting this. Gregg Murset, the founder of BusyKid.com, said his company analyzed the data from 10,000 families who use their app and noted that, while there are some parents who pay their kids evenly for work they do around the house, they were more exception than the rule....

Let’s start with the facts. There are roughly 483 calories per tube of thin mints. There are 470 calories in a Midnight Mint Mocha Frappuccino. Neither is healthy for a human to consume — the frappe contains 38 percent of your daily fat intake in just 16 ounces — but they are similarly unhealthy, especially if you consider that you’re more likely to share cookies. Which brings us to flavors....

By the time July rolled around, the IRS had issued more than 171 million payments of up to $1,400, which totaled $400 billion. These stimulus payments were to be completed by the IRS by December 31, 2021, to send to recipients who were eligible. However, there are some Americans who were skipped, even if they qualified, and if that was you, your money isn’t gone – you just have to know how to ask for it....

The expansion, passed earlier this year, boosted the usual tax credit to become a fully refundable payment of monthly cash installments. Parents get, per child, somewhere between $300 and $350 a month, and for the first time ever, there’s no income floor for the payments, just an income ceiling. The up to $3,6000 benefit per kid is currently only set to last through 2021, but a new analysis shows that further expansion, a measure supported by Democrats and largely by voters, would deal a massive blow to childhood poverty rates across the country, CNBC reports....

JAMA Network found that of people who walked 7,000 steps a day or more had a nearly 50 to 70 percent lowered risk of premature death from all causes than those who walked fewer steps a day. They also found that there was no perceived health benefit to hitting the 10,000-step mark.To arrive at the results, researchers studied 2,110 people between the ages of 38 and 50 for about 11 years....

CandyStore.com surveyed 11,000 of its customers to find the least popular Christmas candies. And while it fell just outside of the top ten, number 11 on the list is still worth mentioning: peppermint candy canes. Apparently, they’re better for adorning trees than actually eating. Peppermint bark slides in at number 9 while non-peppermint candy canes are even more loathed, coming in at number eight on the list. Many of the other candies on the list suffer from a lack of flavor beyond sweetness....