Sure, kids in youth sports aren’t dealing with the same kind of grown-up issues that trouble pro-football players. After all, Luck’s tough decision was based on constant pain that derailed his life. But that doesn’t mean that losing joy in a sport you once thought was fun isn’t just as difficult for a kid to deal with. And, for kids and pros both, that difficulty is compounded when you have someone pressuring to keep playing....
According to Scoop Media, Finland has passed a comprehensive parental leave plan that allows parents to prioritize their family and career. In addition, for the first time, both mothers and fathers are entitled to the same length of parental leave in Finland. In the country’s new parental leave plan, both parents are allotted 160 days of paid leave each — meaning each parent could get six months off, or stack their leave to be taken at separate times for the length of a year....
Did he win? “Of course not! When I was giving out blow pops, the person I was running against was giving out SweeTARTS, blow pops, and tootsie rolls. I didn’t have enough. That was my big problem. It was a valuable lesson.” Now, the Juilliard grad and father of four is, in his own parlance, putting his money where his mouth is by launching a campaign pushing Black men to register to vote....
Each system is stored in a classic arcade cabinet, detailed with characters from the games. Available machines include Gallaga, Centipede, Rampage, Street Fighter II, and Asteroids. Each features a different combination of joysticks, trackballs, and buttons depending which games it has. For instance, the Street Fighter II version has the joysticks and 6-button array you need to shoryuken! the hell out of opponents; the Centipede machine features a trackball for slithering....
Evolution has primed babies to learn certain fears very quickly — either through their own experiences or the powers of observation, Rakison says. This is particularly true when it comes to threats that human ancestors have battled over millions of years, such as snakes, spiders, the dark, heights, and enclosed spaces. When Do Babies Develop Phobias? Fear begins to emerge when babies start crawling and experiencing the world untethered from their parents, Rakison says....
We’re about to get into spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker, specifically one very big moment that could be the most controversial thing to happen to pop culture since the Game of Thrones finale. (And in a movie packed with a bunch of other controversial moments, that’s saying something.) But, director J.J. Abrams has shared his take the relationship between Rey and Kylo Ren, and it’s a little confusing. Here’s what he said, what it means, and why it’s made everything about The Rise of Skywalker even odder than it already was....
Cochlear implant surgeon at the University of Chicago, Dana Suskind, M.D., thinks this is strange. She has seen firsthand the neurological and developmental needs of children going unmet on a wide scale in the United States. Some parents have to work two jobs and have little time to spend with their baby. Paid parental leave is a luxury rather than a right. And even when it’s offered, taking it is stigmatized....
For some more insight into the complicated politics of naming your baby, Fatherly reached out to Dr. Stefano Ghirlanda, an evolutionary biologist who created the baby-naming database Nameclouds after struggling in the lead-up to his first child’s birth. Ghirlanda created an algorithm that tracks the correlation between names and voting behavior. Using publicly available voter rolls and Social Security Administration data, the algorithm sorts progressive names like Kyle from conservative names like Roman from essentially neutral names like Malcolm, providing parents with the chance to decide whether or not to conform to what might be described as tribal norm....
Pretty much every parent knows about the Baby Shark song. Probably have it playing in the background of your mind right now because it’s arguably the biggest earworm song ever – and Pinkfong, the creators of the song and video, is back with a new one that’s going to be helpful. The music and pattern of this new song are the same, but the lyrics have been changed to encourage kids to wash their hands....
See more: Best Sunscreens for Kids This sun hat has a built-in sweatband, and an elastic band. The flap is not removable, but we love how flexible and lightweight it is. “I love the fact that the brim doesn’t fall down not matter how wet it gets. I love the fact that it has towel material around the crown of the hat on the inside to keep sweat out of his eyes....
Just as surely as kids need shoes, the kids shoes they need are mainly pretty damn uncool; a veritable minefield of squeaky soles, blinking lights, and bedazzling. If you search long enough, though, you’ll find a few kickass kicks. From classics like Vans slip-ons and Converse All-Stars to brands you’ve never heard of like AKID and Plae, here are the outliers of the back-to-school kid shoe stratosphere. AKA, the ones you wouldn’t be embarrassed to drop your kid off at school in....
“Toddlers begin to love real story books — with simple plots that focus on familiar experiences or characters,” explains Tim Shanahan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of literacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was the founding director of the UIC Center for Literacy, and former director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. “At these ages, children may follow a particular character from book to book—and wordless books can be fun because it allows kids and parents to make up the stories....
Joy Interactive Photo Album Unlike those digital picture frames that cycle through the same old shots, Joy is a 13.3-inch HD touchscreen tablet specifically designed to consolidate images from all your social media accounts and devices, and handsomely shows them off to unwitting dinner guests who didn’t actually ask to see them. The holiday gift sits on a wireless magnetic charging stand, and the battery reportedly gets about 5 hours between charges....
Kate Young, a stylist who dresses Margot Robbie, Rachel Weisz, and Dakota Johnson, and is a mom herself, might agree with the sentiment (that it’s all about appreciation) but comes at Mother’s Day gift giving with a more modern bent. “My mom had a rule that she didn’t accept presents that came with warranties. It means it has to be something frivolous you’re not meant to use to service the people giving it to you,” says Young....
While uisge-beatha is the “water of life,” variety is its spice. So, instead of falling back on single malt you’ve had time and time again, take a chance and explore some drams, both exciting and new. If you’re ready, here are six of our favorite single malt Scotches that fly below the radar. The Arran 10 Year Located on and named for an island off of Scotland’s west coast (nearly parallel to Glasgow), Isle of Arran Distillers are relatively new to the whisky game....
Betty Reid Soskin works for the National Park Service as a Park Ranger, and she’s a celebrity in her own right. Despite the fact that she’s 100 years old, she still gives tours at Richmond, California’s Rose the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. If you want to get a tour from a living legend who will give you information about another legend, you should know that her tour schedule of the park is always booked up in advance for weeks and months, so you’ll have to plan ahead....
But as a nationwide push against critical race theory and books about LGBTQ+ people has taken hold and led to classics like Maus and The Bluest Eye being banned from classrooms, a new poll shows that a large portion of Americans disagrees with banning books. Here’s what you need to know. In conjunction with YouGov, a CBS News survey was conducted between February 15-18, 2022, and received a sample of 2,494 U....
READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Car Seats “The genesis of car seats was similar to high chairs,” Hoffman says “It’s meant to make parents lives easier by keeping kids in one place.” Car seats that kept wiggly kids immobile made their debut in the 1930s. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that meaningful safety features appeared. The idea of car seats as a consumer product first emerged courtesy of the Bunny Bear Company in 1933, but these were not widely used....
Aberlour A’bunadh It’s a good idea to keep a bottle of Aberlour’s A’bunadh on the bar at all times, not just for your own sake, but for any Scotch drinkers that might show up. If they are ‘in the know’ it lets them know that you know and if they aren’t, you get to drop some knowledge and introduce them to something incredible. Thick and rich, it’s a Scotch with tons of dried fruit, chocolate and sugary notes that make it a delightful yet slightly dangerous single malt (each release clocks in at around 120 proof)....
Jackson, who lives with his husband and mother-in-law (more on that later), has been in strict quarantine since March. That means homeschooling his kids, doing their hair, and trying to look quasi-groomed from the waist up when he’s doing interviews to promote his latest release, the Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms. He’s a diabolical ghost slash club owner who toys with the titular Julie and her band, the Phantoms....
