Yet none of this is the case for my wife, whose health-care career requires her to not only work with other people, but: 1. Work with a lot of other people, 2. Deal with those other people, 3. Deal with patients, 4. Deal with annoyed patients, 5. Deal with annoyed patients and office politics, 6. Do so in what most of us would consider a high-stress environment and 7. Occasionally be out of the house by 6 a....
Domestic workers are an essential part of how families operate. They take care of children, the elderly, the sick, and look after the home, an increasingly important job, as the two-income households becomes more of a reality for families to combat rising costs of living and stagnant wages. However, because such workers are employed in domestic situations and not public spaces, the vast majority of their work is unseen. This makes them particularly vulnerable to workplace exploitation, sexual harassment, and wage theft....
The new building kit has three main components. There’s a grey rectangular controller, a console it plugs into (complete with cartridge), and a retro-style television with an assortment of dials and an analog antenna. The details on the Nintendo hardware are impressive, from the cartridge door that opens and closes just like the real thing to the controller that plugs in just like the pre-Bluetooth days. But the TV is the real star of the show here, in terms of both its design and functionality....
“In the best-case scenario, losing a parent is anticipated, and there’s time for families to prepare, say their goodbyes, and surround themselves with support,” says psychiatrist Nikole Benders-Hadi, M.D., Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Doctor on Demand. “In cases where a death is unexpected, such as with an acute illness or traumatic accident, adult children may remain in the denial and anger phases of the loss for extended periods of time…[leading to] diagnosis of major depressive disorder or even PTSD, if trauma is involved....
The twist comes after the rising action. My wife is a calm, patient person. She works with little kids all day. She rarely yells or picks a fight. Few things ruffle her. That Monopoly falls into that category speaks more to the game’s astonishing ability to sow seeds of discord than to her temperament. After all, she’s not alone in having lost it over the yellow properties. Every family has their own Monopoly story that is spoken in hushed tones....
Obviously, we don’t actually see the new Grinch get it on, but his motivations, at least toward the very end of the film are less about becoming a good person, and more about winning over the affections of Cindy Lou Who’s mom. In this iteration of The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who has a single mom. She’s not really interested in getting a new boyfriend/father figure for Cindy Lou Who, but it happens anyway, in the form of the Grinch....
What are the Orionid meteors? According to EarthSky.org, the Orionid meteors that shoot through the sky in the fall are courtesy of Halley’s Comet. “This comet orbits the sun every 76 years or so, and like steam coming from a locomotive, dust particles are expelled from the comet’s nucleus and are left behind in its path,” the site explains. That’s what makes this meteor shower an exciting one for astronomers and people who love thinking about the world outside our orbit....
The odd couple is joining forces in Jumanji: The Next Level, and the first trailer has us looking forward to the Freaky Friday-, 13 Going on 30-style laughs the film seeks out of the juxtaposition. It feels like the kind of thing that can’t not be entertaining, which is exactly what you want from an action-comedy-fantasy blockbuster. The trailer begins with Spencer, one of the teenagers from the last film, fiddling with the enchanted game during a late night in his basement and inadvertantly getting himself sucked back in....
One massive factor? The supermajority, an obscure state and local tax policy. Kim S. Rueben, a Sol Price Fellow and Project Director of the State and Local Finance Initiative at the Urban Institute argues that the supermajority is a major part of the school funding problem is that in many red states, like Oklahoma, where teachers were instructing 30+ large classes, taping back together decades old textbooks, and taking home three-digit paychecks....
The three new inflatable dinosaur costumes operate similarly to Rubie’s initial offering. Solid in both kids and adult sizes, they include a battery-operated fan that keeps everything inflated as you run around. The velociraptor is our favorite, as it most closely resembles the upright style of the T-Rex and is pretty convincing. While the triceratops looks alright, it’s a bit underwhelming because in the supplied photos the wearer’s arms stick out from behind its plated head....
Over the course of the study, researchers had participants measure key parts of their body like waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and a body shape metric — these tend to be key metrics of fatness. They found that as little as a four-inch increase in waist circumference was associated with an 11% higher risk of all-cause mortality, meaning death from any cause, whereas a four-inch increase in hip circumference was associated with a 10% lower risk of all-cause mortality....
This story was submitted by a Fatherly reader. Opinions expressed in the story do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Fatherly as a publication. The fact that we’re printing the story does, however, reflect a belief that it is an interesting and worthwhile read. Acron Attack of the Squirrels on VR Virtual reality is obviously amazing but my main complaint is that so many of the experiences are just for one person – while everyone else just sits around....
The next level of fandom goes beyond consumption to creation. Fan fiction, cosplay, and debating wild theories online all fall into this category, as does the absolutely bonkers project just completed by Tony Goldmark, a podcaster and YouTube host. Goldmark put every scene — not every movie, every scene — from the 23 films that make up the MCU in order. “Armed with a Disney+ subscription and a sudden surplus of free time, my goal was to list the exact order (or at least AN exact order) of when every scene from every movie takes place within the MCU chronology,” Goldmark explained in a blog post....
At 8:30 AM, when my friends are at their desks sorting through their morning emails and sipping their coffee, I’m still negotiating with toddlers to put on their jackets and shoes and get in their car seats. My wife Katherine and I have 3 kids ages 7, 5, and 2. I’m a freelance writer who works from home in my t-shirt and shorts, but I’m also responsible for dropping off and picking up the kids....
Watch out Shining Twins, there’s a new girl in town. Maya was trick-or-treating in Southbay Village, Philippines, along with her sister, who went as a very bloody butcher. A love of horror clearly runs in this family. Maya’s Halloween costume isn’t just nightmare-fuel though. It’s got a very practical purpose that makes us wish that we had worn this kind of costume when we were kids. Hwang posted another video of Maya receiving some candy....
So bring your workout clothes with you for the holidays and try out this metabolic burner. It also doubles as a nice break from the in-laws. The Best Metabolic Workout Moves Mix, match, sweat. Burpee Jump Squats Why: The more muscle you have, the bigger the boost to your metabolism. But you also want to elevate your heart rate. This combo move does both. How to: Perform a traditional burpee (starting and ending in the standing position)....
I know because we’re one of them. My wife and I got divorced when our daughter was three. It completely shook up my world, but I loved my little girl and the three of us quickly fell into a routine where she spent half the week with mom and half with me. Five years later we’re a loving and happy divorced family. In other words? Weirdos. Raising a child as a single dad transformed me for the better....
“Babies find it hard to go across the digital divide,” says Rachel Barr, a developmental psychologist at Georgetown University who studies infant cognition. Young children don’t intuitively understand that a video represents something in the real world. It’s a tricky concept to make sense of, Barr explains, and they need help navigating the digital world. A six- or even 20-month-old might be captivated by a screen, but that attention doesn’t equate to comprehension....
These are the stories we hear in the middle of a coronavirus panic, but is this last one true? Are people really panic buying things like toilet paper, and if so, why? Let’s investigate. With coronavirus cases popping up more frequently and hitting closer to home, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued some recommendations to Americans. The CDC has documentation available on What You Can Do to Keep Yourself and Your Family Healthy....
