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When news outlets cover the harassment of black children in predominantly white neighborhoods, the narrative inevitably follows a familiar arc. Facts about the child and the circumstance of the harassment are stated before the anchor starts quoting Twitter hot takes surfacing the new hashtagged nickname of whomever called the cops on an innocent child, whether it was #BBQBecky or #PermitPatty. The story fizzles after that. There are no broader discussions of context or community....

Pfizer Booster Trial for Ages 5 to 11 Has Positive Results Pfizer has completed its trial phase of boosters for children between 5 and 11 and has concluded that the booster provides good immune response and is safe for kids. The clinical trial included 140 children in the age group. The third COVID shot increased antibodies six-fold against the original strain of COVID-19 in these 140 children. A sub-analysis showed that 30 kids had a 36-fold increase against the Omicron variant....

MORE: The 11 Best Toy Robots That Teach Kids Coding And STEM Skills Brad Knox conceived of the idea for Bots Alive the MIT Media Lab, engineering this inexpensive Hexbug add-on to get 6- to 11-year-olds interested in robotics and STEAM (hey, it’s not your fault technology marches on). It uses artificial intelligence, computer vision, and augmented reality (through your smartphone) to bring the bots to life. All they have to do is stick the decal on top of the spider, insert the augmented reality controller into the phone’s headphone jack, and download the app....

“Orthodontics is not like buying a gallon of milk,” explains orthodontist Dr. Jamie Reynolds (www.AskDrReynolds.com) author of the orthodontics guide World Class Smiles Made in Detroit. Getting braces isn’t simply like comparing the low end and high end to save a few bucks, he explains. There is a huge range of technology associated with braces and a huge range of costs associated with those technologies. “If you’re looking to fix one crooked tooth it can be a series of retainers and a few hundred bucks,” Reynolds says....

The mom in question, Misty Daugereaux, told local ABC affiliate KTRK that she was approached by a lifeguard at the Nesseler Park Family Aquatic Center in Texas City, near Galveston, while feeding her 10-month-old son on Sunday. “She said you need to cover up or leave. She gave me the ultimatum,” Daugereaux recalled. “And I said, ‘Well, you show me in your policy where I need to cover up and I’ll leave....

The truth is, trust can be tricky because everyone has their own version of it. It’s often assumed, or contingent on “well, you love me so you should trust me.” But trusting another person isn’t as easy as loving someone. Both building trust and restoring it are complicated, but essential, parts of building a healthy marriage and family. So how do you build trust in relationships? Here are some of the important steps....

The gear here lasts far longer than that. All of the items listed — including luggage, backpacks, umbrellas, boots, kitchen knives, and more — are backed by lifetime warranty, a promise from the maker that if anything happened on their end — and, often, during its life with you — they have you covered. In short, they believe in their products and the use you’ll get out of them. Here are 15 of our favorite products backed by a lifetime guarantee....

Though it’s well-known that being indoors is a major cause of COVID-19 spread because of extended proximity to others, little did we think about the role that air conditioning might play. That’s right. Air conditioners might help recirculate the virus by pushing it around an enclosed area. Just when you were ready to go back to the office… How much evidence is there that this is happening? Frankly, not much....

Everything is disrupted right now — there’s no school, stores, or hanging with my friends — and I’m seeing it as an opportunity for a better life. We live in a dense neighborhood that will never be the same. All the benefits of our community come from lots of people packed into one place and without that, what’s the point? I want us to embrace the dream we’ve played with and move to a cabin....

And that is… The Wedding Singer.All of the Sandler movies listed above have something to offer. There’s no beating the fight between Sandler and Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore. Emmanuelle Chriqui was never more appealing, funny or gorgeous than in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. Sandler has displayed his dramatic acting chops in more films than most people realize, but he particularly shines in Punch Drunk Love and Uncut Gems....

Channing Tatum is a dad who naively assumed that with his dancing (that’s him in Ricky Martin’s She Bangs video and the Magic Mike movie) and Dolce & Gabbana modeling days behind him, that now, as an A-list actor, producer, and children’s book writer, he could be out in public without those telltale sparkles all over him. Only the universe laughed in his face. “I remember being like, all right, I have to get used to always having glitter in my hair....

“It’s simple, delicious, and has deep roots,” says Tam who is the founder of the seafood market Pesce Lulu at The Hugh in New York. “It’s very cleansing and comforting while still being healthy.” Cooking together is a big part of the Tam family, and he enjoys instructing his daughters in the kitchen. (“Teaching my children how to cook is like teaching them how to live,” he says.) His home menu is full of healthy staples, especially soups prepared with halibut-bone- and other umami-packed broths....

Child Tax Credit payments were received monthly by eligible families from July to December 2021. The program — which made the tax credit fully refundable, expanded the tax credit from $2,000 to up to $3,600 per kid, and could be sent in monthly installments — was a resounding success and helped families afford necessities and pay bills. However, the Senate failed to pass an extension on the monthly payments despite overwhelmingly positive feedback from families on both sides of the aisle....

And this, surely, was that. However, it was also a spectacle with real consequence. The first is that the two bouts on the undercard, Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg, were scratched after McGregor’s assault left the fighters badly cut up; the second is that McGregor’s friend Artem Lobov, who participated in the attack, was also removed from the line-up. (Later Max Holloway was declared unfit to fight, thus also throwing the main card into turmoil....

Fatherly spoke to Brittany Polat, the author of Tranquility Parenting: A Guide to Staying Calm, Mindful, and Engaged about how the lessons of stoicism and how they can help parents keep calm in moments of great stress through thought exercises and basic philosophy. I think we could all benefit from a little stoicism right now. What’s the importance of this mindset? I think upfront that it’s important to dispel any ideas that people have about stoicism as being repressing emotions, or having a stiff upper lip....

We don’t know what final form the legislation will ultimately take—paid sick leave and the long-overdue minimum wage hike it contains are particularly large question marks—the stimulus payments it contains are unlikely to change. (And no, the Democrats aren’t going to give you the $2,000 they promised.) Like the previous two rounds of payments, the amount of the payment people are due to receive will decrease as income climbs past $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for couples....

Of course, one wonders why it took Crayola so long to release skin tones. The criticisms toward the crayon company for only having one skin-tone color called “Flesh” that was, you guessed it, just basically white-people-pink have long been leveled against the crayon company. To rectify that oversight, in 1992 Crayola introduced 8 crayon colors, ultra-clean washable markers, colored pencils, and washable paint. With 24 new colors, there are now 40 skin tone crayons....

“It is definitely fair to say it’s not worth the risk.” There are hundreds of videos online of dads balancing babies on the palms of their hands. Sure, most dads play it safe and keep their children over a soft surface. But, as with anything on the internet, others raise the stakes. Some dads have been filmed lifting their wobbly kin above their heads, or running with their kids balanced on the palms of their hands....

But there’s good news: you’ll be too busy and tired to worry about not having sex. During that medically-mandated period of celibacy, you will be caring for a tiny, delicate human being with inscrutable sleeping and eating habits who you love. By the time dads have sex with their wives for the first time after their kids are born, months will have passed and their lives will be different. It can be hard to get back in the swing of things on and off the mattress....

LeapFrog is a tech veteran when it comes to kids’ reading systems and educational toys, so it’s no surprise that the LeapPad Ultimate features trivia and games designed by teachers that focuses on curricula like math, reading, writing, science, and creative skills (In fact, it’s packed with $110 worth of learning games, apps and videos). The tablet, which has a built-in bumper and shatter-safe screen that is more than up for the task of surviving the rough-and-tumble toddler lifestyle, also provides them with access to a library of pre-selected, parent-friendly content....