So, if you haven’t seen The Book of Boba Fett, it’s not exactly a spoiler to say that Boba Fett survived the Sarlacc Pit. Because of The Mandalorian, we already knew Boba Fett was alive, but exactly how he crawls out of that pit is exactly what’s revealed in the first episode of the new show. Which is where things get hilarious. In the Parks and Recreation episode titled “Article Two,” (Season 5, Episode 19) Patton Oswalt’s character delivers a filibuster filled only with his fan theories for how a new Star Wars film will shake out....

As workers and movers, we’re constantly told what the shape, curve, position of our backs should be, to “sit up straight,” and closely study the ergonomics of our office chairs. But when prodded, these and other beliefs surrounding perfect posture turn out to be as baseless as they are ubiquitous. Some might even be hurting us. So is good posture a myth? “There’s this narrative of, like, ‘Oh, my God, if I slouch, I’m going to rupture my disk,’ or ‘I’m going to pull my disk....

Technically, now that the Pfizer vaccine has been fully approved by the FDA, doctors could prescribe the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination for the population of kids under 12 for “off-label use” since it was granted full approval for people aged 16+. But even so, parents should wait until there’s more data. Here’s what parents need to know. According to USA Today, leading pediatricians around the country released a statement urging doctors to not prescribe the COVID-19 vaccines to kids under 12, even though they are now legally able to do so....

According to HYPEBEAST, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan recently spoke with Russian news agency TASS and confirmed that if you don’t already have your hands on a PS5, there’s a chance you may not get one this year. “Everything is sold,” Ryan said when he was discussing current sale figures. “Absolutely everything is sold… I’ve spent much of the last year trying to be sure that we can generate enough demand for the product....

Part of Ohanian’s work surrounds changing the conversation — and inherent biases — about fatherhood by having conversations with men about how they balance work and fatherhood. On his new podcast, Business Dad, he sits down with a variety of famous dads, including comedian Hasan Minaj, NBA All-Star Chris Bosh, former NFL player Justin Tuck, and Entrepreneur Scott Belsky, for frank conversations about fatherhood, business, and how they “balance it all....

During his run as Tanner, the cleaning-obsessed, wholesome single father in Full House, Saget widely became known as America’s Dad. It was a fitting title, as Saget’s performance delivered everything you’d want from a dad; he was kind, caring, extremely dorky, and always there to give you a hug at the end of the day. But he turned out to be more like America’s Dirty Dad. In real life, Saget was a prolific standup comedian and he had an affinity for telling filthy jokes, which shocked many fans who only knew him from Full House....

Boy chronicles Dahl’s unhappy childhood, starting in 1920 with the death of his older sister and his one-armed father then loitering in depressing schools full of evil educators. Reading Boy was, to say the least, eye-opening. I had never heard of such cruelty inflicted on children by adults or by other children and I had been fortunate enough never to have been treated unjustly. Adult cruelty to children was something I had experienced second-hand, disproportionately in the works of Dahl....

Is dopamine addictive in the purest sense of that term? Not exactly. Dopamine drives and reinforces habits without creating a biological need. But habits matter, especially for kids. Scientists cannot say for sure that increased dopamine uptake during childhood increases the risk of substance abuse in adulthood. However, psychologists are learning that the dopamine from screens is impairing children’s impulse control, increasing the demand for instant gratification, and causing more kids to try and “swipe” real pictures and punch books as if they’re touch-screens....

Enthusiasm Is Essential Sure, it’s easy to act enthusiastic when aroused. It’s even easier to do so when sitting on the promise of pleasure. But it’s important to maintain that enthusiasm when the focus eventually falls on someone else. “Sex is more than just a series of acts and motions that unlock orgasms like a video game achievement,” says Andy Duran, the educational director over at Good Vibrations. “No one wants to feel their buttons pressed like a series of cheat codes....

How did she get good? The same way you get to MetLife Stadium: practice. But also her dad. She’s pretty clear on that point. “I love sports because of my father,” the former College GameDay and current Fox Sports broadcaster says. “It’s the way my father was able to express his love for certain teams and the way he was able to talk to me about, ‘Hey, this guy is good friends with this guy on this team and they have to play each other and they look at each other’s stats all the time!...

Dyslexic kids often have trouble reading fluently, or rapidly, accurately, and with understanding, says Sally Shaywitz, M.D., a co-founder and co-director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity and author of the bestselling book Overcoming Dyslexia. They may think they’re “stupid,” which can give them low self-esteem. Instead, parents should tell their dyslexic kids they’re part of a special club. After all, they’re joining the roster of dyslexic people that includes Richard Branson, Steven Spielberg, and even Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series....

It’s been this way for a while. No matter how many times we tell him we have completed the third grade already (also, college), he remains convinced we can’t follow his more complicated thought processes. As nurturing parents, we are respectful and encouraging. We tell him he’s very smart, which he is, and that when he’s wrong it’s mostly because he’s rushing, which it is, or because he’s ill-informed, which he sometimes is on account of being a child....

Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Pretty much everyone — including the audience — misses Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Iron Man, the world’s premiere superhero and young Peter Parker’s mentor, sacrificed himself to save the world at the end of Avengers: Endgame and the new Spider-Man film sees Spidey, along with everyone else, dealing with a post-Blip, post-Iron Man world. However, there are some characters from Iron Man who make appearances in Far From Home, including one character whose inclusion is much, much more surprising than Happy Hogan or Nick Fury’s — especially once you realize who plays him....

In short, asking an expecting couple to settle on a name is a lot. It’s also unnecessary. New parents struggling to name little baby TBD can and should consider a radical option: Don’t name the baby — at least not for a while. It’s perfectly reasonable to wait until after your kid is born before making their name public record. By waiting, it’s possible to push the deadline and try some stuff out....

First of all, what exactly is executive function? For kids, it’s everything. “Executive function underlies your ability to engage in goal-directed behaviors,” Naiman Kahn, Ph.D. said in a release. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign kinesiology and community health professor led the study which is part of the STRONG KIDS 2 cohort at the university. “It includes abilities such as inhibitory control, which allows you to regulate your thoughts, emotions and behavior; working memory, by which you are able to hold information in mind long enough to accomplish a task; and cognitive flexibility, the adeptness with which you switch your attention between tasks or competing demands....

Americans are more likely to support COVID vaccination requirements for older students, according to a Gallup poll of more than 3,500 people. Sixty-one percent support a requirement for college students, 56 percent for high schoolers, and 51 percent for middle schoolers. People who are already vaccinated were much more likely to agree that students in all three age categories should be required to get the vaccine. Democrats were much more likely to support the idea than Republicans; seventy-seven percent of Democrats want middle schoolers to be required compared to 22 percent of Republicans....

I’m not feeling very patriotic right now. In fact, I’m feeling very freaking unpatriotic right now. The Fourth is going to suck because we can’t be with our families. This is in part because our country is so damned divided that we can’t even agree to wear masks and try to stop something that’s killed over 130,000 people. Don’t even get me started on the systemic injustices built into those governing us — the racism, the economic inequality, the fat cats and their corruption… So this Fourth, what do I tell my kids?...

Kites come in all shapes and sizes, from Japan’s “giant battle kites” to India’s “fighter kites flown in the millions.” Before taking to the sky, it’s important to know which design best suits your kid; it also helps to know how to take to the sky — here are Barresi’s tips on getting your kids into kiting. Find The Right Kite The first step is figuring which of the 3 main types of kites fits your kid....

According to CNN, the Tennessee Department of Health is stopping all vaccine outreach for adolescents, even vaccines that aren’t related to the current pandemic. This means the outreach will no longer center on encouraging COVID-19 second doses, kindergarten vaccination surveys, or HPV vaccine reminders. According to The Tennessean, which first reported on the new shift in strategy, the decision to end the vaccine outreach and school events is a direct decision from Health Commissioner Dr....