The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) released its 37th annual survey, a report that tracks the average costs of foods, including a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The AFBF provides a snapshot of what the average costs are for a Thanksgiving feast for 10 people. This year’s Thanksgiving dinner will be 20% more expensive than last year’s. The national average costs of Thanksgiving meal were calculated using 224 surveys that contained pricing data from all 50 states and Puerto Rico....

“Quickies are not a substitute for a gourmet meal,” she says. “However, they can be exactly the appetizer you need. They serve on a deep level to maintain the connectivity of the relationship. That’s the glue that binds couples when they’re parents.” As quickie sex requires a different move set, Britton, along with Dr. Jessica O’Reilly, a sexologist and creator of the Sexual Pro Series Webinar Videos, offered some suggestions for the best sex positions for getting it done on the clock....

The best part of these science jokes is the discussions that happen afterward. Science jokes force listeners to use their noggins, and kids will inevitably have questions — about how black holes are formed, how tectonic plates shift, and what the heck tungsten is. As you seek out answers together, the joke only gets better. These days, we could all use a good laugh. Laughter has been shown to reduce stress, strengthen the immune system, relieve pain, and boost mood....

The traditional booster seat is a belt-positioning booster — it uses a seatbelt to keep your child restrained — whereas a harness booster seat uses a five-point harness, like the one on infant and toddler car seats, to keep your kid in the right position. In a perfect world, kids would remain in the right upright position for the duration of the ride. But kids are kids, and they poke siblings, slouch, drop toys, and lean over to grab a bottle of water....

But when you get a yard of your own, things change. First you try to keep your yard up to certain standards of the block. Over time, however, the sense of ownership and self-satisfaction of a beautifully kept yard become paramount. A yard, for many homeowners, becomes a sacred place, not just something that has to be maintained, but that should be. It’s part of your home, a place where your kids run around and where you can find peace....

aBaby Mega Creative Art Station Encouraging artistic chops while keeping walls free from expressive crayoning is a delicate balance. This art and crafts station helps focus the colorful chaos with loads of supply storage bins, a paper roll holder to provide an endless canvas (with no lines to color in), and room for two stools so you can show them where their inner Rembrandt comes from. The result is wall-worthy art, rather than wall-as-art-station....

“You want a beard trimmer and clipper to help you keep your lines nice and clear,” says Genevieve Bochanty, the director of brand experience at the Art of Shaving. “You should follow the lines and it depends on the shape of your face.” Bochanty is very matter of fact because this is a very matter of fact rule. You need a, sigh, manscaping trimmer or beard trimmer and it should have a battery that holds a charge for at least 45-minutes to an hour, that has high-quality blades, and that makes it easy to swap out combs and heads....

But which locks are the best for keeping your ride safe? We kept a few things in mind. For one thing, we only looked at steel locks. We also aimed to include a variety of designs. As different vehicles, riders, and locations require different locks, no one design is right for everyone. We also wanted to pick locks at a variety of price points, as investing in a quality lock doesn’t have to mean breaking the bank, and it might not make much sense to slap a $120 lock on a $200 bike, for instance....

How you smell matters. According to Rutgers University-New Brunswick neuroscientist John McGann, humans can tell about one trillion different odors apart. So trust us when we tell you that whatever cologne you spray on as we head into spring and summer is worth thinking about. You don’t want to shut down a room with the stench of musk, nor do you want to cause people to sneeze uncontrollably. To help you navigate all the olfactory offerings out there, we’ve sniffed a slew of different colognes and perfumes....

it also taught ’80s and ’90s kids “how to tell a story.” As tabletop role-playing games slip more and more into the mainstream, professional actors, improvisers, and players of all kinds are making their D&D campaigns available to the world via podcasts. But not all D&D podcasts are created equal! Chances are, you’ve probably already listened to Critical Role and The Adventure Zone, two of the most famous Dungeons and Dragons podcasts....

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Kids start grasping the concept of time (though it remains somewhat abstract) around the first grade, and time becomes continually integrated into their daily lives. To help them make the connection, look for a kids watch with a face that’s big, bright, and easy to read. A band that’s cool and on-trend doesn’t hurt either. So the next time you tell your kid they have six minutes until their Zoom class starts, they’ll know that you’re talking about something concrete, instead of some ephemeral concept, and you won’t have to nag to get things running on schedule....

Fuji Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Japan Takaharu Tezuka wasn’t on the list of TED Talks That Will Make You A Better Parent, because he’s holding down the one-man list of TED Talks On How To Make The Best Kindergarten. He designed this oval-shaped, infinitely explorable play space/classroom/kid paradise with floating walkways and netting-encased trees that encourage climbing and grow through classrooms, which, by the way, have skylights for playing peekaboo. And no walls....

Play activities are the lens through which kids see their world,” says Rebecca Parlakian, a senior director of programs at the nonprofit children’s advocacy organization Zero to Three. “Different activities build different skills.” Pretend-play activities for 3-year-olds give them the opportunity to grow across different developmental domains and help them gain a better understanding of themselves and their place in the world. The preschool years are also the age at which children start exploring gender roles — watching a toddler apply common gender stereotypes to toys can be disconcerting for parents....

Parenting during a pandemic is hard enough, without throwing shopping for kids’ clothes into the mix. You have to drag them to a store, which isn’t the best idea at the best of times, but in particular when avoiding crowds is the goal. Once you manage to find parking, you wind up bickering with them about what’s appropriate or practical, and it takes forever no matter how efficient you are....

We’ve rounded up some of the best weekly chore charts, including customizable, magnetic, and dry-erase chore charts that come equipped with stickers, stars and other motivating little rewards. Whether you buy a chore chart, download an app, or make your own, the same fundamental rules apply. We spoke to Dr. Amy Nasamran, a licensed child psychologist and the founder of Atlas Psychology, about how to use chore charts as a parenting tool to nurture kids, while also motivating them, giving them a sense of responsibility, teaching them life skills, and inculcating the importance of rules and decision-making....

Having done a cursory rewatch of 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters —featuring Vera Farmiga, Kyle Chandler, and Millie Bobby Brown — and then nearly immediately diving into the 2021 follow-up, which features both Chandler and Brown as well as Rebecca Hall and Kaylee Hottle as another parent-daughter-duo, the question struck me time and time again. In the 2019 film, the premise is simple. Farmiga and Chandler were once married scientists working on an alpha frequency to control the titans....

Now, this isn’t to say I wasn’t very present in my daughter’s life when she was born and now I suddenly am; that’s not the case at all. I was very present. I took the job of being a dad very seriously and restructured everything in my life to be as present as I possibly could. I was just, well, apprehensive. But now, I’m not nervous at all. And it’s a great feeling....