Dads withdraw emotionally not out of lack of love for their families, but often an overwhelming amount of it combined with an inability to cope. This impulse is relatively universal and not entirely their fault. When boys are brought up to believe that many emotions are not acceptable, learning to deal with them as a man can be a challenge — but learning to deal with them as a new parent is a minefield....
I shrug and reply, “I can live with that.” Or, “That’s cool with me.” Or, “I’ve got plenty of friends already.” My son’s vain attempt to weaponize our camaraderie must have its origins at daycare, where best-friend status carries weight. He sure as hell didn’t pick it up at home. Colloquially, my son is my buddy, pal and occasionally dude, but he’s not really my friend. And I plan to keep it that way....
“Shame is different from other feelings such as embarrassment because shame makes the individual feel that he or she is not acceptable or worthy as a human,” says clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Manly. “Embarrassment and guilt, on the other hand, give the message, ‘I did something off or socially unacceptable.’ If left unchecked, shame can become a truly destructive core belief.” Guilt and embarrassment occur in the amygdala and insular cortex and shame in temporal and frontal lobes....
Look, it’s going to happen. You’re gonna yell. But understanding why you scream at your kids can help you keep it to a minimum, and ensure that your children grow up around mostly friendly voices—with only the occasional bellow. You think you’re protecting them Anger often gets a bad rap, Julienne B. Derichs, a clinical family counselor, told Fatherly. “It exists to mobilize the instinctual fight-or-flight response meant to protect us from danger....
Several decades later, at the very end of an extraordinary career that saw him flourishing in everything from big-budget popcorn fare like Superman to broodingly intense dramas like Network, All the President’s Men, and Mikey and Nicky, Beatty made an indelible impression as the voice of the head bad guy in a movie nearly as dark as Deliverance but pitched to more of a family audience: 2010’s Toy Story 3, which has the distinction of being one of only three animated films nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (Up and Beauty and the Beast are the other two)....
“Turkey burgers are one of my favorite comfort meals,” says the rapper, singer, actor, and father of one. “I have been eating them for over 15 years and everyone who knows me, knows they hold a special place.” This turkey burger recipe, which Khalifa has dubbed the “Taylor Gang Turkey Burger”, comes courtesy of Khalifa’s newly launched “HotBox By Wiz”, a delivery-only national restaurant chain. Khalifa curated the menu, which includes options like wings, sandwiches, chips, and more based on his favorite 420 eats....
“It’s all about the process,” says Jennifer Petriglieri, an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the graduate business school INSEAD. Petriglieri’s research revolves specifically around dual-career couples — that is, couples in which both partners have large jobs — and the author of the upcoming book Couples That Work. Petriglieri says couples can often become obsessed with the output, asking A or B questions such as: what should I chose, my family life, or my career?...
The authors concluded that men with access to willing wombs may be just as likely as heterosexual men to say they want kids, regardless of their sexual orientations. “I think part of what’s going on is that the routes to parenthood when you have a womb and eggs available to you are logistically simpler and often more affordable than when you don’t,” coauthor Rachel G. Riskind, assistant professor of psychology at Guilford College, told Fatherly....
“It seems to be a lot of set-up situations like, ‘We’re exposing (one son’s) text messages to his girlfriend!’ and basically a bunch of situations designed to embarrass the various kids,” vlogger Amanda the Jedi explained in a recent video critiquing the Martin parents. “There is still footage of kids freaking out because they are being harassed. The pranks are directed more directed toward the adults, which is probably the smart way to go, but it’s still just very exploitative....
Warning: This post contains mild Aladdin spoilers. For the most part, the ending is pretty much the same in both versions of Aladdin. The titular street rat manages to trick Jafar into turning himself into a Genie so he can then be trapped in a lamp. Rather than use his third wish for himself, Aladdin chooses to free the Genie. Despite the whole “lying about who he was” fiasco, Aladdin and Jasmine end up together....
The actress, who uttered the instantly iconic line “love you 3000” to her movie dad, is being criticised for not taking the time to speak with fans at a Los Angeles mall. Fans were quick to attack Rabe for being unprofessional (again, she’s 7), specifically her mother Jessica for the way she handled the situation. In a Instagram post from Rabe’s parent-run account, the family explains that, hello, they’re human beings and sometimes not able to stop and chat with fans....
Holy crap, I cannot believe this movie came out on Mother’s Day weekend. It is either the worst possible — or, perhaps, the best possible — movie to be coming out right in time for Mother’s Day. Either way, this timing is ridiculous. Let’s talk about it. At length. Warning: This article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Wanda Maximoff, one-time Avenger and the complicated protagonist of the Disney+ WandaVision series, is the villain in Multiverse of Madness....
Even as these trespassing signs take Etsy by storm, creating a mini-industry of baby-related signage, experts are voicing concern. “‘Don’t Touch’ signs tend to have cute images and rhyming messages,” explains James Kellaris, a professor of signage and visual marketing at the University of Cincinnati. “I predict the baby gets touched before people process the sign.” There’s an entire field of research dedicated to studying signage, but there is still “no magic formula for an effective sign,” Kellaris says....
Spoilers ahead for the ending of Joker. You’ve been warned. Back in 1989, Tim Burton caused a little bit of a stir in the comic-book nerd community when his film Batman, revealed that Jack Nicholson’s Joker was the one who killed Batman’s parents. But now, at the end of Joker, essentially the same thing happens. Joquin Phoenix’s Joker doesn’t kill Bruce Wayne’s parents outright, but he does create a lawless situation that basically causes it to happen....
Major spoilers for the ending of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ahead. Thanks to resident clone-child Maisie (Isabella Sermon) all the dinosaurs rescued from Isla Nublar in the first half of the movie are let loose in North America at the end of the movie. The final sequences show that the dinos have spread quickly over the continent, and even surfers aren’t safe from that giant shark-eating mosasaur from the first movie....
‘Nature Hunt,’ as one might guess, is an impromptu scavenger hunt in which toddlers are tasked with collecting random items generously left around the yard by Mother Earth. Considering the myriad benefits of outdoor play ⏤ including a reduction in stress, improved levels of Vitamin D, and increased physical and cognitive development ⏤ the game is an easy way to exercise younger toddlers, promote a healthy lifestyle, and foster an early interest in science and the environment....
Now, the numbers could have been a bit higher for both films, but people understandably stayed home in the Northeast as Hurricane/tropical storm Henri swooped through the region, dumping endless amounts of rain and causing deadly flooding. And speaking of staying home, let’s not forget that PAW Patrol opened day and date in theaters and on Paramount Plus, while Reminiscence debuted day and date in theaters and HBO Max. Interestingly, PAW Patrol ranked number two at the box office behind another family-friendly title, Free Guy, a live-action comedy-adventure-fantasy starring Ryan Reynolds, which opened at #1 last weekend and retained the top slot with an $18....
In multiple interviews, both the Rock and director Rawson Marshall Thurber emphasized that the goal of Skyscraper was to make a movie, not a franchise. In other words, if you’re interested in a direct sequel to Skyscraper it’s very, very unlikely. Now, if the movie is super successful, then it totally stands to reason that Thurber and Dwayne Johnson could make another movie. It just won’t be about Will Sawyer saving his family from another troublesome building....
In retrospect, the use of Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” in trailers for the film, which opens in theaters this Friday, July 8, should’ve been an early tipoff. Then again, Axl Rose wrote that song about his then-girlfriend, so it’s also a fitting score for the rekindling romance between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Jane Foster (Nathalie Portman, returning to the franchise for the first time since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World)....
“The earlier in adolescence a child begins using these substances, the greater the potential impact on brain development and functioning,” Megan Martz, Ph.D., a psychiatry professor at the University of Michigan and author on the study, said in a press release. “Their household environments and messaging from parents can play a major role at this age, while the influence of peers will become more important over time.” The study, published in Drug & Alcohol Dependence Reports found that kids as young as 9 and 10 begin to wonder about alcohol, tobacco, and even recreational drugs such as marijuana....
