CHECK OUT: This Prime Day Deal on an Apple Watch ($90 Off!) A University of Utah study, for instance, found that people who exercised less than 10 minutes but at a high intensity had a lower BMI than those who worked out for more than 10 minutes at moderate intensity. And a report in the medical journal Obesity found that people who split an hour of daily exercise into 5-minute chunks were better able to control their appetite and eating compared to those who did a traditional-length workout....

That very understandable desire has made him home in on recipes that come together quickly, like this recipe for dark chocolate pumpkin bites. The combination of cake mix, pumpkin, and dark chocolate chips, Kimberly says, is his “absolute favorite dad recipe.” Why? “You don’t have to measure a thing.” “The Dad Special” is a celebration of food, family, and fathers who cook. Featuring chefs, celebrities, and kitchen crazy dads, this collection highlights meals — from family secrets to quick kid delights — meant to honor time spent at the table....

“I’m not certain if it helped me get in, but I have a hunch it did,” Turner told local television station KCCI. For Turner, who’s been an Etch-A-Sketch enthusiast since he was a student in middle school, drawing on an Etch A Sketch is just “an extension,” of his “mathematical mind.” One can imagine why he sees it that way. Just like geometry is the study of shapes, calculus is the mathematical discipline for measuring continuous change....

The mom’s alternative plan — creating the calming corner — is one that has been backed by psychologists and parenting experts who suggest that time out’s aren’t as effective as they pertain to be. Kids, it turns out, don’t have the cognitive skills to think abstractly about their behavior, what they’ve done, and why they did that thing. In fact, the ability to do that doesn’t fully develop until kids become teenagers, meaning that it’s certainly out of the grasp of 5-year-olds....

Bodily Care’s V-Kit takes postpartum care and makes it look elegant. Really. While also being eminently practical. The kit, created for women who have gone through vaginal delivery, includes cooling peri spray made with alcohol-free witch hazel, cucumber, and peppermint. There are sitz salts, which, for the uninitiated, are used to soak the vaginal area and provide some relief, plus a sitz bath tub that can clear up hemorrhoids when used with epsom salts....

We’re talking, of course, about Tom Hanks. The actor was shooting a movie in Australia when he and his wife, Rita Wilson, developed fatigue, body aches, and the symptoms of a cold. They both tested positive for the coronavirus and have been quarantined since. Yesterday, Hanks provided an update in the form of local ephemera — Vegemite on toast, a stuffed koala, a stuffed kangaroo holding the Australian flag — along with some words of encouragement: “Thanks to the Helpers....

The legendary Hawk was the first to ever land a 900, a trick that involves completing two and a half mid-air revolutions, and famously skated through the White House grounds at Barack Obama’s behest. He earned his nickname, Birdman, because the dude can basically fly. The man is cool. And now, along with his son, Riley, and pro skater Lizzie Armanto, he’s teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced tricks in street, park, and vert skating over at Masterclass....

Botley 2.0 comes as part of a 78-piece activity set, and kids as young as 5 can code him to move around an obstacle course, navigate a maze, or knock down blocks. Because knocking down blocks never gets old. He can follow a sequence of 150 steps, and move in six directions. He looks weirdly quirky — two huge eyes on a pair of wheels — and is cute without being intimidating....

one thing that Trump and Biden voters can see eye-to-eye on, and it’s actually not that surprising, once you get down to it. In fact, voters across all party lines, non-voters, people who don’t affiliate with either party and of course, traditional Republicans and Democrats all agree on one thing. What is it?Everyone in America basically agrees that Michael Jordan, is, undisputedly, the GOAT. Amid the polling on politics, COVID-19, and voting, one topic that came up is one that is nearly as old as time: Who is better?...

If the global success of Hello Kitty is any indication of the world’s odd obsession with adorable cats, then Unikitty will rule her humble servants like a despot. To that end, her series will follow her reign as ruler of a kingdom where she enforces positivity at all costs. As witnessed in The LEGO Movie, Unikitty is not against breaking bricks if people fail to be happy or joyful. This is why she is, as the Cartoon Network press release puts it, “a force to be reckoned with if anyone makes her little brother and best friend, Puppycorn, sad....

Just look at Stockton, California, a city that is piloting a program in which 125 families get 500 dollars a month. California, too, just expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit as a way to give families (and stay at home parents) more money for their work (namely, the work of parenting.) The idea isn’t so far off, after all, says Natalie Foster, the cofounder and co-chair of the Economic Security Project....

Well, that’s the question, isn’t it? Incapsulated in endless debates, one great Chuck Klosterman essay and a solid 2018 SNL sketch, the relative goodness of Weezer is a battleground of what usually shakes out to three options. The new album, Van Weezer is 100 percent made for people who fall into the third category. And because of that, the release of Van Weezer has finally made sense of a now decades-old conundrum: Is Weezer trying to alienate their audience?...

Almost all of the commenters were aghast. User catherine_loves_art wrote “Pls take this down. Before some kid puts a sibling in a pot.” This is unintentionally pretty funny, as is the assumption that impressionable kids will see and imitate a post on the Today Show Instagram account. The (slightly) more understandable gripe isn’t with putting the kid in the pot but with putting the pot on the stove. Maybe because the stove could get turned on accidentally?...

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to In-Laws “You do so much for them. I know they want to be with you all the time.” A statement like this can be a great ego boost for Grandma, but it can backfire. It can end up setting unrealistic expectations in her mind about how much time the kids want to spend with her. “This can lead to hurt when the kids decline an invitation,” Dr....

Bill Pulte made his money the old-fashioned way: he inherited it from his grandfather, also named Bill Pulte, founder of one of the largest home construction and real estate companies in the country. The younger Pulte runs a private equity firm and the Detroit Blight Authority, a nonprofit that tears down vacant homes in its eponymous city. But in recent weeks, Pulte has become better known for what he calls #TwitterPhilanthropy, giving money away, often at random, to his followers on the social network....

What Is Cluster Feeding? “Cluster feeding in and of itself has not been proven by scientific data,” explains Jody Segrave-Daly, a registered nurse, lactation consultant, and co-founder of the Fed Is Best Foundation. “But the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has defined cluster feeding as several short feedings close together.” Of course, that definition of cluster feeding is nothing short of ambiguous. What does “several” mean? How close together and for how long?...

The reality is, the landscape of kids’ entertainment in 2019 is a far cry from what Rogers would have wanted. That’s not necessarily an inditement of quality of kids’ shows, it’s more of a comment on how much media has changed. You can’t just “turn on” PBS and hope for the best anymore. The reality of streaming media has changed the game, and that means kids’ entertainment is not only different in content, the way we watch it has changed the content....

The most heavily represented industries are technology (Google, Netflix, Microsoft, and other so-called giants have long been leading the charge on employee benefits), finance, (American Express tops the list) and legal and consulting firms, admittedly a big bucket. Companies outside of those sectors tend to be growth-oriented and talent-hungry. The Silicon Valley perks race has become a med tech and healthcare perks race as well, albeit in different parts of the country....

The profile looks at a handful of families across the US who sink hundreds of thousands of dollars, with million dollar investments in tow, into home gyms and athletic facilities in the hopes that it will propel their child to be a more competitive athlete. The Schoensees, one of the families from the report, spent around $120,000 (more than twice the median household income) to construct a 93 x 40-foot soccer filed in their yard....

Reddit user RevolutionarySun9574 shared an image to Reddit’s popular community, Data is Beautiful. The image is an interesting visual that shows which attractions and theme park rides have the longest wait lines. RevolutionarySun9574’s chart was compiled using Thrill Data’s waits dataset, a site that “helps you use the power of data to get the most out of your amusement park visits all over the country.” Their datasets track wait times at various parks across the country to allow guests to map out the best options for their visit, and to create wait time alerts, custom agendas, and more....