They found that given a choice between Black dolls and white dolls, most Black children preferred to play with white dolls. They ascribed positive characteristics to the white dolls but negative characteristics to the Black ones. Then, upon being asked to describe the doll that looked most like them, some of the children became “emotionally upset at having to identify with the doll that they had rejected.” The Clarks concluded that Black children – as a result of living in a racist society – had come to see themselves in a negative light....

Real estate website Zumper wanted to find out what the prices of rent across the country were doing. “Rent has been rising at an alarming rate all over the country throughout 2021,” the site explains, “but Zumper’s National Rent Index for November shows for the first time this year a slower pace of rent growth that more closely resembles historical norms.” Zumper has been keeping track of rental prices using its National Rent index and over the past 11 months, there have been some interesting changes....

To cut the whining down and up the enjoyment factor, its ideal to have surefire ways to keep the youngest diners occupied. So short of handing off that iPhone it’s better to line the ol’ parental tool belt with some can’t-go-wrong games that don’t require any props from home. Here are 7 games to keep kids occupied in a restaurant, that can be done basically anywhere, in a pinch....

Life without electricity is a daily reality for 1.2 billion people worldwide, and those are the people Uncharted Play is looking to help with the PULSE and its earlier release, the SOCCKET ball. For every jump rope or ball sold, the company provides one to a kid in a developing country. So, yes, that means there’s now a Warby Parker for toys. Inspiring a healthy lifestyle, keeping your own sorry ass in shape, and paying it forward are noble goals that often get thwarted by more pressing concerns like dislodging whatever object is currently lodged up your kid’s nose....

Truly, while most companies have struggled to stay afloat in the midst of the year-long pandemic, the popular online game platform’s sales have grown by 82% over the past year. Online gaming was in a unique position to thrive amid a pandemic that kept us all inside and isolated from others for nearly a year, and now, longer. The success of Roblox is in large part thanks to its developers, who are able to create their own games on the platform without needing advanced knowledge of coding....

“Daddy?” comes the call, typically from the couch in the family room. I will be doing anything except sitting down and relaxing. There are three of us, and we live in a house with a front yard, a backyard, and two hampers of laundry and a sink full of dishes that replenish themselves when no one’s looking. I haven’t sat down and relaxed during waking hours in, oh, about seven and a half years....

Master & Dynamic headphones are luxury all around. There’s cowhide and lambskin on the ear pads. Surrounding the memory foam-covered headband, there’s a nice shade of tan and the underside of the headband looks like the supple, premium leather it is. Soft and supple, this complements the aluminum and stainless steel headband. They stand out in a crowded headphone market, and for all the right reasons. The headphones have a sound as luxurious as their style....

My wife and I played “Truth or Dare” within the first few weeks of meeting each other. At that point, we were just looking for ways to get each other naked or discover honest things about one another. Once we got married, she and I both realized that there were things we didn’t do anymore, and we didn’t really know why. One night, we said, let’s just play “Truth or Dare” again, except this time, let’s play with no consequences....

Pretty much every father has asked himself this question at some point, so we put it to clinical psychologist “Dr. Joe” Taravella, Supervisor of Pediatric Psychology at NYU Langone Medical Center’s Rusk Rehabilitation. Dr. Joe’s expertise is “identifying and treating neurological, behavioral, and environmental problems that cause breakdown in a family” so, presumably, this is a softball for him. The short answer? “Sometimes.” Here’s the longer answer. Groom Sportsmanship By Phase “In the toddler years, kids aren’t really focused on winning or losing,” says Dr....

Skyland Lodge, a 127-year-old resort in the Appalachian Mountains, is one such place that resists change, remaining gloriously free of modernity — cell service and Wi-Fi included. Skyland sits in the heart of Shenandoah National Park, less than 100 miles from the nation’s capital. The resort’s history precedes the National Park, enjoying visitors for 40 years before the now famous Skyline Drive was constructed and the National Park was made official in 1935....

We’re living in a world in which a Snapchat filter, normally as close to innocuous as anything on the internet can be, is being used by parents to torture their toddlers. The Halloween-themed filter in question superimposes digitally rendered 3D spiders on live images of people’s faces. That’s all fine and good for adults who have the intellectual capacity to understand that the spiders aren’t real and the emotional capacity to, even if they get freaked out for a second, not completely lose their shit....

Both men had an outsized effect on American culture, and they were so prolific that their real-world identities were notable enough to add a moment of levity to otherwise serious movies. With these criteria, we think the new king of the cameo has to be Stephen King. He is certainly prolific. King’s been active since 1967, and in that time he’s written sixty novels, ten short story collections, and numerous screenplays....

After all, according to American Psychological Association, stress is at an all-time high in the United States right now, and “we are facing a national mental health crisis that could yield serious health and social consequences for years to come.” While stress seems like a universal thing, not everyone worries about the same things. And not all states have the same level of worry. If you’re curious, there’s a map that highlights which states are more stressed-out than the others....

“This is the first study to identify an association between shorter penile length and male infertility,” study author Dr. Austen Slade, a urologist and professor at University of Utah School of Medicine, told The Telegraph. “It’s possibly a manifestation of congenital or genetic factors that predispose one to infertility.” Male fertility appears to be dropping around the world, with some studies estimating that men are only about half as fertile as they were four decades ago....

The same school official said that the district received a tip regarding the substitute and investigated the situation. The teacher allegedly filmed pornographic videos of herself inside a classroom and a workroom, though no students or other staff were involved. She was immediately fired from her position, and the ISD is working to ban her from the school’s campus. The substitute’s name has not been released, but at the time of the incident, she had been an employee of the school for three months....

With that in mind, what follows are all the ways summer could kill children, presented from most to least likely based on available data from health officials and the Centers for Disease Control. Drowning The leading cause of accidental death for children between the ages of 1 and 4 is drowning. Of the 1,200 unintentional injury deaths for this age group in 2017, nearly half were due to drowning. Having young children around water is a risk all year round....

How do we select our winners? It is daunting. The sheer volume of products available — not to mention bells and whistles — makes it difficult to separate the fun-and-innovative from the actually-loud-and-frustrating, the surprisingly thoughtful from the supreme time-wasters. We asked: What can be played with over and over again? What will entertain them? What won’t make you want to smash it to bits after you hear it turn on for the millionth time?...

Basically hyper-detailed area rugs, 3-D kids play rugs depict different scenes — farm landscapes, city blocks, houses — with props like furniture, greenery, or road dividers woven, or “built,” into the rug. Kids can use the 3-D carpets to act out whatever scenes they can dream up, much like they would with a dollhouse, race track, or toy barn, but without the need for so much stuff. Since 3-D rugs feature lots of texture, they also provide quality sensory play....

Enter Faherty. Founded in 2013 by twin brothers and weekend warriors Mike and Alex Faherty, Faherty produces simple, durable clothes designed to work in any scenario. Because of the brand’s outdoorsy sensibility, Faherty clothes tend to have some give. Because of the brand’s upscale ambition, Faherty clothes tend to be office-appropriate. Faherty might not be the place to buy statement pieces, but it’s an ideal place to find clothes that make the following statement: I’m an adult man and I know how to dress like one....

A body spray won’t replace showering, but in a pinch, it’s a fine coverup. If you don’t have time to hop in the shower and rinse off sweat (which stinks when it mixes with the bacteria on your skin), reach for a spray — a blend of water or alcohol mixed with a small amount of fragrance — and apply it to your clothes or skin. Focus it around your chest, neck, and under the pits....