Zoom out a bit and you’ve got 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against climate change, 17-year-old Marcel McClinton, who survived a shooting in West Houston then decided to run for City Council, and TK. And there are the teenage survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who formed the March For Our Lives movement and organized a protest so large it was seen around the world....

Since the pandemic took a sledgehammer to the economy in March, monthly jobs reports have only looked grim and grimmer. This is especially true for working women, who had experienced a brutal setback in terms of employment during the pandemic. In October, the Department of Labor Statistics revealed that around 1,000,000 women had left the workforce — almost eight times the amount of men who had done the same. In one month alone, while only 200,000 men left the workforce, nearly 900,000 women did....

There are several ways to analyze the data within the handbook, but we figured the most devastating breakdown would involve ruining your dinner tonight and every other night. So here are a few common meals that you’ve doubtless enjoyed with your family — with a calculation of how much mouse hair and how many maggots you unwittingly fed your children. Bon appetit! Macaroni And Cheese And Maggots Perhaps you’ve fixed your family a delicious meal of macaroni and cheese, tomato soup, and a cup of orange juice....

The report also found that the level of toxic heavy metals found in these foods was at higher levels than what is allowed in other products to be sold to consumers, like bottled water. And now, it’s led to the FDA taking action with a new program called “Closer to Zero,” which is an action plan for reducing the levels of toxic heavy metals in baby foods. Here’s what parents need to know....

Sanvello (Formerly Known as Pacifica) Sanvello, formerly known as Pacifica, was rated one of 2017’s best mental health apps, is offering free premium access to all users due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental stresses that this situation has put on everyone. Sanvello offers clinically-tested features such as daily mood tracking, a feature where patients can answer some questions to write about their current mood so they can identify mood patterns and self-assess their mental state, and guided journeys to help them with their specific anxieties....

The two available Fingerlings Hugs are named Bella (pink fur, blonde hair) and Boris (blue fur, orange hair), both are characters lifted from the original Fingerlings line-up. They’re about a foot and a half long from head to toe, the size of an average stuffed animal. While original Fingerlings wrapped around, well, fingers, Hugs are designed to wrap around necks, hanging on in a perpetual hug (get it?) with the help of velcro on their hands....

In an homage to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the creation of Barbie is depicted as a kind of alien-induced first step in the evolution of dolls as playthings for kids. But, once Barbie descends to Earth, the little kids who only played with “baby” dolls before, destroy those dolls with a kind of Lord of the Flies sadistic zeal. Watch it here. Barbie movie 2023 trailer From there, we get a glimpse at what looks like an episode of Black Mirror, but without the cynicism or last-minute twist....

Of course, you probably don’t have a first edition sealed box set of all 36 booster packs — 396 cards in total. Printed in 1999, the cards are in pristine condition, which explains why they just sold for $198,000. That’s a whopping $120,000 more than the previous record for the same set, which sold in February of 2019. “Sets like this one, especially in such extraordinary condition and sealed in shrinkwrap, have become undeniable rarities,” said Jesus Garcia, Assistant Comics & Comic Art Operations Supervisor at Heritage Auctions, the auction house where both records were set....

What is your name? Gay Talese. Occupation? Writer, reporter. Age? I’m 85. I was born on February 7, 1932. How old are your children? My children are 55 and 52. They’re three years apart. What are their names? Pamela is the firstborn and hates to be called “Pam.” It’s Pamela. The second is Catherine. Are they named after anyone in particular? Pamela is Pamela F., Pamela Francis Talese. That’s my father’s middle name....

Google and YouTube (Alphabet) Rank: 32 2017 Rank: 32Number of Employees: 72,000 This up-and-coming tech company is banking on a little thing called “internet searching” and “online video.” Obviously, most people know Google and it’s video juggernaut YouTube, the company, operating out of the Googleplex in Mountain View, California is so deeply linked to internet innovation that it has become a verb. And Google’s employees, nearly a third of whom of which work in research and development, enjoy some pretty nice perks....

Don’t Go Low Don’t resort to name calling or throwing out insults. Not only does it derail the original argument, but it can create lingering resentment even after things have cooled off. “Stick to talking about what you observed and how you felt/feel,” says Mallika Bush, a Bay Area license marriage and family therapist. “Couples should practice speaking observations when they are not in an argument as it’s very easy to fall back into patterns of blame and projection....

Before the coronavirus pandemic that made travel and fun a challenge, Kelly Lavery and her fiancé – now husband – spent a day at Disney World. On March 31, 2021, Kelly posted a compilation video of their time at Disney World to TikTok, where it quickly blew up. In the video, Kelly’s husband drops to his knees and proposes to her several times throughout the park. Any time they got to one of the landmarks at the park – such as Cinderella’s Castle or areas where there was a large crowd – like the line-ups for the most popular rides – Kelly’s husband would fake propose to her, making a giant romantic scene....

I left my longneck at the bar, wandered over, apologized to her co-workers, and tapped her on the shoulder. “I’m sorry sweetie,” I said, halting the conversation. “I need to steal you for a minute.” When we are far enough away, she pulled me close and whispered: “Thanks, that guy is the worst.” It pays to be on the same page with your other half. And one of the best ways to immediately flip to said page is by deploying a code word....

That’s right, Harry Potter fans! Stuffed bears bedazzled in the red and gold colors of Gryffindor, the green and grey colors of Slytherin, the yellow and black colors of Hufflepuff, or the blue and silver colors of Ravenclaw can be yours. The full uniform includes pants or a skirt, a robe, scarf, and a wand that’s either brown or black and is bear-sized, as well as school-appropriate, close-toed shoes and a cute little tie....

“Deciding to stop BFing was so emotional and hard. I thought about it ALL day everyday,” she wrote on Tuesday, explaining that it was her last day of nursing Banks, which she had done for her baby’s first six months. “But I needed a break. I was going to break. With the stress of a dropping milk supply and a baby that was getting bored or not caring about nursing when I was available to....

If you’re familiar with Honeycrisp apples, you have tasted heaven in apple form, and you have learned, as I have, that all future fruit consumption will be a monstrous disappointment. If you aren’t familiar, congratulations! You and your savings account will be very happy together. Honeycrisp apples are the fresh, plump varietal in the produce section under the sign labeled “Prohibitively Expensive Versions of Normal Food.” They are large. They are delicious....

For throwing a ball, specifically a baseball, Hill recommends using the “L-Method.” Essentially, you want to teach your kid to use their throwing hand as a catapult, making sure they position their hand down similar to the way a pitcher does, down and through as they’re coming through the ball. In the L-Method, you basically hold both hands right at the elbows in an L shape, Hill explains. “You’re trying to over-accentuate that shoulder rotation....

One of the most well-documented and pervasive psychological tendencies, confirmation bias is a natural inclination to seek out information or interpret it in ways that confirms what we would, or would like to, believe. In other words, people naturally tend to favor information that confirms their preconceptions. Confirmation bias is why your Facebook feed agrees with you and also why you are becoming increasingly convinced that your spouse is treating you unfairly....

But, this writer has watched it, so you don’t have to! Released in 2019 by nWave Pictures, a Belgian animation company, the critical reception of The Queen’s Corgi, was uniformly negative, and deservedly so. I can’t imagine the late Queen herself having a more positive take on the film for reasons that go beyond its depiction of Prince Philip, her loving husband for seventy-three years, as a psychotic dog-hater who looks like he has to resist the urge to deliver a swift, hard kick to Rex, his wife’s favorite dog, every time he sees him....