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The fact is that not all of the prep work is self-evident. And much of it isn’t even covered in the baby books. Even our well-researched book Fatherhood is only able to cover some of the most pressing topics. What follows are 15 “must-dos” before the baby arrives — a checklist of survival tips for new dads that will make the first few weeks back home more about gently coming to terms with a new reality than a chamber of stress and terror....

Why It Works The keyword here is tidy. Notice the clean edge where scruff meets skin on his cheeks, creating a groomed, refined look.The closely trimmed length gives it just enough scruff without looking unkempt.Isaac’s natural salt and pepper beard lend a unique hue that’s soft and subtle on the bold contours of his face. How You Can Make It Work There’s a fine line between great 5 o’clock shadow and the “I didn’t bother to shave” look....

What to Know Pfizer said on Thursday, April 1, that the vaccine is effective against the COVID-19 South African variant (B.1.351) and effective for at least six months after vaccination. That the vaccine is effective against the variant suggests that the vaccine will be highly effective in real-world conditions. In a trial of the vaccine’s efficacy, which included 44,000 people, some of whom were given the vaccine and others who were given the placebo, only 77 symptomatic cases of COVID-19 took place of those who were vaccinated, making the vaccine 91....

Phantom lives at Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue, a rescue center in Maryland. He had to move there after he outgrew his previous caregivers’ stables. Given his uncommon size, it’s not a surprise he needs some extra room. Phantom weighs a staggering 2,000lb and measures just under 7-feet-tall, or 20.1 hands to his withers. However, adding in his head, he sits around 8 feet. The Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue shared a video of Phantom on TikTok....

People who got pregnant right after a miscarriage had a higher live birth rate than those who waited longer — 53 percent compared to 36 percent, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health. Additional research found that people who got pregnant again within three months of a miscarriage reduced their risk of another pregnancy loss compared to those who conceived after three months. When Getting Pregnant After Miscarriage, Sooner Is Better Than Later In general, the risk of having a second miscarriage is low....

“Our investigation revealed, for the first time, that maternal mobile phone use may actually have a positive impact,” study coauthor Jan Alexander of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said in a statement. “More specifically, mobile phone use in pregnancy was associated with lower risk of the child having low language and motor skills at 3 years of age.” The results challenge multiple past studies that have linked prenatal cell phone use to behavioral problems in children....

The colors all go together, as do the styles. Even better: The key pieces stay in rotation, so you don’t need to buy 73 pairs of the same sweats in different sizes because you suspect that in three months, the company will retire that style. The clothes are tag-less, which isn’t something you think about until your kid decides to start thrashing when their skin comes into contact with one....

“Treehouse of Horror” is so venerable, popular, and influential that its satirical takes on classic movies, books, and legends have sometimes supplanted their inspiration in the public imagination. Multiple generations, for example, know The Devil & Daniel Webster primarily, if not exclusively, as the “Treehouse of Horror” segment where Homer Simpson sells his soul to Ned Flanders’ Devil in exchange for a donut rather than as a classic short story about the power of the American justice system to overcome supreme evil or as a classic movie with Walter Huston in an Oscar-nominated turn as a wily devil....

To be fair, all the kids in the Jurassic movies are great, and this ranking isn’t meant to hurt anyone’s feelings or say these actors are bad people. Instead, we just wanted to figure out how the kids stack up against each other, totally independent of the movies they’re in, or the other children they’re often paired with. This list is totally subjective. All children and all dinosaurs are wonderful and perfect....

Fatherly is proud to present an excerpt from the book, a story called “There’s Going to Be a Fight in the Cafeteria on Friday and You Better Not Bring Batman,” by Lamar Giles. In the story, a boy struggles with an ever-changing list of action figures and wonders whether or not the movie Kazaam is worth watching. It’s hilarious, heartwarming, and very real. Enjoy the short story in its entirety right here and be sure to buy the book wherever books are sold....

A new study from kids’ bed specialist Cuckooland tried to find the best Christmas songs that’ll have kids falling asleep on the 24th and throughout the holiday season. “The function of a lullaby is to soothe a baby and put them to sleep, so common features we would expect to see in lullabies would be, a slow(ish) tempo, relatively quiet dynamics, simple rhythm pattern – potentially one that imitates a rocking movement and a simple melody,” says Annaliese Grimaud, a researcher at the Music & Science Lab at Durham University....

The clip begins with Rogers walking into Carle’s studio, where the author is painting tissue paper. Carle walks Rogers through the process, showing how he uses pieces of old carpet to create specific prints on the paper. Rogers then asks Carle to show him and the audience how he makes an illustration and the author happily obliges, creating a beautiful work of art with nothing but tissue paper and some yellow and green paint....

Skye Arthur-Banning is an associate professor in the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management Department at Clemson University and an expert in community recreation and sportsmanship. He’s also the editor of a new book entitled Youth Sports in America: The Most Important Issues in Youth Sports Today. A collaboration of top experts in the field of athletics, medicine, and psychology, the book tackles the hot-button issues challenging youth sports today ⏤ from skyrocketing costs and declining participation to out-of-control parents and a concussion epidemic ⏤ and is meant as a helpful tool for parents, coaches, and sports administrators alike....

I’m driving way too fast, just vaguely slowing down for stop signs. It might be my imagination, but it seems like we’re the only car in our lane. There’s plenty of traffic going the other way, away from the helicopters. Does everybody in the city know what’s happening already? Are they evacuating and we’re the only idiots driving straight into the carnage? There are two layers of emotion that hit you when you’re a parent and you’ve just received a text from your kid’s school informing you that they’re on lockdown because there’s an active shooter in the area....

According to recent scrutiny by public policy experts and researchers regarding disciplinary policies and their effect indicates schools are targeting the 14.5 million children of color and children with disabilities in our country unfairly. In fact, according to federal data released by the Civil Rights Data Collection, black children are suspended at much higher rates than their white peers, even when controlled for all variables. The state of school suspension — and who it affects the most — isn’t new....

Studies show that along with excess pounds, a complex mess of changes to gut flora, metabolism, fats, and, yes, mental health all work together to make you fatter, unhealthier, and more miserable. So why should you quit your well-intentioned but altogether unhealthy diet plan? And what can you replace it with? Let’s get into it. Yo-Yo Dieting Messes With Your Metabolism Here’s what happens when you follow a diet — any diet — that is restrictive compared to your everyday eating habits: Your basal metabolic rate, or the minimal amount of energy your body needs to perform simple functions at rest, drops....

According to a dictionary definition, intelligence is “the ability to learn, understand or deal with new situations” or “the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly.” READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Genetics This is obviously quite broad. Indeed, even animals display a number of different forms of intelligence, typically critical for survival. These range from reaching or gathering sources of food and escaping predators to the sharing of duties within a group (such as in ant communities)....

Who greets us as we enter? If he’s not too busy, Sherlock Holmes. He’s rude and dismissive of our feelings. He doesn’t care about our children’s anxiety or whether we keep our jobs. He’s focused on the crime that has taken place, the theft of our faculties. As we pour out our feelings, he crosses his legs and smokes a pipe. There’s a solution in his mind. Hell, the solution might be his mind....

Sleep consultants work with parents to establish a sleep-training plan. Then they provide the support and accountability to actually stick to it. As an industry, sleep consulting has emerged and grown over the last decade. As of 2016, the median amount of time a sleep consultant had been in practice was only four years, according to a survey published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Now, they’re here to help families through the pandemic....

are not medically necessarynot required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain a prescription for the medication.The law would requireback Class 6 felonyCNN.Further complicating matters is that pharmaceutical abortion is only available prior to the 11th week of pregnancy. Many people do not realize they are pregnant until around the six to the eight-week point, meaning three physician visits are required in the approximately one-month span between detection and the medication’s gestational cut-off — an unreasonable requirement for most pregnant people to be able to meet, especially if, say, their doctor’s office is fully booked when they realize they are pregnant....