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On Monday, May 18, the administration released its “Housing Supply Action Plan” which outlines the steps that will be taken to boost housing availability and lower costs for renters and homeowners. The plan highlights what will be done to produce more affordable units and more housing supply over the next five years. “When aligned with other policies to reduce housing costs and ensure affordability, such as rental assistance and down payment assistance, closing the gap will mean more affordable rents and more attainable homeownership for Americans in every community,” the White House said in an outline of the plan....

RELATED: The Best New Cars Under $27,000 For Big Families When the first talk of autonomous cars came a few years back, I was nonplused. My happy place is in a double-bucket seat behind the wheel of something fast with nothing ahead on the road but corners. Driving is supposed to be fun. Why would I want to let the car have it all? Fast forward to today. With two kids who seem to relish harassing the ever-loving shit out of me from the second I put the car in gear, I’ve started to dread driving....

Women have lost the majority of jobs under the pandemic but men haven’t been spared from unemployment. While the job loss seen during COVID is unprecedented and many employees will return once the pandemic is controlled, research suggests that the loss of a job hits fathers particularly hard. When men are fired or furloughed, the stress it creates can lead to a number of psychological and physical effects, including weight gain or loss, depression, anxiety, sleep troubles, and high blood pressure....

This time, though, we interacted because our kids were the same age and they started playing together immediately. This guy was extremely outgoing and energetic. He was calling my kids by name after just minutes and later coordinated and participated in a hide-and-seek game involving our four children and several others. Later, he spun the carousel the kids were riding. When he did, he sprinted and jumped onto the back of one of the seats, holding himself parallel to the ground as he went along for the ride....

As a business exec who’s helped build several brands and companies throughout my career, I could have stepped in and given her a formal business plan or step-by-step instructions on how to get her fledgling cookie business off the ground. But not only would that have been way too advanced, it was unnecessary: she needed basic business skills. Very basic. And I was quite happy to stand back, let my wife take the lead on mentoring, and watch the situation all unfold....

Our friend B was the one who came to our five-month-old daughter Juni’s rescue. He scooped her up and put her on his shoulder, rocking her back and forth until her crying slowed. “They just left you here,” he said. We did. We left the baby screaming in the middle of the living room floor. I mean, we had things to do. My wife was loading the car. I had been holding Juni, but I had to go to the bathroom — not pee-your-pants bad, but, close enough....

Expressing happiness can be the tougher task, made harder by a nondescript label. It’s like saying you like music or you’re going out for food. “Happiness is a wastebasket term for just feeling good,” says Philip Gable, assistant professor of psychology and director of the Social Cognitive Emotive Neuroscience Lab at University of Delaware. Positive emotions come from multiple places, like relief, contentment, and joy. With any of those, saying something like, “I’m so glad I finished that project” or “Great time at the beach” is not stressful....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Stay-At-Home Parenting However, that doesn’t mean you need to stop earning. With a little imagination and skill, you can bring in the extra scratch during nap times. Here are some ideas. Sell Your Stuff Chances are that you probably have some things in your hacienda that you don’t need. Remember that old adage: One man’s junk cluttering up his garage is another man’s treasure that his wife will consider junk cluttering up the garage....

Brain drain, irritability, anger, anxiety, stress, inability to focus are all symptoms of media burnout. “It’s comparable to a stress burnout and it’s linked to anxiety. There’s so much going on in your head and brain, and you feel exhausted,” says Dr. Tricia Wolanin, a clinical psychologist and workshop facilitator for the United States Air Force. We have 50,000 to 80,000 thoughts a day swirling around in our heads, she adds....

“Your kid’s brain is on the cusp of being able to really think about the future,” explains Dr. Joseph Shrand, Chief of child and adolescent psychiatry for CASTLE (Clean and Sober Teens Living Empowered) and author of Do You Really Get Me? “Everything happens here and now. They don’t have the abstract thought to think about the future. That’s why these heartbreaks are so profound for kids.” Shrand notes that because kids are rooted in the present, it often feels like the hurt will last forever....

When to Say Wean This bears repeating: none of this is a dad’s decision. While, hopefully, you’ll be part of the conversation, it’s really between your partner and your kid. That said, most moms decide to wean around toddlerhood. That’s because your kid has started to “eat” solid foods (if that’s what you want to call putting bananas in their hair). A new diverse diet might even prompt a kid to hop on the weaning train themselves....

Exercise alone cannot solve your belly fat crisis. On one hand that’s good, because it means you don’t have to sign up for an ultramarathon to get your body where you want it to be. On the other hand, this means shedding belly fat is going to require a meal plan makeover—or at least an end to late-night snacking. And it’s not going to happen overnight. But these five steps will steadily guide you towards your goal: Calories In Versus Calories Out If you’re pounding the Whopper with cheese at lunch, it’s virtually impossible to burn off the calories by jogging around the neighborhood after work....

Reducing the risk of Lyme disease is important, especially since it’s hard to treat because blood tests don’t always accurately diagnose it. “Lyme is an infection that can make people very sick and the testing that exists now is limited in some ways,” Dr. JoAnn Petrini, principal investigator, and director of the Western CT Health Network Lyme Disease Biobank. “It really depends on when someone is tested. Basically, the blood test is only accurate two-thirds of the time and it really depends on the timing....

“The main thing to keep your child from flipping out is being empathetic. That helps to soften a parent’s refusal,” says Dr. Susan Newman, a social psychologist and author of The Book of No. In practice, the soft, empathetic no takes many forms. Regardless of which method a parent uses, it’s essential to consider the child’s age. Don’t Give Kids a Consolation Prize There is no way to really gauge a toddler’s potential reaction to any situation....

“What’s important for fathers to understand is that they are the template, really, for their daughters in terms of the daughter’s future relationships with men,” says Erika Doukas, PsyD, a clinical psychologist whose expertise is in parenting issues and treating eating disorders. “How they interact with their daughters will affect how they feel about themselves, and how they feel about themselves in relation to other men.” A father’s first step, according to Doukas, should be to consistently focus on their daughter’s greatest traits....

Group FaceTime, which is available for use on all Apple devices, is quite simple to use. In fact, one of the best parts of the system is just how easy it is to add and drop calls without disturbing the rest of the group chat. But, as with all such things that involve technology and your extended family, problems will arise when relatives who aren’t the most tech savvy try to join the call and can’t or do and spend the whole time shouting “Where are you?...

If watching the launch is worth being a little tired for work or school tomorrow, here’s everything you need to know about Artemis 1, its much anticipated launch, and when and how to view it. What is the mission of Artemis 1? Artemis 1 is the first part of a multi-step NASA mission to learn more about the Moon, aimed at putting people on the surface of the planet again....

I probably should have. The force with which Pokémon enters a child’s life is frightening. It seems as if the pocket monsters were custom engineered to jack into kids’ amygdalas. Before my son met his Pokémon pal, he was already an animal fan with a vivid imagination. But upon learning about the wild variety of little monsters fighting in a worldwide underground bloodsport, his mind basically exploded. He started spending most of his time waging imaginary Pokémon battles in the backyard....

Still, I was all in. After all, the purported benefits of the penis workout, essentially Kegel exercises for men created by Dr. Andrew Siegel, include improved sexual performance, better bowel control, and dribble-free urination. Was I skeptical of the three-week dick workout plan? Not really. I was more skeptical about whether I could stick it out. So I hedged my bets. I didn’t tell my wife what I was doing....

First, some background. Jamie has always loved music: pop, indie, singer-songwriter acoustic. She took singing and guitar lessons but never followed those muses. And I, as her dad and as an entertainment journalist, always tried to stay current and understand her musical tastes. I also was the concert dad who took Jamie – and later Jamie and friends – to concerts. I chased the tickets on Ticketmaster or StubHub. And, rather than sit in the car, I’d buy a cheap seat somewhere up high at whatever venue, and catch the show....