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Fatherly, My little girl just started Kindergarten and she’s getting a little bit pushed around by an older kid. We’re already addressing the issue with the school, but is there a way I could teach her self defense so she could beat the crap out of this bully? David Streetsboro, New Jersey * I hear you, David. Beating the crap out of a bully always sounds like it would be super satisfying — a little bit of justice in this heartless world....

Thea Runyan, co-founder of the nutrition startup Kurbo and lead behavior coach at the Stanford Pediatric Weight Control Program, has over 15 years of experience helping kids and their parents eat healthily and safely, and says there are a few strategies that really work, but just a few. The first will sound familiar to parents: read. How to Ween Children Off Sugar Read Food Labels – sugar is everywhere. Read food labels to restrict added sugar, and treat sweets like treats, not snacks....

So what can be done to save the childcare industry? For answers, we posed this question to five policy experts. Their suggestions ranged from giving localities lots of flexibility over federal funding and fully funding the Child Care Development Block Grant, to treating child care as a public good, rather than a for-profit industry. One thing is certain: the industry is in dire need of a solution. Here’s what they said....

Brittany DiCologero is the author of two books about Disney Parks runs a Disney blog and works for Celebrations magazine. She knows the tricks for cutting cost at Disney but notes that the discounts usually don’t get very deep. “Unfortunately, there is really no way to get ‘cheap’ Disney tickets. If you see a deal on Disney tickets that seems too good to be true, it probably is,” DiCologero explains....

What comet is set to fly through the skies this July? According to Lifehacker, the comet coming up soon is called C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS), but it’s also known by its nickname “K2.” The comet was first spotted in 2017, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This year will be the first time it’s made its way to the inner Solar System, according to NASA. The comet is massive with a nucleus as large as between 18 and 100 miles wide, and that doesn’t include the trail of gas and dust that follows....

If you’ve never thought much about setting limits with other people, it may seem selfish or even a little controlling to do so. Cameron Murphey, an Oakland, CA-based marriage and family therapist, says the opposite is true. Rather than a method of controlling someone’s behavior, he says boundaries are more like “communicated guidelines about how to relate with you or treat you.” According to Jennifer Chain, a licensed psychologist in Seattle, boundaries can involve your physical space, your time, your mind or emotions, or your money and resources....

If parents have a history of engaging in fierce, uncensored debates with these people, when children are around it might be time to take a step back and swallow some pride. Denise Lang-Grant, a professional counselor and author of How to Stop Your Relatives from Driving You Crazy, says that parents should focus on not perpetuating that hostility through the next generation. An argumentative habit, however, is hard to break....

We suggest starting by creating a lab. The moment the kids arrive have them change into white lab coats, safety goggles, shoe covers, and personalized nametags using elements from the periodic table. From there you can lead them into the birthday laboratory — somewhere that you can clean easily like the kitchen or backyard, and let the testing begin. RELATED: 8 Ways to Guarantee Your Next Birthday Party Isn’t a Dud...

RELATED: The 50 Best ‘Star Wars’ Toys of All Time, Ranked Choosing the Right Star Wars Theme There are a lot of new Star Wars things out there that various kids might be aware of. From all the various new films to the different cartoon shows, you might be wondering if you should throw a themed-party around a specific movie or storyline. For example, the Disney show Rebels is popular, and the movie Solo just came out....

Although not a clinical psychological diagnosis, most people are familiar with this phenomenon, known as “imposter syndrome.” Imposter syndrome can affect people in a range of contexts, including work and hobbies and marriage and parenting, because it stems from how we see ourselves, says Paul Greene, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist in New York City. There’s no confirmed link between imposter syndrome and a person’s background, genetics or personality traits, Greene says....

The walls of the school’s entranceway are lined with a bold and artful display of basketball shoes. It’s a striking entrance that leaves no doubt that you’re not standing in just any public school. On Father’s Walk Day, dads and kids linger and study the sneakers. Eventually, a group of men crowds into the foyer to solemnly swear an oath of their own: “I promise to be a positive role model; hold my child accountable; help my child with their homework; communicate with my child’s teachers; listen to my child … And above all else, support my child in reaching their dreams....

What is your name? What is your role at Hasbro? My name is Brian Jarvis and I am a Design Director for the NERF brand at Hasbro. How old are you? I am 54 years old, but a kid at heart. RELATED: The 12 Best Nerf Blasters, Bows, and Attack Vehicles Did you always want to design Nerf blasters? As a child, I was very creative and loved to make the toys I played with....

“Republican leaders decided to send a lump of coal to America’s children this year,” Colorado Senator Michael Bennet said on Tuesday about the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Will There Be A Child Tax Credit In 2023? Earlier in December 2022, hopes were high that Republicans would agree to a slightly pared-down version of the CTC in exchange for a spate of corporate tax credits. However, according to reporting from The Hill, Senate Republicans did not even consider a deal....

Billy Reid Bond Wool Blend Peacoat This peacoat, made of an 80/20 blend of wool and nylon, is actually named for the New York City street where American brand Billy Reid’s flagship store is located, but it became a top seller for the American brand because of another Bond. It’s the jacket worn by Daniel Craig in Skyfall during an epic fight in a Shanghai skyscraper. The slim-fitting navy coat was a favorite of Craig’s who wore it on set — and earned it a place in haberdasher history....

Only about 5 percent or less of COVID-19 cases in the US have been in children, and those who end up in the ICU generally have a shorter stay than adults. Kids with the disease are more likely to be asymptomatic and have milder symptoms than adults. But as of Thursday, 570 children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the COVID-related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, and 10 have died because of it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

This is why I find Kim Kardashian’s recent Instagram post —detailing everything in her children’s playroom — to be triggering as fuck. This is like a before and after thing, but it’s only the after. Kim, the before is what we’re interested in. That’s what we all relate too. What gives. But this week, in an effort to show a less-polished side of parenting, Kim Kardashian showed us her kids’ playroom, and I’ve got mixed feelings....

school board meetings to universities to unions (to name just a few scattered examples), have put out statements acknowledging local Indigenous people.Often, a land acknowledgment is as simple as a statement, such as the words now found outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Manhattan building: It can also be a more substantive document, like the land acknowledgment from the On Being Project, which comes with links to more information on Indigenous history and stories....

The $25 kit also includes related backdrops for all of the figures. Nancy Roman, the “Mother of Hubble” comes with a model of the telescope she helped create. Margaret Hamilton, who developed flight software used on the Apollo moon missions, comes with a chalkboard full of crucial calculations. Sally Ride and Mae Jemison have a space shuttle that can separate into three stages. “Women of NASA” was conceived by Maia Weinstock, a deputy editor at MIT News who posted her plans for a Lego series honoring female scientists in Lego’s Ideas community forum in 2016....

I was in high school when I first got into Magic: the Gathering. That was the mid-’90s. At the time, I was really into collecting things. I used to collect baseball cards, basketball cards, comic books. It was around that time that I became aware of Magic. I enjoyed the collectible part of it — getting cool cards that were rare and worth money, that would be powerful to use in decks....

Atom Bank is the first bank that operates entirely online—it has exactly zero physical branches—to gain a full regulatory license in the United Kingdom. This kind of forward-thinking mindset, along with employees’ desire for more flexible schedules during the pandemic, prompted the company to undertake a review of the potential policy. It found a shorter workweek would not affect customer service or productivity. “Before COVID, the conventional wisdom was you had to commute in, sit at a desk all day and repeat that process when you commuted home,” said Mark Mullen, co-founder and CEO of the company....