Tatum briefly tried to convince his daughter of the movie’s merits, arguing that Step Up was so successful that it spawned an endless flow of sequels, but she remained unconvinced. So he did what any good dad would do: let his daughter watch Moana for the hundredth time. Fortunately, Tatum isn’t spending too much time sulking over his daughter’s harsh criticism. Instead, he has a plan to win her over....
In fact, of the total of physical music revenue in the first half of 2020, vinyl took away 62 percent of total revenue, totalling some $232 million in sales, while the other 38% came from CD-roms. This could at least partly be because CD players are super hard to come by these days, with a lot of laptops no longer coming with them and streaming taking over and changing hardware of our products....
Vsauce videos regularly receive millions of views. And there are no signs of the Vsauce brand slowing down. The trio recently launched a subscription science mailer, the Curiosity Box, which sends a hand-picked, random array of science goodies to your door. They also created a fourth variety-themed YouTube channel, a variety themed one called D.O.N.G, where they interact with fans and cover topics beyond science. Fatherly chatted with Stevens, Lieber, and Roper about creating viral science sensations, becoming Bill Nye for a new generation, and why the Kool-Aid Man could truly burst through a brick wall and not shatter....
Marriage criteria is much more complicated today, at least for those of us #blessed enough to not have to rely on subsistence farming. In our modern world of Seamless deliveries and abundant Chipotle franchises, our needs are just as urgent but more abstract. Eli Finkel, who runs the Relationships and Motivation Lab at Northwestern University, contends that modern married couples continue to value love and comfort as much as previous generations....
Well, one mom hilariously portrayed the vibes of all parents dropping off their kids at school in the morning on TikTok. The short video, which hilariously breaks down her pre-school aged kids’ expectations of how she feels after dropping them off at school in the morning, versus how she actually feels, will feel like the truth to all parents. And there is, unsurprisingly, a big difference between their expectations and reality....
Your father knew nothing. Well, next to nothing — at least, next to nothing when it came to the likely effect he would have on you or your life. At most, when you were born, he had an inkling of what his presence and participation could offer. You inherited that same inkling. You’re considering it now, an undistinguished mass like an uncut diamond. Your sense is that you can make something priceless of it, but even the first cut requires a decision you might not be ready for....
So, what did parents learn about their kids during lockdown? That’s what we wanted to know. The 17 men who responded to our request spoke of both positives (they discovered hidden passions and quiet strengths) and negatives (a child’s penchant for the dramatics; signs of bullying). All of these realizations led the men to take a harder look at what they need to do to encourage the positive and offer better examples to deter the negative....
What will the new 988 hotline do? On July 14, the Federal Communications Commission voted to designate 988 as the nationwide emergency number for suicide prevention. Calling the three-digit number will connect callers to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It will be available nationally on July 16. Anyone in the United States can call or text 988 to be connected to trained counselors who can offer support and resources. Counselors can also assess for suicide risk and offer health service referrals or engage the necessary emergency services if needed....
This real-life doctor’s office is in Seoul. I’m originally from Kentucky, but right after college, I decided to make some money and see the world teaching English in South Korea. I met my wife soon after arriving. We lived in the States for a few years, where we had a baby girl, but when I lost my corporate job there, we decided to move back to Korea, where I would have total job security....
Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, has also forged into new territory, becoming the first second-gentleman. This means he is the highest-profile, supportive male-partner ever. The second-gentleman is a new position that provides an opportunity for Emhoff to show millions a new vision of masculinity on the country’s biggest stage. And while it’s not exactly an elected position, our second-gentleman elect has already offered signs that he’s up to the role. In modern, healthy relationships being truly supportive of a spouse demands understanding, validation, love, trust, honesty, good communication, and the ability to strive for equity at home....
Cyberbullying in isolation is very uncommon. Of young people who report being bullied, a clear majority have said it occurred face-to-face (71.5 percent). Over a quarter experienced bullying face-to-face and online (27.4 percent), and a very small percentage experienced cyberbullying only (1.1 percent). READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Bullying It’s important we don’t focus on cyberbullying alone, and instead address the fundamentals of bullying more widely. Essential to tackling this complex issue is understanding which kids bully and why they do it....
You’re a wise man, Terry. Kids are amazing. They’ll give your life a dimension it’s never had before. But there’s nothing that’s going to tear a hole in your wallet faster than a new baby. From now on, you’ll need to watch those pennies more closely, and budgeting apps can certainly help. The fact that there are so many apps on iTunes and Google Play is actually a double-edged sword....
Studies Suggest February Babies May Be Taller And Smarter Compared to their summer-born peers, February babies are longer and heavier at birth and grow to be taller by the time they turn 7, according to data on 21,000 kids worldwide. These big kids similarly score higher on neurocognitive tests. Although it’s important to note that not all scientists agree that February babies are taller — one even larger study indicated that summer babies are, in fact, tallest — parents can call it even (or settle it on the basketball court)....
Parenting experts are unequivocal about one thing: kids learn from what parents do, not what they say. Children look to adults to learn how to be a person living in the world. Parents are models of appropriate behavior, and not simply when it comes to how we communicate with each other in the home. Children are looking at our entire lives. They see how we work. They see our stress and what we do to cope with our stress....
“The death of a child is considered the single worst stressor a person can go through,” says Deborah Carr, Ph.D., chair of the sociology department at Boston University. “Parents and fathers specifically feel responsible for the child’s well-being. So when they lose a child, they’re not just losing a person they loved. They’re also losing the years of promise they had looked forward to.” Although parents mourning the loss of a child are, in many ways, experiencing classic grief responses — the usual battery of psychological, biological, and social repercussions — there are many unique challenges....
When Do Babies Start Dreaming? Science can’t determine what images a baby’s brain conjures during sleep, and the babies aren’t telling us themselves. However, researchers can observe biological processes that correlate with dreaming, chief among them being rapid eye movement. Rapid eye movement (REM) is the primary characteristic of REM sleep, a stage in the sleep cycle during which humans are most likely to dream. “The dreaming state is just REM sleep,” says nurse practitioner Maile Moore of the Boston Children’s Hospital Sleep Center....
Massive Spoilers ahead for the entire third season of Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Even if you’ve read the books, you might want to stop reading this now if you haven’t finished the show. Mostly, Beatrice is a character named Beatrice Baudelaire who is the deceased mother of the three Baudelaire orphans. In the books she is never “seen” and in the TV series, she appears — for the first time — in a series of flashbacks played by actress Morena Baccarin....
So what is a smile — and why do newborns take a few months to get the hang of it? Hypotheses abound, but there’s no one comprehensive theory. Some suspect we picked up smiling from our ape-like ancestors; others maintain that it’s largely cultural. And it’s similarly unclear why babies start smiling late in the game (although neuroscientists have their theories). Here’s everything we know about the science of smiling — and what remains a mystery: A Short History Of Smile Science Charles Darwin was among the first to take a stab at explaining why humans smile....
For instance, after the Jan. 23 case in which a 15-year-old student allegedly shot and killed two students and wounded 16 others at a small-town high school in Kentucky, some Kentucky lawmakers called for armed teachers and staff. If anything, the response of the Kentucky lawmakers represents what has been called the “target-hardening” approach to school shootings. This approach attempts to fortify schools against gun violence through increased security measures....
Yet many new parents obsess over their newborn’s Apgar score. They get overly excited about a 9 or the incredibly rare 10, or they worry what a low or middle-of-the-road score may mean long term, even though their little one is now perfectly healthy. To these parents, pediatricians and obstetricians say, calm down. A child’s Apgar score is important to doctors and nurses in the moment, no question, but it tells very little about how the kid will turn out....
