As a baby, a kid might have snubbed one parent over the other because they found the person it was easiest to get stuff from. That’s not anyone’s fault. And in fact, both parents are in their kid’s broader hierarchy of “people who can get me stuff.” This hierarchy most likely has a deep evolutionary root that allowed our species to thrive. Sadly, it’s hard to use “evolution” as a way to feel better....
I always knew I wanted to be a dad. But I often overlooked just how challenging it was going to be. I specifically remember my wife being pregnant. I was excited. And then, a couple of nights before the baby was due, I thought Oh my god, I’m going to be a father. I started to go through a whirlwind of emotions. I was always a person that enjoyed my own time....
In a twist of events that led to President Trump and Joe Biden not engaging in, as was originally scheduled, a Town Hall-style debate where the two Presidential candidates would take questions from the audience and the moderator, two dueling cable networks held different events. Instead of said-Town Hall, Biden and Trump did their own, separate Town Halls at the same time on different television channels, which forced some viewers to decide which, if any candidate, they wanted to watch for 90 minutes on television last night....
According to CBC News, the House committee will first debate the proposed legislation in a mark-up session before the House modifies and votes on the measures. The legislation in the “Protecting Our Kids Act” that the House Democrats are meeting to discuss would do the following: Make it illegal to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a large-capacity magazine, with some exceptionsEstablish requirements regulating the storage of firearms in residential facilitiesRaise the age for purchasing a semiautomatic centerfire rifle from 18 to 21 years oldStiffen penalties for gun trafficking and straw purchasesBuild on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ regulatory ban on bump stocks, attachments to guns that make rapid-fire easier....
But even though the condition is so common, as the saying goes in the autism community: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” The behavior, mannerisms, difficulties, and points of view of autistic people are wide indeed. Autism is described as a spectrum for a reason, after all. But there are common traits, such as repetitive movements and difficulty with social connection. These traits can feel isolating for neurotypical parents who don’t understand their child’s challenges or even their methods of communication....
RELATED: The Best Action Figures and Dolls For Kids This Holiday Billed as “intuitive connected wooden toys,” Avakai are handcrafted wooden dolls that encourage free play, imagination, and sensory stimulation without any screens, instructions, or rules. Each set of twins is preloaded with 12 expressions and 7 interactions that respond to motions like rolling, shaking, and waving. They can laugh, sing, and blow kisses to each other from up to 50 meters away via Bluetooth, or from across the world through a connected app, which also updates and adds new behaviors to the dolls....
Earlier this week, numerous outlets revealed that the person who snapped the photo — Natasha Crittenden Wilson — was a stranger to the two people in the photo. Here’s what happened. Subsequently, Wilson — who is a mother of seven — appeared on Good Morning America and said “he went over and picked up the sleeping baby and sat and hummed to him and rocked him until he was called back to his room....
Curious about the acute impacts of cannabis for the occasional adult user, we asked two top researchers in the field to give us the blow-by-blow from inhalation (or ingestion) to intoxication to coming down from your high. What Does Weed Do to the Brain? The Cannabis sativa plant contains hundreds of different chemicals present in varying amounts, depending on the strain and how it’s grown. The compound that recreational marijuana users care about most is the psychoactive one: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC....
“We Love You” This seems obvious, but a lot of the time, grandkids just need to hear a simple three world from their grandparents, says clinical psychologist Dr. Sherrie Campbell. “They need to hear they are loved, supported and deeply appreciated by their grandparents,” she says. This support is crucial to helping kids feel they have a strong connection to their family, and that they always have someone they can talk to, especially if they feel like they can’t talk to mom and dad....
With more independence and fewer expectations, what we owe our parents or our children’s grandparents is now calculated in man-hours and long-term investments. Do we owe them a call? Do we owe them Thanksgiving? Do we owe them weekends? Do we owe them end of life care? Do we owe them financial support? Do we owe them grandchildren? Or do we owe them nothing? The answers to this endless litany of questions seem to arise ad hoc, influenced by different ethnic, economic, and interpersonal experiences....
What is the Aurora Borealis? According to Space.com, the Aurora Borealis, also called the Northern Lights, are “beautiful dancing waves of light” that brighten the night sky. More scientifically, the lights are created from energized particles from the sun that “slam into Earth’s upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph,” Space.com explains. The dancing lights come because Earth’s magnetic field redirects those particles towards the poles and create exciting patterns....
It all started when Liz Dueweke, an anchor at Seattle’s local Fox affiliate, posed a question to her Twitter followers. Which of six of the most common Halloween options would you eliminate forever? Trick-or-treaters and their parents who, let’s face it, deserve to steal a piece or two of candy are at the mercy of their neighbors when it comes to what kind of candy they get on Halloween night....
At least 51 countries have gotten the message. Germany, Israel, Norway, and 48 others have outright banned corporal punishment. “Countries are increasingly seeing corporal punishment as outdated and ineffective,” says Amy McCready, Founder of PositiveParentingSolutions.com and author of If I Have to Tell You One More Time, “and more positive change will likely follow as more countries follow the trend.” RELATED: When Is It Ok To Spank My Child? Whether it was a spanking or something more harsh, corporal punishment leaves it marks on kids....
George Mizanin is the father of Mike “The Miz” Mizanin. Mike was facing off against Shane McMahon, himself the son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon. Before the match began, the elder Mizanin showed up in the ring clad in what seemed to be a brand-new WrestleMania shirt—a dad move if we’ve ever seen one. And while he did rock a sweet ‘stache, it was Mizanin’s luxurious mullet that the Internet celebrated, along with his dead serious facial expression and dukes-up fighting stance straight out of Vaudeville....
On Monday, Mark Hamill tweeted panels from the Marvel comic book adaptation of The Last Jedi and likened Luke’s death to that of a junkie overdosing on hard drugs. “Almost like an addict that kicked his habit cold-turkey, remained clean for decades, only to re-use just once & then, tragically, overdoses,” Hamill wrote. It’s an interesting analogy, and other than fueling the neverending fire of geeky Star Wars fan speculation on the internet, Hamill’s comment makes the metaphor of the Force a little more interesting than perhaps it’s ever been....
Though parenting experts are more likely to harp on the behaviors of upper middle-class French women, there’s a lot to be said for focusing on how tribal parents make it work — if only because they parent in keeping with the traditions that helped define human culture from the outset. It wasn’t until relatively recently, in the grand scheme of human history, that parenting practices diversified. Perhaps this is part of why hunter-gatherer parenting practices feel freeing....
But what if your wife came home one day and said, “Hey, I’m going out to dinner with Tim, my new friend from CycleBar”? Would your first thought be, Who the hell is that and why aren’t I invited? For some guys, it would. Because although it might sound absurd and antiquated on its face to say some men have trouble with the idea of opposite-gender friendships outside the confines of marriage, the fact is, many of them still do, despite how much gender roles in society have evolved....
Don’t get us wrong — your kids need your attention, and you need theirs. Research on postpartum depression suggests that not attending to an infant’s early needs can result in issues with attachment, anxiety, and depression later in life. And when fathers aren’t involved, their kids experience lower IQs, increased rates of obesity, and generally higher risk-taking behavior in adolescent years, studies show. Still, there’s plenty of evidence that parents who are too involved in their kids’ lives hinder the development of their children’s prefrontal cortices and make them less resilient....
But here’s the thing: this story isn’t entirely true. Earl Woods didn’t force golf on his son; he saw Tiger take a liking to the sport and made room for him to pursue it. David Epstein, a senior science writer for Sports Illustrated, a former reporter on drug cartels for ProPublica, author of best selling The Sports Gene, debunks this myth in his new book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World....
The visions of Sam’s lonesome life in the woods stuck with me for a very long time. Like the tree that Sam makes his home, the story hollowed me out and took up residence. And, in fact, the feeling was still there when I became a father to two boys of my own. But it wasn’t until we were approaching our first camping trip as a family that I considered introducing my own boys to My Side of the Mountain....
