Jennifer, not her real name, was 27 when she met her first husband. He proposed to her on the second date — something she now recognizes as a red flag but back then was absolutely delighted about. Within six months they were married, and Jennifer was locked in a relationship that was essentially full-scale abuse. It wasn’t until an old flame reached out to her did she begin to realize that she could escape her marriage....
It was often a Saturday, also known as Extracurricular Hell Day. It began with a guitar lesson. Then, soccer. After the game, we drove to a different pitch to watch friends play. Eventually, we rushed to the matinee showing of the latest Marvel movie. In the car, out of the car, repeat. Left the house at 9 a.m. and returned mid-evening. No time for healthy food. I should-ed on myself....
Shortly after my stepfather passed, we moved to Dallas, Texas. The education was better, the city was clean and safe, and the opportunities were endless. One factor still loomed over my quaint family: I was a boy without a father. Often I was told that I was now the man of the house, but what did that really mean? Home is the first school that young children attend, our parents are our first teachers....
It was really important for my wife and I that we help our daughters meet new and interesting people and cultivate those relationships. But making dad friends was something I really struggled with. I had a hard time making conversation with dads at dance recitals or the playground and experienced more than a few panic attacks. But I knew I needed to break this pattern for my daughters’ sake. So, I did something else: I started using my wife as my dad-date wingman....
I’m 42. I have a daughter who just turned four and I have a baby boy on the way in January. I’m a Christmas junkie. I’m a QC inspector at a medical device company. I’m the lead inspector, so I have the job title of three different people. I work 12 hours a day, five days a week. And I work on Saturdays, 5-6 hours, too. My wife is a guidance counselor....
Why Use Men’s Concealer I’m not a particularly vain man. However, I’ll admit that life as a dad during the pandemic has made me what Tina Turner would call a “raggedy man,” if I happened to stumble into a post-apocalyptic Thunderdome barter town. I am a house-bound Mad Max. I’ve had no restful sleep to speak of for a year. I am unshorn and unshaven, and I bear the scars of countless breathless battles with my cabin-fever crazed children....
Ikea has issued a recall of 820,000 of their KULLEN dressers, which they say are at risk of tipping over and crushing or injuring small children. This new recall is an expansion of an early 2016 recall that included 17.3 million dressers. This latest recall announced on Wednesday, March 4th is for its three-drawer KULLEN dresser. According to the CPSC recall notice, these dressers were sold at IKEA stores and online in both the United States and Canada between April 2005 and December 2019 for about $60....
crib bumpers and inclined sleepers illegal to manufacture or sell in the United States. The bill, called the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, passed unanimously through the Senate earlier this month. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, crib bumpers have been linked to the deaths of at least 113 infants, and inclined sleepers have been linked to around 100 deaths. “After years of perseverance and many tears, the Safe Sleep for Babies Act has finally been signed into law,” Sara Thompson, whose 15-week-old son died in an inclined sleeper, said in a statement from advocacy group Kids in Danger, or KID....
After production on The Batman was halted over coronavirus concerns, director Matt Reeves sheltered in place with his family in London. With some of his unexpected free time, Reeves has been doing interviews, and he just revealed something huge about his first take on the Caped Crusader. “I wanted to do not an origin tale, but a tale that would still acknowledge his origins, in that it formed who he is,” Reeves explained in an interview with Nerdist....
Pretty damn good, actually. You can’t talk about Cena’s transition into acting without discussing the only wrestler to make it bigger on the big screen than inside the ring. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had a lackluster early career in Hollywood – The Scorpion King, anyone? – before writers and directors figured out what to do with his big body and weird comedic timing. When they did, he broke big. Would the Fast and Furious franchise have hit its next gear (car puns!...
This week, the internet exploded when a 2017 CDC infographic started making the rounds. Naturally, because the infographic resurfaced around the same time that the CDC sent out very real warnings about how to prepare for the coronavirus, unsuspecting readers of the internet linked the two things. But, the truth is, this 2017 infographic is about using a respirator with facial hair, not a conventional face mask. (Which, by the way, if you aren’t sick, you don’t need anyway....
President Joe Biden shared a photo on Monday, July 11, that the telescope captured of a galaxy cluster. The image is striking, to be sure, but it’s way cooler — like way cooler — than it looks at first glance when you learn more about it. On July 12, NASA released several other photos from the JWST that show space in detail, as we’ve never seen before. Here are some incredible things you need to know about the James Webb Telescope photos as we continue to learn more information about the world beyond our own....
Now as a result of that recall, other brands have issued their own recalls that now include products like chocolates, fruit cups, and fruit snack trays, and they are all related to the initial Jif recall. Here’s what you need to know. What else has been recalled? The FDA has announced seven additional brands have been recalled, that are all connected to the previous Jif peanut butter recall. These include fruit cups and snack trays from Country Fresh, and various Coblentz Chocolate, Cargill, and Wilbur Chocolate products with peanut butter in them....
Jim Carrey last worked with Kidding’s director Michel Gondry on the Charlie Kaufman-written film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and aesthetically, the series feels like a blend of that film, Being John Malkovich, and Synecdoche, NY. The fact that Catherine Keener is on hand has a lot to do with that and, to be clear, this comparison is a compliment, too. Dave Holstein, who created the show and wrote most of it....
“I’m vaccinated. Our kids are vaccinated. I’m getting the booster,” he says, shaking his head. “There’s nothing more you can say to people.” (The editors of Fatherly, Scary Mommy, Romper, The Dad, agree. Check out our open letter to wait-and-see parents here.) Fallon’s daughters, Frannie, 6, and Winnie, 8, have a cameo in his latest venture. He’s headlining Frito-Lay’s holiday campaign, Share More Joy, and is starring in a commercial that debuts during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, featuring his rendition of It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year....
Last Friday’s shooting took place at Santa Fe High School and claimed the lives of 10 people, most of whom were students, and resulted in 10 more people being injured and hospitalized. “Once again our leaders are sending their thoughts and prayers. President Trump said that he is with the people of Santa Fe in this tragic hour and he will be with them forever, except for when it comes time to do something....
There are no lazy weekend afternoons. There are no carefree impromptu road trips. Every moment you aren’t trolling your LinkedIn connections is a moment some other desperate job seeker is taking your spot. Looking for a job is even harder if you’re a parent. Your own frustration and disappointment is compounded by a creeping feeling of inadequacy. You aren’t living up to your career goals. Bonus: you’re failing to provide for your offspring....
If your kid is fascinated with outer space (i.e. they are a kid) this photo is a great way to teach them about stellar winds — and what happens when two stars interact with each other. It’s also just a very cool deep space photo for them to check out. Here’s what’s going on. Can You Explain What This ‘Fingerprint’ Photo Is Like I’m 5? Surely! While this newest photo from JWST looks like someone accidentally put their finger on the camera lens and snapped a photo, it’s actually way cooler than that....
Uploaded by Twitter user “Ama-chan“, her little brother used his crafting skills to fashion a Switch with impressive interlocking Joy-Cons, a tiny cardboard video game cartridge, and the dock station to port the handheld device to a television. Let’s hope after he gets his well-deserved console, his parents will start working on their son’s future in engineering. [H/T Kotaku]
Genji Sato owns a restaurant in Glendale and he went viral on social media after sharing his restaurant was closing for the day so he could take his son Daiki to Legoland for his birthday. “Chef Genji and his son are going back to @legolandcalifornia on 28th, Monday,” the message on social media read, sharing the doors would be closed for 24 hours so he could spend time with his son....
