“Fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread COVID-19,” according to the CDC. You count as fully vaccinated two weeks after your second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or two weeks after your first and only dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Vaccinated travelers still must take precautions during their adventures, by wearing a mask, social distancing, and washing their hands frequently. Here’s what to know about the travel recommendations, and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky’s confusing statement right after the guidelines were published....

The harsh truth about playdates is that since we’ve taken the responsibility of pairing up our children, adults have become a serious part of the equation. Much of navigating a playdate isn’t about the kids getting along, it’s about the parents being able to communicate. But with some thought and patience, the harshest realities of playdates can be mitigated. 1. You Won’t Always Like the Other Playdate Parent In a perfect world, every playdate happens with friends....

Surveys show people leaving their jobs are looking for lifestyle changes like having more flexibility. Many are also looking for new, more meaningful work. The professor credited with coining the term “great resignation” told the Washington Post that “pandemic epiphanies” have people experiencing big shifts in their sense of purpose, and wanting to pursue new careers or launch startups. As a parent, I know that taking a step like this can feel especially daunting....

Let’s Talk. “We really don’t talk like we used to. Maybe it’s been the close quarters for so long. There’s not a lot to talk about in terms of making plans, either, since we’re not interested in going anywhere. I don’t know, I just miss bullshitting with my wife. We could always start talking about one thing, then end up an hour later talking about something completely else. And it was like time flew by....

What Is Conservatorship? Her dad, Jamie, has been a “conservator” of her estate since 2009, when Britney had her major mental breakdown. Basically, he was appointed by a California court to oversee her financial affairs, and potentially other aspects of her life, as she sought to stabilize her life. Conservatorships can be extremely restrictive and can place restrictions on where the conservatee can go, if they can drive, and if they can get married, for example....

Other couples, however, faced the opposite scenario. Busy with working remotely, child care, home schooling, and weighed down by the many, many stresses brought on by the pandemic, one or both partners found themselves not only with little time for sex but little desire for it as well. After all, a pandemic isn’t exactly a plate of oysters and dark chocolate. But sex — and all of the stress-relieving, connection-making, emotional intimacy it fosters — is an important factor in any relationship....

But where do you start? How do you tell a kindergartener that money is a finite resource without making them worry? How do you pass on the value of the dollar and the importance of saving without raising them to be materialistic or cheap? They key is starting the conversation early, keeping it age appropriate and ongoing, and showing your kids how you use your values to shape your spending....

“The whole purpose of the human species is survival, so it’s really important that we are unique and different with every new conception,” says Mandy Katz-Jaffe, Ph.D., scientific and genetics director at CCRM Fertility. “We’re really not able to predict how a baby will look, exactly, because we don’t know how that reshuffling will go.” This so-called “reshuffling” is complicated, to say the least. You and your partner each have 46 chromosomes, of which 23 will get randomly sorted into your individual egg and sperm cells....

That’s good news because the money is sorely needed. But if you’re not one of the lucky ones whose account has already gotten a boost you don’t have to spend the next days logging in to your online banking every hour to see if it’s hit. The IRS has a tool — Get My Payment — that will let you know when your stimmy is going to hit. All you need is your Social Security or Individual Tax Identification Number, birthday, street address, and ZIP code, the latter two as of your last tax return....

As Mobius (Owen Wilson) is debriefing Loki (Tom Hiddleston) we get a pretty elaborate clip show that allows us to see not only Loki’s history up until the events of The Avengers (2012) but also, into Loki’s “future,” in which he accidentally betrays his mother (Thor: The Dark World) and is eventually killed by Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War.) But amid all of that, we also get a part of Loki’s past we never knew about: In 1971, during Loki’s immortal youth, he hijacked a plane, held it for ransom, and took off with $200,000 bucks....

Under his American Families Plan, proposed in April 2021, the federal government would subsidize the costs of child care to the tune of $225 billion annually. Lower-income families could access child care free of charge, while middle-class families would pay no more than 7% of their income. Additionally, the plan seeks to make free, high-quality preschool available for all 3- and 4-year-olds. Almost 60% of parents say preschool and day care expenses are a financial strain....

I just needed three clean dress shirts and I was done. I dashed the closet open and found…the dry cleaning I was supposed to drop off the previous week. “Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK!” I shouted, with rising intensity, a language alarm bell ringing somewhere in the back of my head. But while I may not have been shouting to anyone in particular, I was shouting near someone....

The Trump administration requested to shave $23,000,000 from the budget, functionally eliminating the agency that provides federal funding for libraries. That he did it isn’t a surprise. “This is the fourth year in a row the administration has called on the elimination of the program,” says Kevin Maher, the Deputy Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at the American Library Association. “It’s disappointing that [they want to cut] a program that benefits constituents library patrons, citizens all across the United States and in every district and that they don’t place a higher value on that....

As Deadline reports, it’s still to soon to call it for sure. In the past, Smith had also been in “talks” with Tim Burton about a role in Dumbo and those never went anywhere despite the former alien hunter’s impressive ears. But there’s no denying Smith’s body of work would make him more than qualified to play the Genie. He proved he has the chops to effective ground a supernatural character in Hancock....

Shatner stars as Victor Martin, a retired NASA test pilot who kills his days zipping around Palm Springs in a vintage Porsche convertible hitting on beautiful ladies a fraction of his age. Whether or not anyone was aware this set-up is like a buddy-comedy version of Terms of Endearment is unclear. In that film, the washed-up horndog astronaut played by Jack Nicholson didn’t have a wingman, but now he does in the form of Lloyd’s character Sal....

The film centers on store manager Sandi Hardin (“the Blockbuster mom,” according to the trailer)’s efforts to manage the store in the streaming era in addition to offering a look into the corporate side of Blockbuster and its eventual filing for bankruptcy. A press release explains, “The Last Blockbuster brings the world together over our shared memory of Friday night pizza and renting movies. For us the perfect next step was getting together with 1091 Pictures to release it just in time for the holidays,” as per Consequence of Sound....

Arthur, of course, is a gregarious eight-year-old aardvark just living his life: going to school, spending time with his family, interacting with kids and adults of all ages, backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, etc. He’s been easy to like, a good role model for children, and, above all, relatable. Similarly, the animation has never been fussy or fancy. To put 25 years in perspective, Arthur debuted in 1996 and will have aired 240-plus episodes by the time it concludes....

Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame ahead. If you somehow haven’t seen it by now, stop reading! On Monday, news broke on Twitter that while appearing on the Tonight Show, Joe Russo apparently said: As of this writing, the footage from the Tonight Show in which Russo apparently said this has not been aired, so it’s tough to know what the context was for the comment. He could have been kidding, but maybe not....

Terry later opens up to his boss, the black, gay Captain Holt, about the trauma of the experience and the sadness he felt knowing that his daughters would grow up in a world where something like that could happen. It’s this scene that’s making the rounds on social media in the wake of George Floyd’s death. This kind of serious subject matter is a departure for the show, which is about as light-hearted as a sitcom can be despite being set in a police precinct....

Camouflage is also a great game to roll out shortly after the first “how much farther” on a hike or when you’re entertaining a sleepover. Once a couple kids know how to play, it becomes a popular way to give parents space while camping or at backyard parties. Prep Time: NoneHours of Entertainment: EndlessEnergy Expended by Child: ModerateWhat you’ll need: A small area with lots of places to hide or duck behind....