“Talking about money with kids is tricky,” admits Dr. Sharon Saline, a licensed clinical psychologist and author. “You don’t want to appear judgmental, envious of others or self-deprecating.” That’s because, per Saline, when you teach your kids about money, you’re also teaching them about their relationship with money: how to think about it, how to use it responsibly, how it affects the people and world around them. In other words, you’re teaching them not only about money but about justice — and, by extension, injustice too....

“Most boys start by sitting down because it’s easier to control their urinary stream than when standing,” says Howard J. Bennett, M.D., and author of The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick. “That being said, if a boy feels strongly about standing up (like his dad), that’s fine as well.” An engaged kid whose enthusiasm for potty training outstrips his aim isn’t the worst thing for parents to deal with....

“No” is the antithesis of what’s promoted as good. We need to be constantly productive, ever-reliable, and always positive. We often want to be seen as The Guy, which makes us reticent to say no to our bosses, our friends, our families. “It’s always about doing more than you’re supposed to,” says Silvia Dutchevici, licensed clinical social worker and president of Critical Therapy Center in New York City. Even self-care has been co-opted....

Mr. Darling was, of course, being lazy. Dogs are a big part of many families. While they don’t have an innate sense of how to behave safely around infants and toddlers, they simply need to be trained. Thus, for parents who want to become dog owners, or dog owners who want to become parents, childproofing the dog is as imperative as house training it. Brian Kilcommons knows this. A world-renowned dog trainer and author of Childproofing Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Dog for the Children in Your Life, Kilcommons has spent more than three decades helping parents train their dogs to play nice with babies and toddlers....

It’s interesting that, as you say, union membership is the lowest it’s been since the Great Depression. The National Labor Relations Act, and therefore the federal right to unionize, was passed in the midst of it, right? Is the implication that union organizing is as low as it was before unions were federally protected? During the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Dealers saw that Americans were way too poor....

What an asshole, I thought after seeing this dad’s behavior. I even called my wife from the field to tell her how horrified I was, and exclaim (aloud this time) what an asshole the guy was. I’m what you’d call an old dad. I didn’t have my first child until I was 37. I had my last at 41. I have three total. In a few years, people will start saying, “How nice that your grandpa brought you to school” or “I wonder why her dad couldn’t be at the recital....

“It’s a Calvinist and naïve to have to see the suffering,” says Dr. Gene Beresin, Executive Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds. “Parents want to know their child understands they did something wrong. What our culture has shown us is that signs of suffering are signs that they get it.” The conflation of suffering and understanding is as old as the idea of redemptive suffering, an idea that held sway in American homes in a particularly radical form for the better part of the century after the Pilgrims had that first, dour Thanksgiving....

Seventy-two pregnant people have given birth to stillborn fetuses since the start of the pandemic. During that time period pre-pandemic, only half of those stillbirths would have been expected. “That’s quite a number of tragedies that, sadly, would be preventable right now,” Dobbs said in regard to the fact that vaccines are now available and recommended for pregnant people in the state. Additionally, eight pregnant women who were infected with COVID passed away in just the past four weeks....

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri made the announcement via a blog post, saying that the idea has been shelved. But much like Westley after having 50 years taken off his life in Princess Bride, Instagram Kids is only mostly dead. Mosseri says that while the project has been indefinitely placed on hold for the time being, the long-term goal is to still develop an Instagram platform that is exclusively for kids while acknowledging the criticism the idea has faced....

What Determines Penis Size? The fetus doesn’t have a penis for its first seven weeks in the womb. At eight weeks, genitalia starts to develop and differentiate. If you have a strong memory of seventh grade health class, you’ll remember that those given a Y chromosome start to grow a penis. But when it comes to penis size, scientists aren’t sure which parent has more of an influence. Considering genetic brothers can have vastly disparate penis sizes, some experts suspect that there’s more influence from a mother’s two X chromosomes....

“We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” JLo shared in her newsletter, confirming the rumors that she and Ben had gotten married, according to CNN. “Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world. Behind us two men held hands and held each other....

The news comes courtesy of Victor Kossakovsky, a Russian filmmaker who confirmed the existence and name of the couple’s baby during an appearance at the Zurich Film Festival. “He just got baby, by the way. A beautiful son called River,” Kossakovsky said while promoting Gunda, a black-and-white documentary about farm animals that he directed and Phoenix produced when asked why Phoenix wasn’t promoting the film himself. The newborn River’s namesake had a short but impressive film career in seminal films like Stand by Me and My Own Private Idaho, earning an Academy Award nomination for the latter....

The phrase was enough of a rhetorical roadblock that it prompted many to stop and further inspect the logic of the Justice Department program, which is being touted as a humane deterrent, which is an oxymoron. The program is designed to deter border crossings by presenting a profound threat to parents. It is fully intended to terrify. If it weren’t, it would not make sense as a program. The idea then that Americans should not see the separation as an act of retribution perpetrated against families, is ludicrous....

The picture was taken in Paris and shows the three-year-old with shoulder length hair and a very loud and boat-themed romper kissing his mom on the lips. The caption reads, “If that pic doesn’t say ‘City Of Love’ then I’m out….” Privileged? Yes. Charming? Absolutely. Nonetheless, the internet did its thing. “I thought that son was a daughter which is just another reason why it shouldn’t grow out,” wrote one commenter, before another took issue with his romper....

Kano, known for its coding kits and DIY computer set, has partnered with Disney to launch a Disney Frozen 2 coding kit. It’s a build it yourself creative coding experience, where, thanks to a Bluetooth sensor, Elsas and Kristoffs can code, create, play, and share Disney Frozen moments just by waving their hands. Here’s how it works. Kids get a book, which they follow, to make the actual coding kit, which of course looks like a shiny Frozen snowflake....

While tabloids do what they do, it’s funny is that people, in general, are still compelled to make up crap about this couple. Especially considering how open they are about their lives as parents. Bell once admitted to lying to her kids about their birthdays for personal gain. She said she wanted her daughters to have “wild sex” in the future. And she got very real about her miserable morning routine with kids....

Miranda-Rodriguez, a father comic book author best known for collaborating with Run-DMC, was frightened by Hurricane Maria and even more frightened by what followed. He saw a threat. He didn’t see the government stepping up. So Rodriguez invented La Borinqueña, a Puerto Rican superhero (real name: Marisol Rios De La Cruz) born and raised in born and raised in Brooklyn who, thanks to an encounter with magic crystals, can lift fallen electrical poles, fly, and control weather patterns....

In the newly leaked photos, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Pratt can be seen palling around on the set of Thor 4, which, you know, Natalie Portman is also in, and, is poised to swing Thor’s hammer. These photos show Star-Lord rocking a fairly familiar Star-Lordy outfit (with some new trimmings) but Thor’s long hair is back, and his outfit is, let’s just say, totally worthy of an ’80s hunk. Back in the first Avengers, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr....

The holiday card featured Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their two kids, Archie and Lilibet — the first family photo fans got to see. Their photo share also included a touching message about 2021 and what they were looking forward to in 2022. “This year, 2021, we welcomed our daughter, Lilibet, to the world. Archie made us a ‘Mama’ and a ‘Papa,’ and Lili made us a family,” the message said....

These beautiful but simple names may be uber-popular at the moment, but there are so many more names that go beyond the top five baby names in the United States every year, that are equally popular but won’t be seen in every classroom across the country. Those names? Those of NBA players, apparently. For example, Kobe Bryant, who tragically passed away in early 2020 with his daughter, Gianna, in a helicopter accident, has been honored by parents across the country who chose to name their child after him....