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How will I deal with people who don’t respect our boundaries? — and you can’t fend off that feeling of looming dread,you may be experiencing something called anticipatory anxiety, or fear about something that could happen to you in the future.Anticipatory anxiety can be a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder, but people without a formal diagnosis experience it, too – especially right now. In a March 2021 survey by the American Psychological Association, 50% of participants reported they’re experiencing anxiety in this re-entry phase of the pandemic....

So we’re happy that the internet has done what it does best: dispatched with a sacred cow via meme. “Gonna tell my kids” pokes fun at its subjects—Phoebe Buffay and Taylor Swift in the example below—but its real target is the tendency the old have to condescend to the young. We’ll start off with perhaps the best version of this, Stephen Colbert, an actual father, telling his kids about Stephen Colbert....

Most of these 3rd-birthday party ideas will work absolutely anywhere, but we’ve included a special section with some easy and low-cost indoor birthday themes to transform your home into a temporary paradise for the 3-year-old set. These are activities that can work on short notice, if bad weather strikes, and require little more than a creative look into your gear closet and a quick trip to the supermarket. Kids represent the largest unvaccinated group in the U....

See, a having a toned butt isn’t just a vanity thing. It’s an essential piece of the kinetic chain that keeps your body strong and injury-free. It can help prevent tendonitis, and also help hold you erect, taking pressure off your back and preventing your pelvis from tilting in that awkward way that causes your dad gut to protrude in front of you. Simply put, a strong butt makes for a smaller gut....

The Best Gin For Gin and Tonic When it comes to the perfect gin for a Gin and Tonic, Wondrich follows the words of Chairman Mao: “Let a thousand flowers bloom.” “Tonic is a strongly-flavored enough mixer that you can get away with using even the weirdest, most innovative modern gins,” he says. Here are two ideal choices. The Best Gin For Martinis For Martinis, Wondrich likes to use a classic, straight-forward London Dry Gin: “A strong, heavy-juniper one if I’m using a lot of vermouth, or a lighter one if I’m cutting back on the vermouth....

Admittedly, when it comes to styling products for men, there are a lot of choices, and each is geared toward a specific look and length. The only truism is that no one product can achieve every style. In order to find the best men’s hair products for your needs, you first need to select a goal and then select the tools to get there. So which is the best men’s hair product for you?...

But, you argue, Halloween bags are so cute. Why would you allow your kid to carry your old laundry on the streets? Because you like candy and because eventually your child will tire and go to sleep and then you’ll want to eat candy. And candy thrives in a pillowcase environment. Pillowcases, because of the seams, don’t compress multiple bars into one. They also “need to be washed,” which is a great excuse for taking them back....

There are really only two parts to sandal: the footbed and the thong, the latter of which is also called a line strap. Most importantly, when you’re talking about flip-flops — which are the ideal form of the sandal — is the quality of the thong that slides between your big- and your index-toes. A poorly formed thong can bring a man to his knees. Next, you must consider the amount of padding of the sole....

Home Buying Kit for Dummies, 6th Edition There’s a reason there are roughly 2,500 different manuals in this simplistic series: the yellowed books are beginner friendly without being overwhelmed or complicated by countless unnecessary details. The most recent edition of Home Buying For Dummies, released in 2016, takes recent market editions into account and provides well-researched information about every step of the home-buying process, including how to pick a team of professionals to help you your search, how to avoid absurd closing costs, how to get the best mortgage possible, and more....

Plastic bottles are the most common ones, by far, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against microwaving formula or breast milk in them to help reduce the transfer of harmful chemicals during the reheating or dishwashing process. The AAP also urges parents to use glass or stainless steel when possible for the reasons stated above. When choosing baby bottles, consider how easy each one is to assemble, whether you can transition it into a sippy cup or water bottle by swapping out lids, how simple it is to clean, and the cost....

is a great family activity, but sometimes parents want something a little more intense, strategic, or scary than board games for toddlers typically involve. So when the kids are asleep, the real games come out to play. The best two-player board games for couples with kids can be played quickly — you’ll probably want to crash soon after you put your kids down for bed — and require just enough strategy to hold your interest over multiple plays (but not so much that it hurts a sleep-deprived brain)....

Wash the scraped knee “gently with soap and water. No alcohol, no iodine. We don’t even recommend peroxide anymore. Just soap and water” says Dr. Howard Reinstein, a spokesman for the American Association of Pediatricians who serves as clinical faculty at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the UCLA Medical Center. With children, though, chaos reigns, and even the act of simply washing a surface wound like a skinned knee can be tough when a kid is dealing with a combination of pain, adrenaline, tears, and blood....

Here’s what you need to know about why the pill would be a gamechanger in the fight against COVID-19, what studies are being done on it, and when you can expect to be able to purchase it. Here’s Why A COVID-19 Antiviral Pill Would Be a Gamechanger Bourla said that the company is prioritizing working on an oral antiviral pill because it would stop people from having to go to the hospital if they get COVID-19 and it can be administered by people themselves....

Although we occasionally hear rumblings from Big Pharma about clinical trials and efficacy ratings, at present no vaccine-maker has moved beyond trials and into filing for approval. That may not be the case for long. If you’re waiting for your child’s COVID vaccine, here’s what you need to know. When Will the COVID Vaccine for Kids Under 5 Be Available? Moderna has announced that it plans to file for emergency use authorization of its under 5 vaccine by the end of April, according to Reuters....

In an interview with NME, Smith confirms that a new album will finally be available later this year. “The first one will definitely be out soon,” he says, referencing a previous interview where he mentioned the band was working on two albums, and he was working on a solo one. “We’re wrapping it up now, and it’s going to be mixed. But until it’s completed, no one will believe me,” he adds....

There are a few cultural explanations for this. Kids in Japan are encouraged to refrain from snacking, and expected to deal with the occasional growling stomach. When they arrive at the table for family meals, they have the hunger of a deep-sea Kaiju facing down a megalopolis made entirely of fish. But what they are offered matters just as much as their relative hunger. Most Japanese kids will eat with the entire family at a shared meal that features a variety of offerings including fish, rice, and smaller vegetable-based side dishes....

The Endurance was a lost vessel where Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to discover the world. The ship and its crew set out to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic but they had to abandon the mission and the ship once it became trapped by sea ice. In 1915, the ship was crushed by sea ice and sank to the bottom of the ocean, and the whole mission just turned into one of survival....

The Details Age: Sarah (23), Zach (26) Years Married: 4Years Together: 5.5Kids: 1 daughter, 5 years oldLocation: FloridaJob: blogger and a web designer (her) local truck driver (him) You have a five-year-old. That presents a different set of challenges than when she was an infant. How has your sex life changed as your daughter has grown? Sarah: I think in the beginning, it was definitely more of not having sex – just out of sheer exhaustion of having a newborn....

Emotional invalidation is not always obvious and, while there are certainly occasions when one person intentionally undercuts their partner’s feelings, it often happens accidentally or because it’s written off as no big deal. But it is. As family therapist Hanalei Vierra has explained, “When a person expresses a feeling about something to their partner, that partner gets to make a choice about how to react. That choice is to either connect with their partner or to push their partner away....