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Creeped Out originally aired in the U.K. and Canada last year and was also christened this generation’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? The horror anthology series, featuring preteen and teenager protagonists, follows The Curious, an anonymous figure in a hockey mask, as he messes with reality with his Instamatic camera. Yes, an Instamatic camera is used as a horror device. We’re all that old now. Each episode features a new story with The Curious being the only element that connects them....

Basic Fun’s Arcade Classic series is a collection of retro games housed inside their own portable retro console. Their version of The Oregon Trail retains the 1974 classic’s graphics and sound effects and its housing is made to resemble a ’70s-era computer with a monochrome layout and chunky keys. It even makes you push a “floppy disk” into its drive to boot up the game. The best part about the whole console may not even be its immersive design but the fact that it’s fully portable, perfect for road trips or plane rides and theoretically playable on the actual Oregon Trail itself....

Jess Fox, an Australian kayaker competing at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, showed how an Olympic village condom can be used to effectively repair holes in kayaks in an Instagram video. “Bet you never knew condoms could be used for kayak repairs,” the text in the video read. But what may be surprising is that the condom isn’t actually used as the patch in the hole in the kayak itself. In the video, you see a kayak that has a hole in the front and the Australian team manages to fix that hole with some carbon mixture and a condom....

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, and a leading national voice on the COVID-19 pandemic, recently wrote a Twitter thread explaining that people need a break from the strictest of pandemic precautions, even if just for a little while. “During future surges, we may need to ask people to pull back or mask up again. Preserving people’s willingness to do things is critical....

Maybe a little of both. Coaches will tout the fact that they are there to help normalize parenting struggles and provide extra support for everything from temper tantrums to acclimating to a new school, sleep problems, or not connecting with a certain child as much as other siblings. But parent coaches often aren’t mental health professionals — many come to the field from their own experience as parents — and they don’t work with children directly....

On November 10, Paul was given the title of “sexiest man”, and he was shocked while the rest of the world was pleasantly surprised. “I do have an awareness, enough to know that when people hear that I’d be picked for this, they would say, ‘What?’ ” he said in an interview with People. “This is not false humility. There are so many people that should get this before me....

After a staggering 13 years in the role, actress Harley Bird will no longer be the voice of the titular pig in the popular children’s series Peppa Pig. On Valentine’s Day 2020, Amelia Bea Smith took over for Harley Bird. For children — or slightly crazed dads — this might be exactly like when a new actor takes over the role of another British icon: James Bond. In other words, this is a big deal (for me) and it might be a really rough transition (for me)....

You’ve probably noticed quite a few sanitizers on the market, sized specifically to clean your phone. A step up, in terms of size, from a phone sanitizer is a device that cleans remote controls, tablets, and gaming consoles, all of which harbor varying amounts of bacteria and which we, as flawed humans, routinely forget to clean. That’s where PhoneSoap’s HomeSoap UV sanitizer comes in. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic made us hyper-aware of germs, PhoneSoap was generating buzz for its liquid-less method of cleaning smartphones, which was boosted by an NIH study that found that UV bulbs were an effective way of sanitizing your phone....

“In developed countries, the incidence is 33 cases of pneumonia for every 10,000 children under the age of five,” warns Katie Mysen, DNP, a family nurse practitioner with MobiCare, LLC, and an adjunct instructor at Oakland University. “Pneumonia can occur at any time of year, but is more prevalent in the colder months because kids spend more time in enclosed spaces with other people.” That’s the same reason why kids are afflicted with more colds and flu in winter – and part of the reason pneumonia is so difficult for parents to identify....

It sounds counterintuitive, but it’s not. In fact, its simplicity is what makes the Now so brilliant. Unlike the company’s recent releases, the Polaroid Now doesn’t mess around with multiple lenses or extraneous connectivity features that don’t really serve much of a purpose. Instead, its newest camera has an autofocus system that detects the subject you’re shooting, then slides in a 35mm or 40mm lens based on how far the subject is from the camera, and does the work for you....

Today, a group of 134 organizations called on the Biden Administration to extend the PSLF program waiver — a waiver that fixed major problems with the existing PSLF program — to allow public servants to take advantage of the benefits they were promised and routinely denied. The group also asked the Biden administration to let the PSLF waiver work in lock step with the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program changes, which haven’t yet gone into effect, in order to provide maximum benefits to borrowers....

Fast forward to today, and home loans are even cheaper. As of this writing, average rates on a 30-year mortgage are in the sub-3% range, something that seemed unthinkable even a decade ago. If you’re like a lot of homeowners, that may leave you wondering: Should I refinance my mortgage now? While trading in your existing home loan for one with lower interest may seem like an easy call, experts say that, much like those robots in disguise, there’s more to mortgage refinancing than meets the eye....

Car rentals through Silvercar are established through an online app, so once a parent gains access to the mobile app, they can then see their rental which will have already been outfitted with however many car seats the family requested. The car seats available are the Primo Viaggio Convertible and Viaggio Flex 120, both of which are top-end models. Previously, the only way to get a free car seat with a rental was to be a AAA and also rent through Hertz....

Roblox’s particular brand of world- and character-building has always been popular, but the platform was uniquely set to thrive in the pandemic, as it allows kids to play together while staying apart. And thrive it did, as the platform’s sales grew by 82 percent over 2020. It now boasts more than 30 million users, half of which are under the age of 13. The company went public a few months ago and was valued at $30 billion in January....

“We never fight,” he bragged. “It’s been six months and never once has there been anything more than a slight disagreement.” Having experienced more than a few unsuccessful relationships, including a recent separation, I wanted to comment that avoiding confrontation is a bad idea. Instead, I smiled and ordered another round. No personal relationships come without conflict, and this is especially true for marriages. When two people share a life, children, and responsibilities, disagreements are unavoidable....

This week, in an interview with ComicBook.com, Sam Raimi confirmed that, yes, he is taking the place of Scott Derrickson, who was previously going to direct an in-development Marvel movie called Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Effectively, the Multiverse of Madness is “Doctor Strange Part 2,” but because Benedict Cumberbatch’s goateed Sorcerer Supreme was such a big deal in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, this movie will very likely be a confluence of a bunch of different Marvel stuff....

According to Insider, HireSanta.com founder Mitch Allen has noticed there’s been a major 121 percent increase in people reaching out to hire Santa to attend an even this year compared to the past two years. This is likely tied into the global pandemic where gatherings are now starting up again thanks to vaccines. With the large increase in people looking to book a Santa, there are currently 1,275 full-season Santa jobs – like the ones who work at the mall – and more than 2,000 hourly Santa gigs that haven’t been filled yet....

Young children are strikingly less cautious when making character judgments. They often show a positivity bias: a tendency to focus on positive actions or selectively process information that promotes positive judgments about the self, others, or even animals and objects. Why does it matter if children see the world through rose-colored glasses? Children who are overly optimistic may unwittingly find themselves in unsafe situations, or they may be unable or unwilling to learn from constructive feedback....