You give up a lot of things when you become a parent. Spontaneous evenings out give way to date nights plotted like bank heists. But in addition to all the inconveniences and incredible joys, you also get a shiny new hobby: judging other parents. READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Screen Time Do you use cloth diapers? Do you ban pacifiers? Does your newborn sleep face down, face up, or suspended by their ankles like a chubby wingless bat?...
The Current State of Social Distancing The evidence so far in the United States has shown that aggressive social distancing in the hot zones of infections has been working, especially in states that go further than the federal guidelines outlined by Trump. Last week in Washington State, Governor Jay Inslee said that the rate of infection in the state, which has already had 200 deaths due to the Coronavirus, has been slowing at least slightly....
During the red carpet arrivals for The Golden Globes, New York Times writer Kyle Buchannan directly asked Taika Waititi what he could reveal about Baby Yoda, and Waititi insisted that not only is Baby Yoda not named Baby Yoda, but that there is a name, and he’s going to wait for “Favreau to give that away.” This is interesting, but let’s get real. If you really think about the moment when we learn Baby Yoda’s name, that revelation already starts to feel lukewarm and disappointing....
In a four-page letter that referenced several recent toy hacks, Warner savaged the agency and asked how they planned to respond to concerned parents and child safety advocacy groups. “Reports of your statements casting these risks as merely speculative — and dismissing consumer harms that don’t pose ‘monetary injury or unwarranted health and safety risks’ — only deepen my concern,” Warner wrote. There have been several recent high-profile incidents related to connected toys....
One boy ventured a guess. “Girls are just smarter.” Today, women outnumber men in college attendance and in graduation honors. Boys are more likely than girls to drop out of college, less likely to finish high school, and far less likely to be declared valedictorians. And that’s just academia. It’s invariably disillusioned young men — seldom women — who engineer mass shootings and commit other violent crimes. Sure, parents of young girls have their hands full and, yes, every child is different....
“I think there may be a new version of it,” Paul McCartney said in a recent interview on Radio X. Apparently, “someone” was telling Paul that there is plenty of unreleased footage that is “very joyous and uplifting” featuring “a bunch of guys making music and enjoying it.” The Beatles broke-up thanks to a combination of legal woes and a lack of cohesiveness which mostly began after their manager, Brian Epstein died....
Why do many adopted people actively avoid trying to track down their biological parents? I’m in my 50’s. I’ve known I was adopted since I was 3 or 4. There was a little book, explaining how it all worked in very kid friendly terms. My sister was also adopted, a year and a half after I was; my brother was not. It was known, openly discussed in our family, but once everyone was on board with the underlying facts, it wasn’t a topic of conversation....
Still, some American parents go all in and end up raising not just basketball teams, but a few subs just in case. One of those parents is Justin Hill, a 37-year-old father of seven who lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Olya. They run their own parenting website, Living-Notes.com and started having kids 15 years ago and while they never explicitly planned to have a big family, they never called a halt to all the procreation....
Lux Alptraum is a writer who focuses on sex, feminism and pop culture. She also has two decades of experience with smart sex education. She spent the past two years looking into the issue. For her, figuring who’s more likely to don the label of the liar was easy. Women. Undressing what, exactly, that means proved to be a much more complicated task. In her new book, Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex and The Truths They Reveal, Alptraum encourages readers to think critically about where and when women are most likely to massage the truth, and challenges them with the implications that holds for society at large....
“Yellowstone is a region shaped by our planet’s mighty natural forces,” said National Parks Service Director Chuck Sams in a press release following the park closure. “This is what makes it so spectacular and unmatched anywhere in the world. This week’s flooding reminds us that we humans are just one small part of this ecosystem.” Indeed, the draw of Yellowstone is the natural rawness of the place. The park’s 2....
But after rumors that Robert Downey Jr. would return as Iron Man for Disney+ series called Iron Heart in which a young woman named Riri Williams takes up the armor, there’s a new wrinkle. Endgame may have already set-up how this will happen. Some dedicated Marvel fans are adjusting their tinfoil hats and rewatching Endgame. They are theorizing that maybe the holographic recording of Tony Stark wasn’t a pre-recorded message but a “living” A....
Afterlife is funny, sweet, scary, playful, and emotional. It’s so emotional, in fact, with its myriad callbacks to the original films and their characters, that more cynical moviegoers and critics might find it a tad maudlin. But if you’re a fan, you’ll likely embrace the feelings it stirs: anger (at being abandoned), love (for who and what’s come before – and what we’ve got now), nostalgia (try not to smile when you see the Ecto-1 and see or hear other familiar elements), pride (in one’s self and in those around us, especially our children), awkwardness (it’s the geekiest of the young characters who evolves the most), and hope (for a better future, explanations of what went wrong in the past)....
WARNING: Obviously, there are some major plot spoilers coming your way so please abandon ship if you want to walk into the film completely blind. At the end of Godzilla, the titular King of the Monsters is able to defeat the evil Ghidorah thanks to a nuclear power-up and the rest of the monsters bow to their one true ruler. Once the credits begin to roll, we get a glimpse at Godzilla beginning to restore order through a series of news clips....
Attenborough is narrating videos about mapping the world, animal behavior, and the oceans for Bitesize Daily, a BBC virtual learning program that consists of daily lessons across subject areas and specific to particular age groups. It was put together in the past few weeks as a resource for parents who’ve been pressed into service as homeschool teachers while schools remain closed. Widely known as the narrator of Planet Earth and similar BBC nature documentaries, the 93-year-old Attenborough is considered a national treasure in the UK....
There’s a lot to unpack, or er…unwrap when it comes to this bizarre, slightly improbable film So, let’s get into it, and discover once and for all — does this ’80s cult classic hold up? Or are our memories of it just permanently Scrooged? Let’s find out. The Story The crankiest, cheapest, and most selfish bastard on the planet, TV production executive Frank Cross (Murray) goes all out to stage a live, all-star version of A Christmas Carol… on Christmas Eve....
“I hope this movie will encourage kids to explore the classic Sherlock Holmes stories,” screenwriter Ben Zazove tells Fatherly. “That was precisely our intent. There’s a reason why Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary character in the history of film and television. He’s such a rich and interesting character. And it all starts with those incredible stories, which make for perfect bedtime stories, in my opinion!” Zazove might have a point, too....
Okay, so after all the people and things (no spoilers there) go their separate ways in No Way Home, we get a post-credits scene featuring none other than Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. That’s right, this is the same guy from the Venom movies, which up until now, have existed in an entirely separate film continuity. But, because No Way Home is all about the multiverse, and characters from other Spidey film franchises (that’s not a spoiler, you saw Doc Ock in the trailer) it now appears that the Venom movies have officially crossed over into the MCU....
Following the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home (which, if you can believe it, came out in 2019) Peter Parker’s identity has been revealed to the general public by another character we last saw in the old-school Spidey movies, Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons.) Peter’s life is in shambles, so he goes to Dr. Strange for help. Apparently, Dr. Strange can’t just say “obliviate” and cast a simple memory charm — and also that would be bad for plot....
Prep Time: 5 minutes. Entertainment Time: 15 to 20 minutes.Energy Expended by Child: Minimal physical, Moderate mental. What You Need: A stack of blank paper (lined is best)A writing surface for everyone (a coffee table works)Markers or pens How to Play: After passing out paper and a writing utensil to everyone, have your kids come up with a short, simple sentence. Give them an example, such as “I love my pet dog,” and ask them to write it on their paper....
The new series stays true to the old formula: The two households swapping parents are stark contrasts of one another. The parent being swapped in must live by their new houses’ rules for a week before being given the chance to implement their own rules for a week. Once the two weeks are up families meet at a kind of Wife Swap demilitarized zone where they critique one another’s homes, kids and spouses, before making a grateful and tear-filled return to their own family....
