He narrows his eyes and leans over my shoulder to try to scour the dimness. After a moment, he turns to face me. He says “dah dah” like a pilot whispering the instrument’s name while they check it. In a moment, he’ll say “down,” push his hands against my chest, slide down to the floor, and start trundling around the house, the first blues of morning sliding through the shades....
At the end of May, French Open organizers threatened to expel Osaka from the tournament because she wasn’t honoring her media commitments by attending press conferences. Osaka then withdrew from the tournament and announced on social media that she would be taking “some time away from the court.” As a professional athlete, she also addressed the backlash she got from the press after her somewhat controversial decision to refuse to do press conferences....
As we lean ever harder on our devices for everything from work and school to entertainment, the prevalence of pain and discomfort in our bodies is on the rise too — hence the need for daily tech neck exercises to counterbalance the effects of using technology for hours at a stretch. Signs of tech neck include neck pain, of course, but also headaches and pain radiating behind the eyes, at the temples, and at the base of the skull....
If all of that sounds pretty aspirational and closer to the morals of Daniel Tiger than an actual adventure show, then you might be surprised to learn that this next big Nick show for kids is also a Star Trek show. Aiming to launch on the Parmaount+ network, Star Trek: Prodigy is an upcoming animated series for kids all about a group of misfit tween aliens who find an abandoned starship and start flying around the cosmos in it....
A new Netflix series is coming in 2021 called History of Swear Words and it will be hosted by non-other than Nicolas Cage. Throughout the pseudo-documentary series, Cage will interview language experts, comedians, etymologists, and pop culture critics. Basically, he’s going to get to the fucking bottom of these swear word history-mysteries once and for all. Interestingly, History of Swear Words will be Nicolas Cage’s first TV series, ever. Although he’s set to play the Tiger King sometime in the near future for Netflix, this series, as a host, is the first time he’s been “cast” — so to speak — in a regular role on TV, even if he is just playing himself....
What is a Beaver Moon? Each Full Moon has its own unique name. The Farmer’s Almanac explains that this time of year marks when beavers start to take shelter in the lodges they’ve made. The beavers do this to prep for the long winter, and that’s essentially what November is to people who live in four-season weather. The Beaver Moon in November also goes by other names, including Frost Moon, Trading Moon, or Oak Moon, TimeandDate explains....
General Mills just announced a Mando-themed cereal with an Instagram post of the cereal box. The concoction will consist of sweetened corn puffs paired with light green marshmallows shaped like The Child’s distinctive silhouette not, unfortunately, whole frogs. We’ve come a long way from the early days of the show, when the need to keep Baby Yoda a secret made the standard Star Wars title merchandise ramp-up impossible. Some factory would have inevitably leaked a picture of the character, ruining the shock ending of the first episode in the process....
On “Violent Crimes,” the album’s last song, Kanye sends a surprising message about how having a daughter has changed his outlook. That’s sweet and it’s cool that Kanye is so devoted to his children, but the song itself sort of gets away from him. Kanye’s inability to hold himself accountable or take a realistic view of his own impulses and behavior gets the best of him yet again. “Violent Crimes” sees West expressing fears that his daughter will end up somehow victimized by the men in her life....
Today, experts in mindfulness, meditation, and sex therapy are trying to cut through the hype and questionable science to get to the bottom of how sexual pleasure can effectively be incorporated into meditation practices. This is what you need to know. What Is Orgasmic Meditation? If you’re single, it might be hard to practice traditional orgasmic meditation (OM), which is a partnered practice for straight couples — or for women willing to pay a professional OM instructor....
S: We each have demanding jobs so the adjustment to becoming parents was a lot. With the first year of parenting, I’m glad we had help. Through pregnancy, my husband was very, very supportive. My workplace was a little flexible with both of my pregnancies — but of course I had all the side effects of pregnancy. I was throwing up and whatnot. My husband was there to take care of everything, even cooking....
The federal plan would have been the first of its kind, a ground-breaking and necessary change, and 12 weeks was a great amount of time for people welcoming a baby or for those struggling to care for an ailing family member. But last night, President Biden, unfortunately, confirmed that plan has now been whittled down to just four weeks. According to The Hill, Biden confirmed that the paid family and medical leave plan would be considerably less than the 12 weeks it was hoping for....
My oldest daughter, Mackenzie, was born in 2001. I was 28 years old and completely unprepared. Eight weeks earlier, my wife and I had been in serious car accident and though — luckily — both my wife and my unborn daughter were fine, the fear I felt in that moment gave me pause. I was just starting to get used to adulthood and all of a sudden I had a mortgage, more critically, these high stakes concerns outside of myself....
Apparently, the worst part of school day mornings is waking kids up — and it usually takes parents at least two attempts to get their kids to leave dreamland and enter reality. And it turns out that alarms aren’t the only way parents are waking kids up: instead, they resorted to opening the curtains and turning on the lights in the morning to get their kids to open their eyes....
“Maybe it’s that you just can’t hang like you used to. Or perhaps it’s that sometimes it seems no one understands you like other parents,” the popular site wrote to members of the BuzzFeed Community on January 7. “Whatever you want your friends who don’t have kids to know, we want to hear it.” Of the 23 top truths that BuzzFeed shared based on the results, with feeling judged or shamed was one of the major themes....
Responding to the thread, both kids and parents responded to moments where either they were mean and remember it or their children hurt their feelings in a big way. One of the respondents, someone who is not a parent but definitely was once a kid, u/chxrryontop, said: “Every morning as a kid I always woke up to the sound of my mom singing. It was her way of ‘wake up it’s time for school....
Nationalized paternity leave policies in Sweden and other Nordic countries help men to advocate for their own leave at work.Support for working dads also represents support for working moms, who they are also looking to retain and reward.Research indicates that coparenting is vital to development and that coparenting is a skill that takes time to master. Children thrive when parents share their care. When dad is not only a source of parental love, but also a consistent presence, and a partner in the joint enterprise of parenthood, children benefit....
“There are definitely games that are addictive, this summer a lot of kids were playing a lot of Fortnite and playing it well into the night. I heard a lot of stories about that this week as kids were going back to school and coming to see me in the clinic,” Dr. Nathan Boonstra told Who TV. The idea of someone being addicted to video games is controversial in the medical community....
“Three days after the infant’s birth, the mother had received the dehydrated, encapsulated placenta and began ingesting two capsules three times daily,” according to a recent case report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The physician instructed the mother to stop consuming the capsules. A sample of the capsules was cultured, yielding… GBS.” The reason that GBS wound up in a pill is that the placenta is essentially an organ that serves to filter out toxins and often collects them....
Pomsies look like literal balls of fur with catlike features: pointed ears, giant eyes, a tiny nose and a mouth completely hidden by fur. They’re designed to be cute. Instead of a torso, Pomsies have an adjustable, pose-able tail that allows kids to attach them to virtually anything: belt loops, backpacks, wrists, ankles. But Pomsies are more than balls of fur you can move. They react to certain stimuli, purring when held and “fed” (when a kid pinches his or he fingers and presents them to the area under their noses where the mouth would be)....
