If your goal is to foster a longer attention span in your child, keep in mind that focus is a skill. With a bit of strategic help (and, of course, patience), your kids can develop and improve that skill over time. Looking to help a child who just won’t focus on what’s in front of them? Here’s what child development experts have to say about common mistakes parents make attempting to get kids back on task — and better approaches to try....

I’m sure many of us can recall a time when we were young and looked at our parents and wondered what it felt like to be that old. Of course, looking back at those moments now, we’re probably older than our parents were then, and we’re horrified with the idea that 40 or 50 is seen as old. And that’s why we’re cheering on The Rock and the fact that he recently celebrated his 50th birthday....

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The study, published in July 2022, looked at the effects of small, frequent strength workouts compared to those of more traditional workout schedules. For the 36 university-aged young adults in the study, performing one set of six bicep curls five days a week for a month led to a more significant increase in muscle mass than performing five sets of curls one day a week for the same period of time....

It’s worth prefacing this discussion by clarifying that porn is neither new nor, from a scientific perspective, necessarily bad. Most studies have shown that men who view pornography only occasionally, and with the consent of a significant other, suffer no adverse outcomes. But once you’re sneaking around, or clicking through pornographic sites when you are supposed to be picking up your kids from soccer practice, psychological and relationship fallout inevitably follows....

Let’s face it — the United States is failing its children. And without a focused national strategy, there’s little to ensure that kids will grow up to be healthy, productive, and economically stable adults who can lead the United States into the future. For a nation that claims to cherish its children, the patchwork of government agencies meant to ensure their welfare sure haven’t been doing a bang-up job. Think about how slow the Consumer Product Safety Commission was to issue a recall on the Fischer Price Rock and Play Sleeper, tied to at least 32 infant deaths....

Our leather pick is this 20-inch version that fits snugly under most airline seats. It comes with a leather luggage tag and a quick-access pocket on the outside. Inside, the main compartment has with two smaller zippered pockets, a phone holder, pen holders, and slots for cards. Metal studs on the bottom keep the leather off the ground. You can tote the whole thing around with the leather handles (that can be bound together) or the leather strap that comes with a shoulder pad....

To figure out the people’s champion of Disney/Pixar movies, @yeeitsanthonyy selected 16 films from Disney Animation Studios and 16 films from Pixar Studios and set about conducting Twitter polls to winnow down films to a single animated champion. From the very beginning, the contest was rife with controversy, as people agonized over impossible decisions (Toy Story vs. Toy Story 2? Lion King vs. Tarzan?!) or were outraged to find favorites eliminated....

But at some point, Asdourian, a comedian and author, realized there was service and humor in the story and thought that his ordeal might help some guys who are going through some similar stuff. So, he wrote a book about it. Called Broken Bananah, it’s, as the description states, an honest journey through severe genital trauma. It’s also quite funny. We spoke to Asdourian about what it was like to break his penis, the recovery process, and why he thinks his story is worth sharing....

Sharecare’s Community Well-Being Index ranks the 50 states based on healthiness, with the rankings being determined by 10 categories that contribute to public health, including health care, food access, housing and transportation, community and social bonds, and financial management skills. To compile the rankings, researchers from Sharecare and the Boston University School of Public Health spoke to nearly half a million respondents across every state. And the results showed that if health is your priority, you should probably head to the northeast or west, as nearly every state in the top 10 was located in those two areas (Hawaii being about as far west as you can go)....

Yes, the shark sings its earworm-y song. To hear it, install three AAA batteries — they’re included, so you can’t use “need to get batteries” as a stall tactic — and drop the plastic shark into bathwater. The moisture activates a sensor in the shark that in turn makes the song start playing. On the one hand, this might make normally reticent kids less resistant to bath time, which is good!...

If you’re someone who grew up with ’90s SNL, you may have forgotten how much you’ve benefited from Meadows’ brand of humor. He’s both fantastic at over-the-top impressions but equally good at playing everyman characters who can anchor a sketch. Any new Adam Sandler movie without Tim Meadows would feel incomplete, in the same way that the ’90s would have sucked without him. This October, Meadows appears in the new Netflix comedy, Hubie Halloween, a ridiculous over-the-top comedy starring Adam Sandler....

But the husband and dad of three also recently spoke about work-life balance, specifically how it’s impossible to achieve as a football player. And it’s a strange opinion to have about work-life balance especially when you’re a parent. Brady has a podcast called “Let’s Go!” and on October 17, he spoke about many different topics, including football, his home life, and the military. In the conversation, Brady essentially said that there is no such thing as work-life balance, so he doesn’t strive for it, per Today....

On Pursuing Plumbing Passions “There isn’t any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.” On Sizing Up Humanity “I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you the truth....

Trump’s paid family leave plan, which he touted on both the campaign trail and included in his 2018 budget request, is nothing new (though he told congress it was). It has long been part of Ivanka Trump’s portfolio and her talking points. It’s also a good idea. Paid family leave, as per the White House’s statement post-SOTU, “is an investment in our future that will strengthen family bonds and improve the financial stability of American families....

Reddit user u/rainydaywomam hit up Reddit’s r/beyondthebump forum to ask if something she’s noticed about television shows is something others have as well. “I watched a couple episodes of This Is Us recently but the same can be said about many TV shows and movies,” she began her post. “Things I see that bug me: -first time parents come home from the hospital and immediately settle in with a cup of tea and snuggle on the couch -new mom lets dad nap for a few hours (“I’ve got this” ) and when he wakes up he watches as she effortlessly consoles the twins -house is immaculate....

RELATED: How To Get Your Kids Excited About Engineering, From Guys That Fight Robots Essentially a collab between coding-education specialists Tynker and popular drone maker Parrot, the Code This Drone kits come with either an Airborne Cargo or Mambo mini-drone, an interactive drone-coding course, and a slew of fun-to-play games and activities aimed at teaching kids computer science skills. All you have to do is download the app and pair your tablet and drone via Bluetooth....

According to TMZ, Vincent filmed the scenes in late 2019 when he was nine years old, receiving the standard daily rate of $1,005. This is not the first time that a younger actor has portrayed kid Dom but last time, it was not Diesel’s own son. Alex McGee played little Dom in a flashback in 2015’s Furious 7. (To be clear, Diesel has not confirmed this.) Vincent is most likely playing his dad’s characters in flashbacks as well, especially since the plot of Fast & Furious 9 revolves around Dom’s brother (played by John Cena), who is a dangerous and deadly assassin, teaming up with Cipher (played by Charlize Theron), the cyberterrorist and primary villain in 2017’s F8 of the Furious....

Using a voice-changing face filter, Sims explains how he had been talking to his wife on the phone during his lunch break when she said she was making pork for supper. Then, “not even 10 minutes later,” he gets the text, which of course he thought was referring to their discussion about food. So he said she could have whatever she wanted, “as long as you have it ready for me when I get there....

Ania Tanner bought the cactus on Walmart’s website, thinking it would be the perfect Christmas gift for her granddaughter. Instead, Tanner, who is Polish but now lives in Ontario, was shocked to discover that the cactus was singing “Gdzie Jest Biały Węgorz,” a song from Polish rapper Cypis where he talks about being on “five grams of cocaine.” Tanner said that she requested a refund from Walmart, which seems like a pretty reasonable request....