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This all happened the same week that Amy Cooper — a white woman who lives in New York City — was caught on video calling the police on a black man in the Ramble area of Central Park, a known bird-watching sanctuary, after he asked her to leash her dog. Keedron Bryant responded to the events, it seems, with a beautiful song that he posted to Instagram, which has since been viewed nearly a million times and is being shared across social media at a pace....

With no consensus regarding school reopening plans, parents are left to wonder whether their schools will actually open and, if so, what the arrangement will be. We are swept up in a seemingly endless whirlwind of uncertainty, with thousands of concerns forming the inverted cone around us. Is my child’s school opening full-time? Is it following a hybrid model? Is it safe to send my kid back to school? Are the other parents being smart about COVID safety?...

RELATED: Your Complete, Unabridged Guide to Sleep Training 1. Turn Off All Screens Your infant probably isn’t watching TV just yet (please no). But screens and blue light are everywhere and, especially if they’re in their room, they can disrupt sleep. 2. Go Totally Dark Blackout curtains are essential baby sleep gear. But before you set them up and call it a day, go into the room, turn out the lights, and stand there and look for more light leakage....

So, which Disney+ Christmas specials are solid? Which ones are you better off pretending don’t exist? Here’s our 2021 guide. 5 Disney+ Christmas Movies Worth Watching 5. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure If ever there was a perfect time to watch this beloved new Disney classic, it’s during the Christmas season. The royal sisters of Arendale, Anna and Elsa, are back, and while they’ve got Elsa’s powers in hand (for now) they want to enjoy Christmas together....

This is great news for the countless cinephiles, who love nothing more than curling up on the couch and watching two conventionally gorgeous people meet, go through a series of hilarious antics, and eventually live happily ever after. Still, for others, the idea of sitting through all the lazy tropes and corny dialogue of a rom-com is worse than having to rush to the airport to let the love of your life know how you feel before they jet off to start a new life on the other side of the country....

So, parenting is wonderful. But it can also be pure hell. To celebrate some of the more infuriating parts about raising kids, here are 51 specific moments of parenting that are just the worst.

One such feeling that always gets brought up is contempt. In a marriage, contempt is acting as though your partner is beneath you or not worth your time. It’s disregarding someone else’s thoughts and opinions or actively displaying scorn for them. Dr. John Gottman considers contempt to be the most dangerous of his “Four Horseman,” the quartet of communication styles that signify problems in a marriage. As summed up by The Gottman Institute, “contempt is fueled by long-simmering negative thoughts about one’s partner, and it arises in the form of an attack on someone’s sense of self....

So, what, exactly, happens when you sit? A lot, actually. “Long periods of sitting affect the entire body,” explains Youfit Health Clubs’ National Director of Fitness, Raphael Konforti, MS, CPT. “From your individual muscles to your brain, when you sit down you’re folding your body up like an old beach chair.” Konforti continues: “When we’re sitting, some muscles are in a shortened position – which makes them tight – and some are in a lengthened position – which makes them weaker and less active....

Kids with symptoms of ADHD have been fighting an uphill battle for proper recognition and treatment in the face of wild misconceptions — and parents are often the victims of these misconceptions. But when kids with ADHD have parents who know the facts and have a deeper understanding of neurodiversity, all involved have a better chance to thrive. Here are seven of the most common myths surrounding ADHD, debunked....

Here are the funniest animal jokes and puns for kids, including cow jokes, horse jokes, dog jokes, cat jokes, fish jokes, and more. Dog Jokes Horse Jokes Cat Jokes Cow Jokes Fish Jokes Other Animal Jokes What do you get from a pampered cow? / Spoiled milk. Editor’s note: All of these corny kids jokes are in the public domain. However, we spotted a few of these on Funology.com and in The Little Golden Book of Jokes and Riddles, which, honestly, we can’t recommend strongly enough....

While some short jokes cheat their way to a laugh by using bad words or innuendo, those one-liners simply aren’t appropriate for younger kids. The main challenge of finding a great dad joke is choosing funny jokes that are ridiculous, innocent, and suitable for all ages. Think of it as Seinfeld versus Chapelle: Both are funny, but only one comedian can play in the background while your 10-year-old is still awake....

That’s why we called up Santa Ken, a 77-year-old (377 years old if you ask him) African-American Santa who spreads cheer in the Delaware area. For this jolly fellow, who is a member of the National Santa group, it’s the most wonderful time of year. The smiling faces, the happy kids, and the chance to spread legitimate joy — and representation — keep him coming back to his Santa suit time and time again....

While tying shoes might seem like second nature to most of us, the reason adults have an easy time tying our shoelaces is that our fingers are big enough to hold the two loops shut while we tie the shoes up. This is where a lot of kids get stuck because tying a knot but maintaining the integrity of the loop is harder for people with little kid hands. Colton’s method brilliantly removes this challenge from the equation....

On November 10, NASA and The History Channel announced that they had discovered a large piece of the Challenger shuttle off of Florida’s east coast. The 20-foot-long piece of debris was found during the filming of a new History Channel series called The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters, set to premiere this month on The History Channel, CNN reports. “NASA currently is considering what additional actions it may take regarding the artifact that will properly honor the legacy of Challenger’s fallen astronauts and the families who loved them,” the space agency said in a news release....

At 2:52 AM Congress released a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). While more than a few major changes were made, the bill would notably require airlines to let pregnant women board flights first as well as give passengers traveling with children the opportunity to check their stroller. The only catch to the second new rule is that the parent checking the stroller must be traveling with a small child....

When you become a parent, you think you know what it’s like to be sick. Unless you’ve endured a serious illness or are somehow immunocompromised, you probably have no idea what you’re talking about. Your idea of illness is the Old World of maladies — a head cold, a sinus infection, maybe even mono — but you haven’t seen anything yet. When you have kids, you enter the New World....

The various animated adventures in a galaxy far, far away can be very confusing. If you’ve got an older kid — in the 8 to 15 range — and they’re really into Star Wars, it’s tempting to start watching the two most prominent Star Wars cartoons on Disney+; The Clone Wars and Rebels from the very beginning. But, that’s a lot of animated Star Wars stuff to deal with, and if you’re worried about getting trapped in all the muck, like Luke in the trash compactor on the Death Star, there’s an easy solution....

“The assumption of being from a showbiz family are slightly skewed. I had good parents who taught me to be kind. And to always be humble,” he tells Fatherly. Those lessons didn’t skip a generation. Goldwyn raised his daughters far away from Sunset and Melrose, in suburban Connecticut with his wife, production designer Jane Musky. Now a free agent, Goldwyn appeared on Broadway in Network and is currently shooting Lovecraft Country, an HBO series produced by Jordan Peele and J....