Like most issues, there’s no one cause to being walled off. Part is hardwired maternal instinct. Part is the pleasure of being the go-to parent. Part is the idea that no one else, not even the other parent, can do the job as well. Inject that with mutual exhaustion and ceaseless guilt for not spending enough time with the kids, and there’s a potent recipe to shove the relationship down the priority scale....

Just how many people rent? Some 36% of Americans rent their home, and 65% of Americans under 35 rent their homes. Renting is far more common among younger Americans — many of whom are parents — due to the sheer cost of home ownership. The median age of homebuyers is 47, and the median age of renters is 38, per Worth Insurance. So this is no small group of Americans getting squeezed....

The profoundly disturbing video, only a minute long, features kids talking about their sweet new school supplies while gunshots ring out. The video starts innocently enough — a kid pulls his backpack out of his locker — but quickly turns as death stalks the halls of what seems to be your average suburban school. The video ends with a girl talking about her phone, which she uses to text her mother and tell her that she loves her, presumably for the last time....

Wondering about the difference between the PS4 and the PS4 Pro? Simple. The PS4 Pro is a far more powerful unit that delivers better performance when it comes to 4K gaming and HDR. PlayStation PS4 Pro 1TB Console Black Friday Billed as the most advanced PlayStation system you can buy, the PS4 Pro outputs gameplay to your 4K TV. That means games look insanely sharp and detailed. You get better clarity, faster frame rates, and colors that pretty much blow your mind....

There’s little the current occupant of the White House does quietly. However, extending the duration of short-term health insurance policies is something that has flown under the radar for a lot of consumers. During the Obama years, folks could only be on one of these plans for three months. But when Trump strolled into the White House, his administration expanded the maximum duration to 364 days – and it enabled patients to renew them twice....

“There’s as much evidence that humans don’t have pheromones than evidence that they do,” Tristam Wyatt, zoologist at Oxford University and author of the book Pheromones And Animal Behavior. Wyatt, who also published a literature review on the topic, spoke to Fatherly about the possibility that humans evolved their way out of pheromones, and why the smells that attract you to your mate and help you bond with your baby may not be pheromones at all....

And SNL once again gave us the feel-good content we need with its season finale monologue where the cast members recapped these absolutely insane 15ish months. Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, and Kenan Thompson began by talking about how this year was crazy and that it made them pretty crazy. Kenan admitted it was actually a pretty good year for him before saying he mostly kept that to himself because nobody wants to hear that....

On May 23, 2021, a teacher and parent coach Chazz Lewis took to his TikTok platform to prove a point about spanking as a discipline for kids. His video starts off super controversially – discussing how he doesn’t like being told: “how to husband.” “If my wife disrespects me, then I need to hit her,” he says while looking right into the camera. “And that’s fine, you don’t have to hit your wife, that’s completely your choice, right?...

Creepy-Crawly-Gooey-Spook Buckets Kids love to touch things. Especially gross things. But this time let them touch. Inspired by the original showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show, sensory buckets filled with different textures can enhance the spooky entertainment and (STEM learning) factor for kids while reading a “scary story,” such as The Curious Little Witch or Splat the Cat, What Was That? Before you start reading, fill buckets with things that feel like items that will be in the book: pumpkin “guts,” plastic spiders, spaghetti noodle “brains....

Truth be told, I wasn’t looking for a James Bondian Federation captain like Kirk. As a kid, I preferred Picard. He was an admirable man. Now, in an age when those seem to be in short supply, it’s nice to have him back. With the debut of the new series Star Trek: Picard on CBS All-Access, nineties kids can visit with Space Dad again. And it feels good. He’s older now and maybe a little bit world(s) weary, but refreshingly real....

The researchers studied the domestic responsibilities and earnings of over 6,000 heterosexual North American couples, both married and non-married but cohabitating. The surprising part of the study? Even when mothers are the breadwinners, the burden of household management still falls largely on their shoulders, going against the conventional idea that the partner who earns less carries more of the domestic load. Traditionally, that partner has been the woman, owing to the fact that men tend to be higher earners for a number of reasons, including gender-based pay inequity....

While scrolling through your newsfeed is unlikely to provide you with the emotional and spiritual fulfillment you’re searching for, says Dr. Brian Primack, director of the Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health at the University of Pittsburgh, social media has become a useful tool for people struggling with depression or anxiety to find connection and escape the loneliness they are feeling. “People who feel socially isolated may be reaching out on social media, on some level, to self-medicate,” Dr....

One Poll conducted the survey by asking 1,002 American families about their bathing habits, as well as how frequently parents bathe their children. And based on the results, holding off until your kid starts to stink is the standard approach for a majority of parents. While 84 percent of those surveyed identified bathing as a “crucial” part of their child’s daily routine, 63 percent said that they agree with waiting until their kid smells to give them a bath or shower....

But, with the next big Marvel film — Shang-Chi, which opens on September 3 — the beats are decidedly new. We already know rapper Anderson Paak has been linked to the soundtrack but this month 21 Savage dropped “Lazy Susan,” which is fantastic. But, that is kind of just the beginning. If you’re looking for great dance and rap hits, the other big Shang-Chi track is poised to be even bigger....

Most kids have a natural aptitude for the type of thinking riddles require and will surprise you with how well they tackle a stumper. The best riddles engage a kid’s natural problem-solving skills and make them laugh along the way. These easy riddles for kids — ranging from simple to hard — are great for children of all ages to solve and have fun while doing so. The Best Food Riddles Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?...

That’s why it’s important to make sure high schoolers have a variety of books that reflect their own experience and open doors to contemporary and fantasy worlds they’ve never imagined. Embrace the growth of the graphic novel genre for the high schoolers you know. You’ll win some cool points, and with new adaptations of books like The Iliad and Heart of Darkness, your high schooler has a better-than-Cliffs-notes way to power through the classics you may never have finished yourself....

Along with the photo — out of context and uncredited to photographer Pari Dukovic — the tweet included a presumably rhetorical question: “Does this look like an appropriate father/son interaction to you?” The vast majority of the 52,000 comments that followed offered the only reasonable answer to the bizarre and disingenuous query: Yes, of course, it looks appropriate, unless you’ve built your idea of fatherhood on books by Senator Ben Sasse....

In, Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short, anthropologist Matthew Gutmann, a professor of anthropology at Brown University who has spent 30 years exploring notions of masculinity across the United States, Latin America, and China, describes how the ways society can speak about men and explain away their behavior through bad science — such as when, during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, testosterone was associated with negative male behavior — limits men’s emotional expression and denies them agency and accountability over their actions....

There are a few things parents can look for when choosing a toddler game: It should be colorful (toddlers are really into primary colors), a little silly, and very simple. If a game is too complex and not completely intuitive to your toddler, there might be some crying and screaming. It’s rare for everyone to be excited about the same game, especially when more than one sibling is involved. But when it happens, you savor it and enjoy every last minute until an inevitable game-related squabble breaks out....

The best co-parenting apps and custody calendars provide scheduling tools for divorced parents that engender positive communication and keep all child-related needs in one, easy to access place. Able to be accessed by both partners, they serve as all-in-one joint calendar programs that store important information, manage schedules, and even act as a financial ledger. With them, you’re more organized and much less likely to send your ex a frantic “HEY ARE YOU FREE TO DO PICKUP THIS AFTERNOON?...