Here’s how it works. Sign up for D23, the Disney Fan Club. You can choose either a free or paid membership tier. Once you’re a member you gain access to a special offer: three years of Disney+ for $4 a month, or less than half even the cheapest Netflix plan. A Disney spokesperson told Gizmodo that to take advantage of this offer D23 members will need to commit to Disney+ by September 2....
Taking a sober look at your finances can be daunting. And it may seem impossible after the emotionally draining ordeal of a divorce. Nonetheless, getting your post-divorce finances in order is a necessary part of building your new life. RELATED: A Year-By-Year Guide to Your Risk of Divorce Roger Ma, financial planner and founder of the New York City financial advisement firm Lifelaidout said that one of the best things men can do post-divorce is to take stock of what they want and what they value....
That Putin invaded Ukraine is no surprise — the United States and other world leaders have been warning this would happen more or less imminently — and in response, President Biden and other world leaders have launched massive sanctions against Putin and wealthy oligarchs. In the meantime, those who will suffer the most are the Ukrainians under siege right now. They are fleeing major cities, some are trying to escape to Poland, all per Vox....
“Frustration is pretty typical in preschoolers, and this is largely due to the fact that their little brains work faster than their little fingers, mouths, and bodies,” says Dr. Jaelyn Farris, a psychology professor conducting developmental psychology research at Youngstown State University. Toddlers know what they want to do, Farris adds, they just don’t always understand why they can’t make their bodies do it. Put a different way, they frequently have a better understand of how the world works than how their bodies do....
It’s easy to see why: In-laws have expectations, hopes, and dreams that may, uh, conflict with the reality you represent. They might also like your brother-in-law more than you and enjoy critiquing your parenting choices with a passive-aggressive flair that sets your nerves routinely on edge. But it all comes with the territory. So when tensions with in-laws come up in your marriage, how do you keep the peace with each other’s parents while making sure you’re aligned with your spouse?...
Necessity is the mother of invention, after all, and there have been countless ways to make delicious (well, at least passable) home brewed coffee without the typical accoutrements. So, here are three ways to make home-brewed coffee without a coffee maker. The Faux French Press Way This is a really easy and simple way to brew coffee, a lot like Cowboy Coffee but with a better method for removing the coffee grounds from the pot....
“Babies tend to discover their hands around two months of age and you will notice they often play with them by opening and closing fists and bringing them together,” says Tiffany Fischman, MD, a pediatrician at Calabasas Pediatrics. “Fine motor skills really begin in the brain with the ability to sense things through sight and hearing. A baby will not be able to reach and grab for something specifically until they are able to see it....
I’ve come to a conclusion regarding my kids: I have to love them enough to let them fail. Let me clarify. We all want the best for our kids. We want them to grow up happy, healthy, and most of all successful. We put a lot of emphasis on that last bit ⏤ successful. Why? Simple. We won’t be around forever, and we want to know that they’re going to be okay when we’re gone....
Before you get planning, though, really think about your reasons for wanting to give them this party. Make sure it truly is about your teen and not to fulfill some need of your own, cautions Fred Peipman, Ph.D., a family psychologist in San Francisco and author of Parenting Across the Gap: Raising Teens in the 21st Century. RELATED: How Much Money Should I Spend on My Kid’s Birthday? “If you want to celebrate your child or do something special with the family, then great,” he says....
“Your kid loves you and wants to talk to you, but there is some natural resistance. The resistance is your foe, not your kid,” says Shane Owens, Ph.D., a behavioral and cognitive psychologist. “You’re talking to your child, not a suspect in a crime. Patience and understanding are key.” The long game is best — asking them about their day from a very young age makes it a habit in later years....
I’m not sharing this advice merely because I’m a man and men build things. (Some do, some don’t, and some are thrifty and don’t want to toss Weber $300.) I’m sharing my grill transformation process because I’m really fucking pleased with myself for figuring this out. There are handsomer men with fuller beards and better plaid shirts than I, but none of them can claim to have performed a more successful grill-to-smoker surgery....
Performance Our writer got behind the wheel of all of these vehicles, taking each on the road for extended rides over the course of several days. We looked at traditional specs like power, acceleration, handling, and general driveability. We made sure spacious vehicles didn’t drive like tanks and that smaller ones drove with confidence. We took notes and did one-to-one comparisons. The vehicles that made the final list all feel at home on the road....
Throughout my life, most of my closest friends have been Black. But we never had deep discussions about race. It never felt like a necessity, and I felt it wasn’t my place to bring it up — even when my wife and I, both of us white, adopted our son, a Black boy from Ethiopia. Now, that’s changed. The protests filling the streets, following videos capturing the killings of innocent Black people by police, have created a wake-up call for me as a father....
The American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor spoke with 2,066 adults in the United States about their work-life balance during quarantine and 62 percent of parents surveyed said that their duties with virtual schooling and child care hindered their ability to get ahead in their job or career. This stress disproportionally affected parents of color, as 70 percent of Black parents and 62 percent of Hispanic and Latino parents identified the overwhelming amount of responsibility as hurting their career, as opposed to just 51 percent of white parents surveyed....
A coalition of safety advocacy groups that keep tabs on safe products for families and beyond issued a warning today to parents and caregivers to stop using infant inclined sleep products. There was a previous recall of the Fisher-Price Rock N’ Play, but that has been expanded now to include more than 165,000 sleepers. The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and four major companies, including Summer Infant, Graco, Evenflo, and Delta Children, came together to help prevent the risk of suffocation to babies due to the use of infant inclined sleepers....
Any taxpayer owed a refund must claim it within three years of the year those taxes were filed. If you were due a refund in 2019 on your 2018 taxes, the window to claim your cash is closing fast—April 18th, tax day, is the last day to file your 2018 taxes and get what’s owed to you. If not, the U.S. Treasury will claim your money as its own, and you can kiss that cash goodbye forever....
Warning: Mild Hobbs & Shaw spoilers ahead. While Hobbs and Shaw may not technically be superheroes, their ability to dispense of countless highly-trained henchmen with less effort than you put into mowing the lawn suggest their not really that far off. Plus, half of the superheroes in movies don’t really have superpowers (Iron Man and Batman) so it wouldn’t be that hard to imagine Hobbs and Shaw taking some secret government serum that allows them to reach their maximum demi-god potential, ala Steve Rogers becoming Captain America (except, in this case, Rogers is already totally jacked)....
Few things go together better than puppies and small children. They make an adorable pair. Perhaps it explains why both Nickelodeon Jr. and Disney Jr. have successful cartoons geared toward toddlers that feature puppies. Puppy Dog Pals and Paw Patrol are the go-to escape when our toddler calls it a day, so I’ve had the opportunity to watch every episode from each series numerous times. So many times. As such, I’ve had plenty of time to examine the different aspects of both cartoons ⏤ from the animation and character development to the plot, music, and even merchandise....
Laura Sterni, M.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Sleep Center, says she sees “kid after kid” on melatonin. “But one of the things I always try and tell parents is: We don’t know,” she says. “We haven’t taken large groups of kids and given them melatonin and looked at what happened.” One of Sterni’s main concerns with pharmaceutical melatonin writ large — and one of the main points of concern in the AAP health advisory — is how little it’s regulated....
According to double-board certified dermatologist Dr. Brendan Camp, “maskne” is actually called something much cooler: acne mechanica. “With this condition,” he says, “frictional forces from the mask cause pores to clog, which leads to the formation of acne, and the masks create a warm, moist environment suitable for the growth of bacteria.” This certainly makes a lot of sense. So does the treatment: good hygiene. According to Dr. Camp, acne mechanica can be managed through grooming, skincare, diet, and a healthy daily routine — all things that you should be adhering to regardless of face mask usage or not....
