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It’s been spring for nearly two months, but the polar vortex doesn’t give a damn about the calendar. Millions of Americans are going to experience unseasonably cold temperatures, strong winds, and even snow this weekend. Sorry, moms. Here’s what you need to know about this weekend’s unwelcome conditions. Where will the polar vortex be felt? New England, Appalachia, the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley, and parts of the Midwest will experience the effects of this weekend’s winter storm....

Toddlers See by Learning, Which Makes Teaching Them How to Wipe a Challenge The problem is that kids can’t see back there to know if they’ve wiped correctly and have no internal sensation to tell them when they are done. And no matter how much they want to be big kids and go to the bathroom entirely independently, toddlers simply may not develop the dexterity needed to properly wipe their butt with toilet paper for some months....

You’re resting on the bed next to me. Our two dogs lay next to you – Sully against your back, Zoey on your leg. Animals know when something is wrong. Your watch dings with incoming text messages — probably from friends or colleagues expressing condolences, offering whatever vague but heartfelt assistance they can provide. They’re going unread for the time being. For now, you’re asleep. I want to let you sleep....

“Rachel’s extraordinary vocal abilities are just the beginning of her gifts. Her strength, intelligence and optimism will become an integral part of rediscovering the joy in this classic Disney fairytale,” director Marc Webb said in a statement. Zegler is a relative unknown at this point but she could soon become a household name, as she has several massive projects lined up. She is playing Maria in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, a role that she landed from an open casting call, and she was also recently cast in the Shazam!...

Now, Raffi’s newest track is called “For All You Do,” and it’s all about essential workers. “It’s my song of thanks to essential workers, who do the jobs that make our society tick and help all our lives,” Raffi tells Fatherly. “The teachers, the doctors, the nurses, the delivery people, the transportation people, there are so many essential workers in our lives. And I wanted to say thank you.” The song is a duet with Lindsay Munroe, a children’s musician who has sung with Raffi before....

In theory, the internet is the depository of all of this ephemeral knowledge, but every once in a while, there’s a glitch in the Matrix. For several decades, people have been convinced that the comedian Sinbad did a low-budget genie movie called Shazaam sometime in the 1980s. To be clear, this movie does not exist. It never existed, and the cultural memory of its existence has been largely chalked up to something called “the Mandela Effect,” a physiological phenomenon where a sizable group of people collectively misremember something....

I related. I found it tough and confusing to go back to work after the birth of my child. On one hand, I found parts of office life somewhat absurd in the face of my important new role at home: So many meetings of questionable merit, for example, didn’t stand up to scrutiny. I still wanted to be at home, where I was really needed. But I also found that I was able to focus on my work and do it well with a new sense of clarity and purpose....

The latest news story hit the family of an 8-year-old girl who was terrified while in her own bedroom. A Ring camera was hacked in Tennessee and watching the video, I feel for the little girl. Out of nowhere, she heard a song start to play in her room with the lyrics “tiptoe through the window” playing through the Ring camera. In the video, we see the girl enter the room and we hear a man’s voice say, “I’m your best friend, I’m Santa Claus....

Researchers examined global data from 27 nations to determine the population-level impact of exorbitant housing costs based on the known fact that unaffordable housing is associated with adverse health impacts on a more individual level. The study focused on mortality rates from treatable deaths that could have been prevented with adequate healthcare and preventable deaths that would have been prevented through adequate public health policy. Suicides were also included as “deaths of despair” related to financial hardship....

BRICA i-Hide Car Seat Organizer With Tablet Viewer When you were a kid on long road trips, you had a Sony Walkman with sponge headphones to pass the time. Your kid has a high-resolution touchscreen containing hours of video, games, and music, all secured to the back of your seat with an organizer that holds toys, snacks, a water bottle, and anything else they might need. Basically, you had a cabinet radio; your kid has a multiplex with stadium seating....

This, according to experts, is part of the reason that emergency rooms across the nation are filling up fast with sick kids, many of whom have RSV. And as we move into late fall and winter, the problem is likely to only get worse. So parents need to be a little extra vigilant as we prepare for a rocky cold and flu season ahead. To do that, you have to have your head wrapped around RSV — and all the other illnesses you’re likely to encounter....

Of course, a beautiful trailer doesn’t necessarily translate to an enjoyable feature-length film. After early praise, critics have been harsh on The Lion King (2019) for its story, neither changed nor expanded from the original, and CGI that while beautiful leaves many characters emotionless. One of the more Photoshop-savvy fans decided to do something about it. Nikolay Mochkin — Instagram user ellejart — created what are essentially mash-ups of the new and old character designs, combining the realistic visuals of the new film with some of the more emotive facial expressions of the 1994 effort....

This story was submitted by a Fatherly reader. Opinions expressed in the story do not reflect the opinions of Fatherly as a publication. The fact that we’re printing the story does, however, reflect a belief that it is an interesting and worthwhile read. Many fathers go clothing shopping with their children, but usually the mothers are in charge of the kids’ clothes. Whether it’s because women tend to enjoy shopping more than men, or because society expects them to take on that parenting task, they’re usually the ones with kids’ clothes shopping on their to-do list....

“I just found out this is how they X-ray small children and I can’t stop laughing,” user Ramy Nagdy tweeted on April 29, 2019, along with three photos of young kids squished into some sort of clear tube contraption. Apparently, baby X-rays are something known as a Pigg O Stat, in which children between the ages of 12 months and 3 years old are put in for X-rays to keep them immobilized while also protecting them from exposure to harmful radiation....

A press release in ScienceDaily about the research states that it’s “the first of its kind to unravel the causation of how happiness, the consumption of fruit and vegetables and exercising are related, rather than generalising a correlation.” The researchers, Dr. Adelina Gschwandter, Professor Uma Kambhampati, and Dr. Sarah Jewell, looked at UK Understanding Society Data, a set of data that covers 40,000 UK households over time from 2009 to today....

It turns out, mothers do use social media differently than fathers, starting with the kinds of social media they use. Mothers are far more likely to be posting pics to Instagram and doing whatever it is people do on Pinterest than fathers, which aligns with broader gender-specific trends in social media — including the part about fathers outpacing mothers only on LinkedIn. Overall, mothers use social media more than fathers, and also find it more useful....

Little Girl Waits for Train (2011) Often times the best viral videos are the simplest, like this video of a little girl named Madeline getting very excited watching a train approaching. It’s one of those videos that you want to watch over and over again because her enthusiasm is so damn charming. Sophia Grace and Rosie Sing “Super Bass” (2011) There is no shortage of videos on the internet of kids singing to songs they love but Sophia Grace and Rosie managed to go viral with their hilarious and impassioned cover of Nicki Minaj’s popular song....

LawnStarter compared 174 of the largest cities in the United States by seven categories, including maternity care, affordability, child care, and mom protection (“strength of breastfeeding laws and amount of additional paid leave allowed for pregnancy and childbirth”). Once those totals were tallied, the official ranking was formed, and interestingly, the list revealed that if you are looking for mom-friendly cities, you should definitely head to the coast. In fact, all of the top 10 cities listed were located on the coast....

That being said, there is quality guidance available for understanding your baby’s growth and development. In February 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics overhauled the pediatric milestone checklist. This process included adding developmental milestones for 15-month-olds and 30-month-olds, and revamping other milestone charts to reflect things most children (75% or more) can do by a certain age. To help parents track milestones on their own, the CDC has released a free Milestone Tracker mobile app, for iOS and Android devices, a Digital Online Checklist, and a PDF checklist that parents can download and print....

If you only consider the financial return and ignore everything else, every dollar you spend on kids furniture is a bad investment. Despite their size, immobility, and deceptive cuteness, babies are unstoppable forces of destruction who will inevitably break, wear down, defile, or instantly outgrow everything you buy for them. If we only need baby furniture for a short time, doesn’t it make sense to rent it and return it?...