You’re not entirely wrong. Calf muscles spend most of their lives deferring to the quad muscles—the bigger, stronger movement propellers at the top of your legs. When you run or otherwise exercise your legs, the quads get all the credit, and your legs take on an awkward lollipop shape (yes, your calves are the sticks in this metaphor). The good news is that you don’t have to run a marathon to get great calves....
What Foods Contribute to Picky Eating? Some of the big picky eater influencers are foods that are made to sound nutritionally dense but are filled with simple starches. For example, pediatrician Dr. Leah Alexander explains that you’ll find veggie straws have very little nutritional value when you look at the label. “They tend to be made primarily from puffed starches, with vegetable coloring added, making them more similar to a potato chip than a vegetable,” she says....
Bluey “I want to share one of my Bluey theories, and unfortunately, it’s not a happy one,” @world.shaker says. “This theory is that Bluey is a rainbow baby.” For those not familiar with the term, rainbow baby refers to a child that is born after a miscarriage or pregnancy loss. So what makes him think that a goofy cartoon like Bluey is actually hiding a tragic subplot in the background?...
Standard power cords suffer from two main flaws: they’re not long enough and they fray easily. Minor issues, sure, but they make every day electronic use frustrating. Who hasn’t spent an evening scrolling through their phone while teetering on the edge of their mattress because their plugged-in phone doesn’t reach? Or who’s had to suffer the slight indignity of standing near an airport charge kiosk instead of a chair because of their short cord?...
Of course, we all have our favorite kid movie, but a new map shows how shockingly dividing the U.S is when it comes to which kid movie is the favorite. Here’s what you need to know. CableTV.com, a telecom research and comparison site, was curious to find out which kid movie was favored across the country. With so many movies to choose from, they polled 1,126 Americans in June 2022....
From SwimWays, a leading manufacturer of water guns, floating coolers, and pool floats both absurd and traditional, it’s no slouch when it comes to helping you slouch. The float itself is 50 inches long, 40 inches wide, and about three feet long. It’s constructed so that your head leans against the sloth’s goofy smile, your feet are on top of where his would be, and his arms sit on either side of you....
Kevin Laferriere, one half of the hilarious duo The Dumb Dads, shared a video on TikTok highlighting the different ways parents, and in particular dads, in each decade handled parenting. There’s no question that, particularly for dads, dad’s role has shifted over the past 5 decades, and Kevin nails it to hilarious precision. The video, beginning in the ’50s, is in black and white giving off Mad Men vibes. “Help you with your homework?...
Here’s what parents of toe walking toddlers need to know. What’s Normal For Toe Walking? Babies typically have about six months of walking practice before they take their first uneasy steps on their own. But they start the process with essentially no control over their foot and ankle, according to Stacey Dusing, Ph.D., a pediatric physical therapist at the University of Southern California. “We describe initial walking as a controlled fall,” Dusing says....
Compared to the wild stunts Cruise pulls off in the later films, this seems like a relatively simple scene to execute. However, in an interview for the original film’s 25th anniversary Blu-Ray, Cruise revealed that they almost had to abandon it entirely because he kept falling. “I remember we were running out of time and I went down to the floor and I kept hitting my face,” the actor said....
Twitter Rank: 5 2017 Rank: 6Full-Time Employees: 3,300 The Bay Area’s other social media giant was, like many more successful and public facing technology firms, was an early adopter of parental leave policies that helped set a family-friendly standard for how tech companies recruit and retain talent. The preferred podium for President Trump, Twitter has attracted a fair amount of criticism over the past several years. Still, the company has remained committed to the humane treatment and of its 3,300 employees and implemented a number of new anti-discrimination and abuse programs while continuing to offer new parents 20 weeks of parent leave....
The new map from Surgo Ventures compiles data from a number of barriers that are already slowing vaccine rates in counties across the United States. The map captures “28 supply and demand” factors involved with vaccine roll-out, mainly through the themes of historic under vaccination, sociodemographic barriers, resource-constrained healthcare systems, and irregular care-seeking behavior. The results of the map? Most likely, the poorest, and most at-risk counties of the United States to COVID-19, will be the ones that struggle to get vaccinated the most....
In short, if you are approaching divorce it’s important to be aware of the common types of divorce and what they entail. That way, you can figure out what is best for your particular situation. As it is a little confusing (uncontested divorce? No-fault divorce? What’s the difference? Which one suits us best?), here is a look at seven common types. What Is Uncontested Divorce? For couples who are able to reach agreeable terms outside of a courtroom, this is the most uncomplicated method of parting ways....
Earlier this month, Pfizer BioNTech officially filed for authorization to the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its vaccine for kids under five years old. More details have recently been released, and the rollout could be just around the corner. When can we expect COVID vaccines for kids under 5? According to Reuters, the U.S. government is planning to roll out COVID vaccines for the youngest age group as soon as Feb....
The commercial, which aired in 1991, is extremely early ’90s in the absolute best way possible. Rudd approaches what looks to be an abandoned drive-in theater and slams F-Zero, a futuristic racing game, into the console and starts to play. Slowly, a legion of nerds begin to flock to him as the announcer says things like “when you decide to get serious, there’s only one place to come: the games of Super Nintendo....
RELATED: How To Buy And Sell Your Kid’s Clothes While Keeping Cash In Your Wallet Here’s a quick rundown of online classifieds, consignment shops, and apps to help you save money and make money on used baby products. Kidizen Kidizen is Pinterest meets Etsy meets Ebay. Real-life parents buy and sell their used baby stuff gear through their adorable, personalized micro-shops, or just inspire each other to dress their kids like they just walked off a tiny GQ shoot....
My father was not a person with an off switch. He was extremely passionate and driven by his research. His dedication to his work kept him at the laboratory for long stretches of time. Because he and I were so rarely alone together when I was a boy, my memories of those times are precious to me. For instance, I was three years old when my younger brother Darrell was born....
According to Amnesty International, in countries where abortion is prohibited, some 37 per 1,000 people still have abortions; in countries where abortion is legal, 34 out of 1,000 people seek the procedure. The substantive difference between these two scenarios is the safety of the procedure and the women receiving it. When women have illegal abortions, they die. Which is all to say that anti-abortion activists should — if they are indeed looking to lower abortion rates — find an alternative means of doing so....
School shootings — and preventing them, whether it be through gun control or “hardening school security” has been top of mind since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a few weeks ago, in which 19 children and 2 teachers were murdered. While Democrats have pushed to make it harder for people to buy certain guns by passing gun control legislation, Republicans have thrown around other ideas — like increasing police presence on school campuses....
Children, as always, are wise beyond their years. The first interviewed said he thought Trump was doing a great job as President because he “saved the world”; several others voiced their disapproval of the President, saying that he doesn’t seem smart and has not done a good job as Commander-in-Chief; yet another kid said that while he does not think Trump is doing a good job as President, he admittedly thinks his hair is pretty cool....
So what exactly causes autism—and what definitely does not? Here’s what we know. What We’re Sure Does Not Cause Autism Shortly after Leo Kanner first described children with “extreme autistic aloneness” in 1943, researchers rushed to blame bad parenting for the disorder. Kanner himself led the charge, with his suspicion that “genuine lack of maternal warmth” gave rise to children who struggled to interact normally with others. This guilt trip was all but established science throughout the 1950s....
