Chocolate Milk What to Make: A Chocolate Bobsled Ingredients: 1.5 oz. Vodka 3 oz. chocolate milk Directions: Serve over rocks in a tumbler. Add a crushed cookie rim if you desire. Apple Juice What to Make: Apple Juice “Jack Rose” Ingredients: 2 oz. whiskey 1.5 oz. apple juice .5 oz. lime or lemon juice .25 oz. grenadine or simple syrup. Instructions: Shake and strain into a cocktail glass Capri Sun What to Make: Capri Sun Calypso Ingredients: 1 oz....

“When we’re in a car, it’s a confined space,” said Aaron Anderson, owner and counselor at the Marriage and Family Clinic in Colorado. “Oftentimes, we have to share cup holders, the licorice that we brought with us on the trip. After so long of that, we begin to feel like our territory is being invaded, and we try to do things to create boundaries.” Creating boundaries means arguing. Arguments won’t help the situation but, even as Anderson, a mental health professional with a long history of resolving relationship conflict, admits, road trip fights are inevitable....

RELATED: How Today’s Modern Toy Makers Get Through to Your Kids But which new toys were the coolest, most innovative, or attention-grabbing? As opposed, to say, the hottest for holidays? We sifted through thousands and chose our 11 favorites, from a battery-powered version of Luke’s Landspeeder in Star Wars to a high-octane R/C Batmobile with a built-in camera, to a plastic blaster that shoots spitballs over 65 feet. Radio Flyer Star Wars Landspeeder The tike-sized version of Luke Skywalker’s X-34 Landspeeder may not levitate, but it does have seats for two, an interactive dashboard with lighted buttons that command intergalactic sound effects, and a max cruising speed of 5 mph ⏤ which makes it fast enough to outrun imaginary Storm Troopers and some real-life pets....

The enduring genius of The Monster at the End of the Book lies in its loneliness, claustrophobia, and a beautifully cultivated sense of existential terror. In this pretty much perfect exercise in gleeful post-modernism for kiddies, Grover discovers that there is a monster at the end of the book he finds himself starring in. This fills him with all-consuming fear and a desperate desire to escape destiny by any means necessary by preventing the reader from finishing the book and confronting the eponymous monster in all of his horror....

Andrews posted a video on his Twitter explaining that he was carrying his son back into the house after he had tumbled into some bushes. Along the way, his son began trying to put the agony he was experiencing into words. What came out was a work of art that subtly blended surreal imagery with a stream-of-consciousness narrative. To fully demonstrate the beauty of his son’s post-fall dramatic monologue, Andrews delivered it in a style that almost resembled slam poetry: The young boy’s words clearly resonated with people, as Andrews’ video has been viewed over half a million times since yesterday....

What Title Did the Queen Give Daniel Craig? As part of her annual New Year Honours, Queen Elizabeth awarded Craig with the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), a British order of chivalry founded in 1818. It is a distinction that is mostly reserved for members of the military or people who work in public service but Craig was honored for his “services to film and theatre.” Why Is He Getting the Title Now?...

According to Santomero, the biggest thing that will change this season is that Daniel’s mom, appropriately named Mom Tiger, will be returning to work. For the first three seasons, Mom Tiger was at home to take care of Daniel but enough time has passed for her to return to her job. Daniel Tiger has always gone out of its way to look at real issues that kids in 2018 face, so it feels like a natural step to have Mom Tiger go back to her job, as an increasing number of kids are being raised with both parents working....

As with all things data-based, the answer here is, of course, it depends. Different families live in different places and have different amounts of money. That said, there are some consistencies within data sets that are broadly indicative of trends. The particular data set to pay attention to here is a 1972 study of educational outcomes conducted by the Educational Testing Service. Based on test results of students from 82 different types of families, researchers concluded that the ideal student is a boy with two younger siblings....

While the sales touch every department ⏤ from mattresses and kitchen essentials to bath towels and furniture for the nursery, there are some especially solid deals on cool patio furniture, grills, and fire pits. As it’s finally time to shake off winter and get your backyards in gear for barbecuing and kicking it back, here are three worth checking out. Laffey Large Soft Weave Polyester Hammock Only $147 during the flash sale, this 13-foot, all-weather hammock is made of fabric ribbons around a layer of polyester fiberfill batting, can hold up to two adults or multiple kids (400 pounds max), and hangs on either a tree or attached to an optional stand sold separately....

“You can have a lot of sperm cells, but a lot of them can be dead or morphologically defective,” says Hadi Shafiee, a professor and principal investigator Harvard Medical School who is currently working to create a more multifaceted sperm tracker. “People are unhappy with these kinds of tests because they come up normal and then when they go to fertility centers the doctors will tell them the results are useless....

The wisecracking dragon, who acted as Mulan’s self-appointed guardian, played by Eddie Murphy gave the 1998 animated film a comedic heart. His absence from this remake is further confirmation that Mulan will be a straightforward action film aimed at families, a departure from recent trends. Caro explained the decision to Digital Spy. “I think we can all appreciate that Mushu is irreplaceable. You know, the animated classic stands on its own in that regard....

That fear is very understandable. Your kids are the people that you and your partner created and raised together. They are as affected by the divorce as you are, if not moreso. And after litigating the division of assets, settling into a co-parenting groove, and moving into the new place, you’ll likely realize that your relationship with your kids is … different. Sometimes it’s better. Sometimes it’s worse. Here, five divorced men talk about how their relationship with their kids changed after going through divorce....

The long and the short of it? Parents need to keep an eye out. “If it looks like the child is struggling to see normally — if they stand extremely close to things, if they hold things close to them, if they squint a lot in bright light or don’t notice airplanes in the sky or do facial mimicry — that is a marker for possibly reduced vision,” says Dr....

How did we get here? Earlier this summer, Wade filed paperwork with the Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of his daughter Zaya, asking for a legal name change two years after she told her dad she was transgender. He and Zaya’s stepmom, Gabrielle Union, have been publicly supportive of Zaya’s transition, and a legal name change was the next step. Unfortunately, Zaya’s mom, Funches, filed paperwork alleging Wade is “positioned to profit” from Zaya’s name change, and she’s looking to block the petition from going through....

“Jump” was released in 1983. I was exactly 2-years-old when the song came out. Do I remember listening to “Jump” at two? I feel like I do. For kids born in the ’80s who came of age in the ’90s, “Jump” is one of those songs that you learn right along with “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” The best part is that when you grow up, you still fucking love this song....

“Humor can be very misplaced,” says clinical psychologist Dr. John Mayer. “Cognitively we’re dealing with something that takes abstract thought to really comprehend and we’re expecting kids to get it. Kids don’t get it.“ The reason children don’t get jokes even though they often pretend to is that, even into their teens, they lack the ability to think abstractly. When a parent teases a child with a sarcastic comment, they are asking the child to both understand the world, other peoples’ perspectives, and alternative realities....

Try the Sticker Chart Reward System “We use a sticker chart reward system with our young ones, who are in Kindergarten and second grade. You get a sticker for doing homework, practicing, household chores, and the like. After earning 20 stickers each child then gets to pick out a toy, experience, goodies, etc. of their choosing (up to a $ value). This is a foundational value in our household; to instill that effort and hard work is required to earn many of the ‘wants’ in life....

“I half-jokingly tell people, ‘Order your Christmas presents now because otherwise on Christmas Day, there may just be a picture of something that’s not coming until February or March,’” Scott Price, the president of UPS, told Business Insider. That shouldn’t be that surprising — last Christmas featured many of the same problems that we’ll expect to see this year. The reason for the shortage in supply is simple: the pandemic has created a demand that suppliers have been unable to meet due to COVID-19 shutdowns, shortages in labor, and unusual weather across the globe....

“I think having a baby was a big rebirth for me, like artistically,” she explained while preparing for the Met Gala. “Being a mother—feels weird to say. For some reason, I don’t identify with that word.” According to Grimes, her son actually calls her by her real name, Claire, and that despite his young age, he can already sense her discomfort with being called “mom” or “mother” despite her “respect” for everything mothers do....

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Chris spoke about his time working on the franchise, why he eventually left after the second movie, and his brilliant idea for a sequel that he would jump at the chance to direct. In the interview Chris talked on how hard he worked to land the role, so some were surprised he chose to leave when he did, after the second movie. But the decision didn’t have anything to do with the storyline, just the intense and rigorous shooting schedule....