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Less than ten years later, McCarthy led his party’s effort to cut the rescissions package, effectively killing funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which insures 11 million American children and had previously been given bipartisan rubber-stamp treatment. Although the Senate ultimately rejected those cuts, McCarthy’s realpolitiking put the lives of thousands of kids in danger in service of paying down a national debt. McCarthy then voted to cut taxes....

My candid response to this common complaint is: “I get boys, and I really get teenage boys, because I was one, but I was never a teenage girl. So I have to work harder to step into my daughter’s world by educating myself about what it means to be a teenage girl.” To be honest, I don’t like reading books so I make an effort to read books about teenage girls, from Reviving Ophelia to The Wonder of Girls, and I strongly encourage my clients to do the same....

But how long should sex last? “There’s no magic number,” says Debra Herbenick, the director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University in Bloomington. It’s a matter of preference, she adds, and also circumstances. Quick sex has its time and place, as does longer, more intimate approach. It varies from person to person and couple to couple. Much like the question of are you having enough sex, there is no “normal”....

The thing is, that lack of sexual communication know-how can pose a myriad of issues for your actual sex life — especially for people in long-term relationships, where it’s easy to fall into a sexual routine that you just default to over time.What happens when there’s something specific you want in bed that hasn’t been in play before or in a while? If you’re not used to having conversations about sex regularly, making that ask can feel uncomfortable or frankly impossible to broach without pissing off your partner....

1. Don’t Ignore The Urge “There’s no time like the present. Most of the time, when we say we’re going to have sex later, it doesn’t happen. Maybe we’ve had a large meal, the kids are around, or we end up too tired. But if it’s worth bringing up in the first place, shut the door and get down to business.” — Andi, 35 2. Be Vocal About Your Desires “It comes down to exploring what you like in bed together and delivering pleasant surprises....

To celebrate the show’s Science Channel update with another entry in our “Maker Dads” series, which will be airing during the show. This week, Shannon LaNier and his daughter Madison show you how to build a simple hopping, battling robot. What You’ll Need 1.5 inches of PVC pipeA popsicle stickA 9V batteryA wired snap for a 9V batteryA 3-6 V double shaft gear motor under 40 RPMElectrical tapeHot glue gunNeedle-nose pliersHacksawRulerPencil or Sharpie...

RELATED: The 11 Most Innovative, Beautiful, And Inspired Playgrounds On The Planet The idea of “risky” playgrounds is common in Europe, and one of the most celebrated is The Land, in Plas Madoc, Wales. It’s sometimes depicted as what would happen if The Warriors got their own Disney attraction. It’s the place where kids play with hammers, nails, fire, and other things OSHA would have a field day with. But, Claire Griffiths, AVOW Play Department Manager and designer of this intense outdoor space, says the benefits outweigh the perceived risks....

What Does Organic Even Mean The United States Department Of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for defining organic for American food production. Interestingly the rubric says nothing about how many culturally appropriated white-dude dreadlocks the organic farmer must have. Instead, organic foods must be: Free of synthetic pesticidesProduced without added hormonesGrown without synthetic fertilizers or sewageBrought to market without irradiation or bioengineering Interestingly, just because a farmer can’t use synthetic pesticides, doesn’t mean they can’t use pesticides made of natural ingredients....

A parent might consider a toddler’s pudge perfect for a rendering in oil paint. But it also possible that the chubby cheeks are healthy, according to Dr. Stephen R. Daniels, chairperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition. “There’s a long history of thinking a chubby baby is a healthy baby,” Daniels says. He believes that’s based in America’s past, when being undernourished, rather than overnourished, was a deep concern among parents and professionals....

kindergarten reading books (4400, 75.05) ranked 13 Add/boost additional keywords in first graph: reading books for kids (14800, 82.07) ranked 48 Parents into reading books for kids can easily overthink kindergarten books. After all, parents who read to their kid often shape a child’s book selection. But as children progress and gain independence, they need to indulge in their own interests. That’s why finding kindergarten books that will make a child want to read should have one directive: Let children choose their own books....

Start with Values The foundation of any discipline, whether it be for an aggressive toddler that hits or any other kid, should be a set of well-established and well-communicated values. When a family operates from a foundation of prosocial, positive values it becomes easier to make and enforce rules. If non-violence and peaceful resolution is a value for your family, it should be practiced by every member of the family. And the rules connected to that value you should be clearly stated: “We don’t hit,” or “We don’t hurt others” will suffice....

Saipancakes.com Squeeze Bottle ($6.08)Cast Iron Griddle ($23.95)Pancake batter – ($2.98 If you’re wondering, Hungry Jack won Good Housekeeping’s taste test)Ladle ($12)Pancake Turner ($11)Bowl ($24.95)… or, if you’re really lazy and a huge nerd, get the Star Wars pancake molds (starting around $12 on eBay)… or, if you’re really lazy and more of a Star Trek nerd, get the pancake replicator (currently funding on Kickstarter) Steps Set Up Shop: While you heat the griddle, mix the batter so the texture is runny enough to squirt out of a bottle but thick enough that it will quickly spread out when it hits the griddle....

When you go without sleep, your body amps up cortisol production to boost energy and combat stress. This in turn increases blood volume throughout your body and, because the skin is so thin around the eyes, the blood vessels sitting just below the surface become inherently more visible. The cortisol spike also throws off your body’s salt balance, which means the fluid sacs under your eyes retain more water, swell, and make you look like you spent all night slugging comp drinks at the Golden Nugget craps table....

So what’s going on? “How to make your pp bigger” spiked in the United States as a Google search term on the evening of June 11. A related term, “apple juice makes your pp bigger” had a similar spike at that time, followed by an even bigger one a couple of days later that was confined to the state of California. Some internet sleuthing brought us to PewDiePie, the alt-right-curious Swedish internet personality whose large fan community — he has more than 110 million YouTube subscribers — seem to have adopted “pp” as an inside joke....

Luckily, it is possible to train kindness into kids. For a recent study, researchers from the Center for BrainHealth had 38 mothers lead their kids aged 3 to 5 through the online kindness training program “Kind Minds with Moozie.” The kids completed five short modules, in which a digital cow named Moozie described creative exercises that parents can do with their kids to teach kindness, such as playing a game of charades where family members take turns pretending to engage in different acts of kindness....

“This Must Be the Best. Holiday. Ever.” Syndrome Call it Clark Griswold syndrome: the feeling that, this year, you must be the merriest person on the block, in the family, in the world so that your kids can have spectacular Christmas memories that match yours. The impulse is understandable, but it’s not manageable. If you push the holiday train into overdrive, a lot of stress can in your relationship. More money is spent, weekends are more demanding, and you risk burning yourselves out....

“Gratitude is important and I think that’s something we sometimes forget about,” says Dr. Mayra Mendez, program coordinator for intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health services at Providence Saint John’s Child and Family Development Center. “And we forget to teach our kids it’s important to say thank you out of gratitude.” One of the reasons that “thank you” is taught less than please is that “thank you” is harder to teach....

Where to Wash the Car You’ll be working in the elements so pick a spot in the forecast that is rain-free for a few days. The driveway is an easy ground-zero for car washing, but it’s not always the best place. You want to park out of direct sunlight, in some shade ideally. The car should be cool — meaning it hasn’t been baking in the sun for hours and hasn’t just returned from a long commute....

It’s a telling detail. The premise of Doucleff’s book is that parents in cultures connected to ancient ways of life have a great deal to teach modern parents. She arrives at her conclusion through a globe-trotting adventure with her daughter, living with far-flung peoples who readers are reminded are far more connected to the past than to the Internet. And while her book does offer some excellent, well-researched advice — don’t yell at kids, and let them help with chores — her insight has a gender bias that is impossible to miss, even for those who don’t happen to be the Parenting Editor from Fatherly....

Named after the 20-sided geometric shape, which you probably know as an icosahedron, Ikos is like a modular, three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. It’s comprised of 26 identical recycled plastic pieces that snap together to form a perfect sphere. But, since nobody wants to build a ball over and over, Ikos also interlock in endless combinations of designs so kids (ages 6+) can get creative and make 3D “art.” In the process they’ll purportedly learn about spatial relations, problem-solving, and what the hell an icosahedron is....