Research shows that school dress codes and uniform policies are an unequally enforced rule for students across the country. A report by the National Women’s Law Center showed that dress codes and uneven enforcement of them promote rape culture by blaming girls for distracting boys and punishing them by taking them out of the classroom instead of holding boys accountable for their behavior. The study also alleged that girls are punished more severely than boys who violate dress codes and echoes what many other studies and even teenage girls have continued to allege, vocally, loudly, and angrily, about their school environment: there shouldn’t be a policy around whether or not you can see a teenage girl’s shoulders....

It’s really not a seasonal depression problem; it’s a systemic mental health concern. Because while there is evidence that women are more prone to depression than men (seasonal or otherwise), there are strong indications that this gender gap would tighten or even vanish if men bothered reporting their symptoms and visiting mental health professionals when they’re feeling blue. It doesn’t help that men tend to display different symptoms than women when they are depressed....

Becky Fawcett is the director and founder of Helpusadopt.org, a foundation that offers financial grants to support families interested in adopting a child. She and her husband have been through the adoption process twice, and between her own experience and helping other parents, she’s seen just about every way it can go wrong. “We really need an encyclopedia,” she says. Here are a few of her tips on how to avoid scams, navigate the legal pitfalls, and find an agency you can trust....

To find out exactly what they do, Fatherly called up Freddie Peña at Peligro Sports, a Manhattan-based baseball specialty shop that’s been serving the community for decades. Peña learned glove care from the true master of the art, Shigeaki Aso, the glove designer for Wilson Baseball. Here are his tips. Don’t Go Pro Too Soon One of the most common mistakes dads make, says Peńa, is trying to put a pro glove on their son’s hand too soon....

The only Mandalorian Lego set is the AT-ST Raider from episode four, which sadly does not come with a Minifigure of “The Child.” Thankfully, Reddit user u/hachiroku24 stepped in to fill the void with an impressive custom-designed and built Baby Yoda model (complete with a floating carriage!) that’s so accurate that it’s actually pretty damn cute. Every piece is 100 percent unaltered Lego, even the cloth (from a posable Obi-Wan buildable figure released in 20TK) and Baby Yoda’s signature ears (from a Goblin-themed set released in 2017)....

How to Cancel Disney+? For the most part, Disney has made it relatively straight forward to cancel the subscription, but things do get a little complicated if you signed up for the services on your phone. For the majority of people, signing into your Disney account on a web browser is the easiest path to canceling. Sign in to your account at disneyplus.com and click Profile on the top right corner....

Because children with ADHD are often emotionally hypersensitive and prone to volatile reactions, it’s natural for parents to worry that the type of discipline they would use with another child will only escalate the problem with a neurodivergent kid. Perhaps surprisingly, most experts advise sticking to your guns when it comes to correcting inappropriate behavior, regardless of whether or not your child has ADHD. Because of their hypersensitivity, however, it’s paramount that any corrections you give be done in a soft but firm voice....

First things first, let your child’s curiosity guide your discussion. If they don’t mind their new regimen and aren’t asking about the virus, or if they’re too anxious to discuss it, don’t push the subject. But most kids can handle the basics: There is a virus going around, and they have to stay away from other people, for now, to keep themselves and their neighbors safe. Most kids don’t get very sick with the virus, but some may get it and not know they have it — which is why they can’t go to school or see grandma and grandpa....

“When it comes to growing out any buzz cut, you’re going to have to deal with an awkward phase, especially if you don’t have access to your barber,” says Robert-Jan Rietveld, aka the Bloody Butcher, a Rotterdam-based barber and co-founder of men’s grooming product company Reuzel “Because a buzz cut means all of your hair is one length, your head is going to have a very round appearance as your hair grows out....

Scout a Location Your kid is going to do more than quietly read on a hanging chair, so you need to plan for that. Look for a spot that has 2 or 3 feet of clear space surrounding the proposed center of the seat, free of walls or furniture. Can’t spare that kind of space? Consider adding some soft padding to the walls surrounding the swing. Move any furniture that might be in the way or add protective bumpers to sharp corners....

“Men are socialized to be more I-focused than we-focused,” says Dr. Josh Coleman, a psychologist and senior fellow at the Counsel for Contemporary Families at the University of Texas in Austin. “Making that switch once you have a child can be difficult for dads, and leads to unexpected stress.” This guilt can be further compounded by the fact that there are aspects of new parenthood dads just cannot take part in....

Sounds are, of course, a big part of what make Fingerlings so lovable. All versions make 40 different ones, from cooing to snoring to gleeful screams when they’re thrown up in the air. And, if you were one of the lucky ones to snag one of the Fingerlings, eventually your child will discover that their new buddy can burp and fart. If you show your child this feature before they do, you will be the coolest parent for the foreseeable future....

For the past six days, I have been a single dad. My wife has been traveling abroad for work, her longest stint by far since we had kids, and I’m home alone with our two boys ⏤ one 3.5-years-old, the other 20-months. I feel like Atlas holding the world on my shoulders, and I have never been more in awe of single parents (or those who don’t get much help from their spouses) in my life....

While some parents might recognize it from grade-school PE class, it’s not nearly as ubiquitous as other popular playground games. My wife played as a kid, but I’d never heard of it until she mentioned it when our 2-year-old daughter was learning how to jump. It seemed like a fun way to practice, although it’s obviously meant to be played with a bunch of kids ⏤ the bigger the group, the more fun/competitive....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Parental and Paternity Leave Get ready for your return to work even before you leave. The weeks leading up to a child’s birth may feel as still as the eye of a hurricane if you’ve planned ahead. But maybe you haven’t, and you’re reading this at 3 am while taking a break from assembling IKEA furniture in the new nursery, five days out from the due date....

But this year, the August Sturgeon Moon is set to peak simultaneously, making the shower harder to view. So if you want to see the Perseids meteor shower, here’s everything you need to know. When will the Perseids meteor shower peak, and when is this month’s Full Moon? The Perseids meteor shower is technically active between July 14 and Aug. 24. However, the peak viewing dates are Aug. 11, 12, and 13....

Overthinking is closely connected to unhappiness. Yale psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema famously linked rumination, the clinical term for overthinking, to depression. Unlike concern or even worry, which can lead us toward productive action, overthinking is circular, an endless cycle of chewing over what’s already happened, from small social missteps to life-changing choices. Now, it’s important to further understand the distinction between overthinking and worrying. “Worrying is helpful when it can lead to an action that will actually reduce risk in some way,” explains Katie Gordon, Ph....

RELATED: The Best Math Apps For Kids That Teach Arithmetic And Geometry Jamalian says the reason many kids end up hating math is because a) schools suck the fun out of it, and b) you tend to transfer your own math anxiety on like a hereditary trait. Except instead of thinning hair, it’s crippling fractions. She says there’s a simple way to solve this problem, and it has nothing to do with solving for x....

“Allergy symptoms can include sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, itchy watery eyes, and itchy nose or throat. Some of these symptoms like congestion are also common with colds, so a lot of people have a hard time telling the difference between them,” says Dr. Neeta Ogden, a pediatric allergist, asthma specialist, and immunologist in New Jersey. “In fact, a recent survey found that nearly half of allergy sufferers, some 49 percent, find it difficult to differentiate allergies from a cold....

Why should voice pitch make a difference? Most research on the power of pitch has focused on whether candidates with deeper voices are more likely to win elections. Analyses of every presidential debate between 1960 and 2000 revealed that the candidate with the deeper voice invariably won a higher percentage of the popular vote. One 2012 study found that Republicans are more biased against high-pitched candidates than Democrats and that men are more likely to accept a woman in a leadership role if she has a lower-pitched voice (although they consider women with high-pitched voices more attractive)....